Ander Gago ÃÂlvarez (born 10 September 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.
Gago was born in Galdakao, Biscay, Basque Country. He all but spent his career in the Segunda División B, after playing youth football at Athletic Bilbao. In that tier, he appeared for that club's reserve team, SD Lemona, Real Murcia CF, CD Atlético Baleares, CD Guijuelo, UD Logroñés and Sestao River Club, which he also represented in the Tercera División before retiring at the age of 36.
The exception to this was in the 2011âÂÂ12 season, when Gago signed for CD Guadalajara alongside his former Athletic teammate Jonan GarcÃÂa. He made his Segunda División debut on 27 August 2011, as a late substitute in a 1âÂÂ1 home draw against UD Las Palmas, the first of 23 appearances at the professional level in roughly 1,300 minutes of action. His only goal came on 9 October, in injury time of the 1âÂÂ2 loss to Hércules CF also at the Estadio Pedro EscartÃÂn.
On 11 January 2020, Gago and seven other Sestao players who had been brought up at Athletic Bilbao at some point took the field to face them in the second round of the Copa del Rey. The La Liga opposition won 4âÂÂ0 at the Las Llanas Stadium.