| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Braulio Nóbrega Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Puerto del Rosario, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2006 | Atlético B | 29 | (17) |
| 2004–2008 | Atlético Madrid | 11 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Mallorca (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Salamanca (loan) | 39 | (14) |
| 2007–2008 | → Getafe (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2008–2011 | Zaragoza | 56 | (6) |
| 2010 | → Recreativo (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 2005 | Spain U20 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Braulio Nóbrega Rodríguez, simply Braulio (born 18 September 1985 in Puerto del Rosario, Canary Islands), is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward.
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Having grown through the youth system of Atlético Madrid, Braulio played 11 La Liga games for the Colchoneros between 2004–06 (ten being in his debut season), before being loaned to RCD Mallorca (January–June 2006) and second division's UD Salamanca in 2006–07, where he finished the season as the team's top scorer.
Braulio was loaned again in 2007–08, this time to Madrid side Getafe CF, where he teamed up again with Manu del Moral, who had played with him in Atlético's youth squads.[1]
On 25 October 2007, he scored a marvellous backheel goal in the UEFA Cup group stage, in a 2–1 win against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.[2] He also netted the third and final goal for Getafe in the competition's quarterfinal second-leg match against FC Bayern Munich, capitalizing on a defensive mistake by Lúcio in the box and proceeding to blast the ball past goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, in a 3–3 home draw (4–4 aggregate loss).[3]
On 28 June 2008, Braulio signed a four-year contract with Real Zaragoza, just relegated to the second level. He was relatively used as the Aragonese were immediately promoted to the top flight, but then suffered an injury which sidelined him for several months; upon return in late 2009, he found himself without room in the first team and, on 23 January 2010, was loaned to Recreativo de Huelva, as another forward, Adrián Colunga, moved, in the same predicament, in the opposite direction.[4]
On 21 September 2011, Braulio was arrested on a charge of sexual assault, which occurred in a town near Zaragoza - Cuarte de Huerva - shortly before Real Zaragoza's morning training.[5] He was not incarcerated immediately, and the following day pleaded guilty,[6] being ousted from the squad until the situation was cleared,[7] and released by the club the following month.[8]
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