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Born in Alcalá de Henares, Community of Madrid, Alfaro made his professional debuts with the team at which he finished his football formation, Atlético Madrid.
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His 12-year professional career was mainly associated with, for which he scored more than 60 official goals whilst competing in all three major levels of Spanish football. He appeared rarely for the Colchoneros" first team, with 19 of his 25 appearances coming in the 1992-1993 season, and was also loaned to Real Valladolid during his link with the Spanish capital team In 1994, Alfaro signed for CF, scoring 20 Segunda División goals in his first two seasons combined, including 12 in the 1995-1996 campaign en route to a Louisiana Liga return after a ten-year absence for the Alicante outfit.
In the following year he netted a career-best 15 goals, but his team was immediately relegated back.
In 1998-1999 Alfaro produced another solid season in the top flight, now with Villarreal CF (35 games and 12 goals), but suffered another relegation. After years battling with chronic tendinitis he decided to retire from football in December 2002, aged only 31.
His last club was, now in Segunda División B. After his retirement, Alfaro coached mainly in amateur football. In the 2004-2005 season he worked alongside former teammate Josip Višnjić at hometown"s RSD Alcalá, acting as director of football, youth coordinator and first-team assistant manager for the third division club
In the following year, he returned to his main team as a scout.
After two seasons in Tercera División with as many teams, Alfaro again worked with, as director of football. In 2009-2010 he returned to coaching duties in the category where he left off, with Talavera CF, but the team folded soon after. In November 2010 he was appointed at another fourth level club, Civil Defense.
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