Rubén Baraja

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Rubén Baraja
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Personnel
Surname Rubén Baraja Vegas
birthday July 11, 1975
place of birth Valladolid ,  Spain
size 180 cm
position Midfielder (central)
Juniors
Years station
Real Valladolid
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1993-1996 Real Valladolid 41 0(2)
1996-1999 Atlético Madrid B 79 (20)
1999-2000 Atlético Madrid 34 0(4)
2000-2010 Valencia CF 262 (41)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2000-2005 Spain 43 (7)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2011 Atlético Madrid (assistant coach)
2013-2015 Valencia CF (youth coach)
2013 Valencia CF Mestalla (interim)
2015-2016 FC Elche
2016-2017 Rayo Vallecano
2017-2018 Sporting Gijón
1 Only league games are given.

Rubén Baraja Vegas (born July 11, 1975 in Valladolid ) is a former Spanish football player who spent most of his career at Valencia CF in the Primera División .

The strengths of the goal-scoring central midfielder lay in his accuracy of pass, his eye for the free man and his good tackles.

Career

society

Baraja began his career with his hometown club Real Valladolid before moving to Atlético Madrid B in 1996 . There he was a regular for two and a half years until he played for the first team for the first time in February 1999, when he lost 2-1 to UD Salamanca . After Atlético relegated to the Segunda División at the end of the 1999/2000 season, Baraja moved to Valencia CF for just under 10 million euros , which needed a new midfielder due to the departures of Claudio López and Javier Farinós . He made his debut on September 9, 2000 against Real Madrid . Baraja was later one of the key players who were helping to maintain Valencia in 2001 into the Champions League moved Finals, where one against Bayern Munich lost on penalties. The following season was also very successful for him, he helped his team with important goals at the end of the season to the first championship in 31 years. In the 2002/03 season he played 35 of the 38 league games, but Valencia was only fifth in the league. The following season was very successful again, he won the UEFA Cup with Valencia with a 2-0 victory in the final over Olympique Marseille .

In the 2006/07 season Baraja had to contend with unlucky injuries and could only play 14 games. In 2007/08 he won the Spanish Cup with Valencia despite a disappointing league placement (10th) . After three more seasons, in which he regularly ran alongside David Albelda , sometimes also as captain, he ended his career after the 2009/10 season.

National team

Since October 7, 2000, when he made his debut in a 2-0 win over Israel , he has played 43 times for the Spanish national soccer team. Baraja played with Spain in the 2002 World Cup, where he played all four full-time games before Spain lost to South Korea on penalties in the round of 16 . He also took part in the next big tournament, the 2004 European Championships . He played in each of the three preliminary round matches. For the 2006 World Cup , he was not considered by Luis Aragonés .

successes

Others

His younger brother Javier is also a professional footballer and is currently under contract with Real Valladolid .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BBC Sport: Ruben Baraja , accessed February 28, 2009
  2. ↑ uefa.com: Baraja muscled out for Valencia , accessed February 28, 2009
  3. ↑ uefa.com: Valencia get bad news on Baraja , accessed February 28, 2009
  4. ↑ uefa.com: Aragonés finds no place for Baraja , accessed on February 28, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Baraja, Rubén
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baraja Vegas, Rubén (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Valladolid , Spain