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![]() Francisco Rufete in May 2009
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Personnel | ||
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Surname | Francisco Joaquín Pérez Rufete | |
birthday | November 20, 1976 | |
place of birth | Benejúzar , Spain | |
size | 177 cm | |
position | Right midfield | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
FC Barcelona | ||
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1995-1997 | FC Barcelona B | 44 | (1)
1996-1997 | FC Barcelona | 1 | (0)
1997-1998 | CD Toledo | 38 | (5)
1998 | RCD Mallorca | 0 | (0)
1999-2001 | Málaga CF | 85 (14) |
2001-2006 | Valencia CF | 132 (13) |
2006-2009 | Espanyol Barcelona | 57 | (1)
2009-2011 | Hércules Alicante | 45 | (0)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
2000 | Spain | 3 | (0)
1 Only league games are given. |
Francisco Joaquín Pérez Rufete , short Rufete (born November 20, 1976 in Benejúzar , Alicante ), is a former Spanish football player who played in right midfield.
Career
Francisco Rufete began his football career at FC Barcelona . There he came at the age of 19 in a 2-2 draw against Deportivo La Coruña on May 26, 1996 for his first (and only for Barça) appearance in the Primera División . In the 1996/97 season he played 38 games in the Segunda División in Toledo and scored 5 goals.
After an interim period with Real Mallorca , Rufete moved to Málaga in 1999 . In his first season in 1998/99 with Málaga CF, he played 20 games in the Segunda División, scored five goals and made it to the Primera División with his team. At FC Málaga grown to a fixed size, he played 65 games in the next two seasons, in which he was able to score nine goals.
In 2001 Rufete after Valencia and immediately became a regular player of FC Valencia . In his first season he scored 5 goals in 32 games. This has been followed by three more successful seasons (80 games / 8 goals until 2005). He celebrated his greatest successes with the 2003/04 league title and victory in the 2004 UEFA Cup . His hat-trick in the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final first leg against Roda Kerkrade , with which he paved the way for his team to the final, was noticeable.
In the summer of 2006 Rufete moved to Espanyol Barcelona . In his first season he reached the UEFA Cup final with Espanyol, which they lost on penalties to Sevilla FC . In the two following years Rufete came only a few missions, also due to injuries. In 2009 he moved to Hércules Alicante , where he was active until 2011.
National team
In the Spanish national team , Rufete was never really able to assert himself and can only record three appearances in 2000. He played his first international game on March 29 in a 2-0 win over Italy when he came on for Joseba Etxeberria in the 60th minute .
successes
- U-18 European Champion : 1995
- Spanish championship : 2002 , 2004
- Spanish Cup : 1999, 2008
- European Super Cup : 2004
- UEFA Cup : 2004
Web links
- Francisco Rufete in the database of weltfussball.de
- Francisco Rufete in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Rufetes international appearances
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Shouted, Francisco |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rufete, Francisco Joaquín Pérez; Rufete (stage name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Benejúzar , Alicante , Spain |