He played 382 Segunda División games and scored 34 goals over 12 seasons, representing mainly Tenerife and Recreativo (four years apiece).

Born in Santa Olalla del Cala, Province of Huelva, Andalusia, Vázquez first played professionally in the Segunda División, with CF Extremadura and CD Tenerife, for a total of seven years.

For the 2006–07 campaign, Vázquez joined Recreativo de Huelva,[1] recently promoted to La Liga, going on to be an undisputed first choice for his hometown club.

[2] Vázquez left Recre in late June 2011 at age 31, and signed with Deportivo de La Coruña for two years.

[3] He spent his first season nursing a serious leg injury,[4][5] but still contributed 1,029 minutes in 12 starts to help the team to return to the top division after only one year.