Full name Rubén González Rocha Playing position Apps (Gls) Weight 77 kg | Place of birth Compostela, Spain Years Team Height 1.87 m Career start 2001 | |
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Date of birth (1982-01-29) 29 January 1982 (age 35) Current team Delhi Dynamos FC (#5 / Defender) Similar Marcos Tébar, Kean Lewis, Anas Edathodika, Richard Gadze, Toni Doblas | ||
Rubén González Rocha (born 29 January 1982), known simply as Rubén, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Coruxo FC.
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He came through the youth ranks at Real Madrid, but appeared in only 11 official games in four years. He amassed La Liga totals of 118 games and five goals over the course of ten seasons, also representing in the competition Albacete, Racing de Santander, Mallorca and Osasuna.
Club career
Rubén was born in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. A youth product of La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid, who signed him from local SD Compostela, he would only amass four first-team league appearances in three seasons, his debut coming on 10 May 2002 in a 0–3 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña. On 9 November 2003 he was taken out after just 25 minutes and an own goal, in an eventual 1–4 defeat at Sevilla FC; he finished 2003–04 on loan, to German club Borussia Mönchengladbach.
After a loan period with Albacete Balompié in 2004–05, with the Castile-La Mancha side finishing dead last in the top flight, Rubén returned to Real Madrid, spending the following campaign with the B-team in Segunda División. In 2006–07 he finally developed as a top level player with Racing de Santander, helping the Cantabrians finish tenth while scoring his first goals in the category in consecutive 2–1 wins, at RCD Mallorca and with Villarreal CF; however, he returned the next year to division two, joining Celta de Vigo.
In late August 2009, Rubén signed with Mallorca, arriving for free in a 2+1 deal. In his first season he played mostly as a backup to José Nunes and Iván Ramis, but still managed to net twice, which resulted in four points away from home (2–1 win against Real Valladolid, 1–1 draw against Real Zaragoza); he added his third on 19 April 2010 – all came through headers from corner kicks – in a 2–0 home triumph against CA Osasuna, as the Balearic Islands club finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Europa League.
After one season with Baku FC in the Azerbaijan Premier League, Rubén signed a two-year contract with Zaragoza on 12 August 2014, arriving from the same team as countryman Mario.