Aged 19, he made his professional debut with local RC Celta de Vigo, starting in a 1–2 Segunda División home loss against CD Numancia on 29 August 2009.

[2] In the 2011–12 season, after a brief loan spell with SD Huesca of the same tier,[3] Dovale contributed 30 games (only nine starts, 1.141 minutes of action) and two goals to help his team to return to La Liga after an absence of five years.

[4] Even though his future seemed uncertain at Celta following the appointment of coach Luis Enrique in summer 2013,[5] Dovale managed to remain with the club, being successfully reconverted into left-back in the process.

[15] Roughly two years later, he left Rayo Vallecano and signed a one-year deal with Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC.

[19] Following a spell in the Hong Kong Premier League with Eastern Sports Club, he returned to both his homeland and his native region in October 2022 after joining Coruxo FC of the Segunda Federación.