Álvaro Vadillo Cifuentes (born 12 September 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Club career Betis Vadillo was born in Puerto Real, Province of Cádiz, and joined Real Betis' youth system at the age of 12. On 28 August 2011, he became the second youngest ever player to appear in a La Liga game, as he started in a 1–0 away win against Granada CF at the age of 16 years, 11 months and 16 days.Rubén Castro hace justicia (Rubén Castro does justice); El País, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish) The previous season, he played 14 matches (one goal) as the B team narrowly avoided relegation from Segunda División B.

On 15 October 2011, Vadillo collided with Sergio Ramos in the early minutes of an eventual 4–1 loss at Real Madrid, being stretchered off and missing several months with a torn cruciate ligament.Vadillo, de cinco a seis meses de baja confirmados (Vadillo, five to six confirmed months out); El Mundo, 20 October 2011 (in Spanish) On 1 August 2014 he suffered the same injury, being sidelined for six months.Vadillo, siete meses de baja: “La lesión es parecida a la del Bernabéu” (Vadillo, seven months out: "The injury is similar to the one at the Benabéu"); ABC, 1 August 2014 (in Spanish)

Huesca On 18 August 2016, free agent Vadillo signed a one-year contract with Segunda División club SD Huesca.Álvaro Vadillo se incorpora a la SD Huesca (Álvaro Vadillo added to SD Huesca); SD Huesca, 18 August 2016 (in Spanish) He scored his first goal for them on 1 October, closing the 2–0 home victory over UD Almería.2–0. El Almería no puede con el Huesca (2–0. Almería can not stop Huesca); Canal Sur, 1 October 2016 (in Spanish)

Vadillo scored a brace in a 2–0 away defeat of Córdoba CF on 12 February 2017.El Huesca pesca en el clamor de El Arcángel contra Carlos González (Huesca fish in El Arcángel uproar against Carlos González); Marca, 12 February 2017 (in Spanish) He finished his first season with seven goals from 34 appearances,Análisis del Huesca: Ejemplo de superación y constancia (Huesca analysis: Example of betterment and consistency); La Voz Digital, 13 April 2017 (in Spanish) and achieved promotion to the first division in the second.El 1x1 del Huesca del ascenso (Huesca's promotion 1x1); Mundo Deportivo, 23 May 2018 (in Spanish)

Granada On 27 June 2018, Vadillo signed a two-year deal with Granada CF still in the second division.Comunicado Vadillo, nuevo jugador del Granada CF (Announcement Vadillo, new player of Granada CF); Granada CF, 27 June 2018 (in Spanish) He won another promotion in his first year, contributing four goals to the feat.; El Córner del Sur, 21 September 2019 (in Spanish)

Vadillo scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 21 September 2019, his team's second of the match through a penalty to ensure a 2–0 home win against defending champions FC Barcelona and a provisional top position in the standings.Granada stun Barcelona to go top despite Lionel Messi’s rescue effort; The Guardian, 21 September 2019

Celta On 22 July 2020, free agent Vadillo agreed to a three-year deal with RC Celta de Vigo also in the top tier. He did not take part in any games during his spell at the Balaídos.

Espanyol On 5 October 2020, Vadillo was loaned to RCD Espanyol of the second division for one year. On 2 June of the following year, after their promotion, he signed a permanent contract after his buyout clause was met.

On 5 January 2022, after only six league minutes in three matches, Vadillo was loaned to Málaga CF until the end of the second-tier season. On 22 July, he joined SD Eibar of the same league also on loan.

Vadillo terminated his contract with Espanyol on 9 August 2023.

Racing Ferrol On 1 September 2023, Vadillo joined Racing de Ferrol, newly-promoted to the second division.

Career statistics

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBetis B2010–11Segunda División B141——101512011–12101———1012012–13102———102Total344000010354Betis2011–12La Liga4000——402012–1314030——1702013–142101051—2712014–15Segunda División7000——702015–16La Liga3021——51Total490615100602Huesca2016–17Segunda División32710—203572017–1821010——220Total537200020577Granada2018–19Segunda División40400——4042019–20La Liga22340——263Total627400000667Celta2020–21La Liga0000——00Espanyol (loan)2020–21Segunda División12020——140Career total21018141513023220

Honours Betis Segunda División: 2014–15

Espanyol Segunda División: 2020–21

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