Ander Guevara

Defensive Midfielder - Alavés
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Ander Guevara

21 Edition

The Alavés Sentinel

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Dani Parejo shuts the door

Defensive actions: 31, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Antonio Sivera keeps Alavés in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Tempers go at Alavés

Lucas Boyé was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

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A defender's afternoon for Facundo Garcés

Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

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Carles Aleñá runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Alavés get the job done against Osasuna

A 1‑0 win over Osasuna, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Alavés Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

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Carles Aleñá runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Facundo Garcés puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Alavés, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Antonio Blanco shuts the door

Defensive actions: 27, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

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Dani Parejo shuts the door

Defensive actions: 26, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Antonio Blanco in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Alavés this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Javi Manquillo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Javi Manquillo, and the manager let it.

Market

Alavés buy the years ahead of Otávio

He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

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The one thing Toni Martínez could not do

Shots: 13, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Squad

Ander Guevara knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Alavés, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

8 Edition

The Alavés Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

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A defender's afternoon for Antonio Blanco

Defensive actions: 31. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

Facundo Garcés shuts the door

Defensive actions: 26, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

Carles Aleñá runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Ander Guevara in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Alavés this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

One of those days for Denis Suárez

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.31, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Denis Suárez the difference as Alavés beat Celta

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Denis Suárez. 1‑0 against Celta, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

No hiding place for Mariano

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mariano, and the manager let it.

Loan watch

Allen Obando keeps scoring at Istra 1961

8 appearances away from home and 7 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

Squad

Ander Guevara knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ander Guevara trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

3 Edition

The Alavés Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Alavés say no — this time

The offer from Getafe for Ville Koski was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Tempers go at Alavés

Ander Guevara was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Abde gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Talks stall between Alavés and Pol Lirola

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

Carlos Benavídez told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Carlos Benavídez has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Alavés.

Market

A long bet from Alavés on Daniel Méndez

He is 16, and nobody at Alavés signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief