Rubén Rochina

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Rubén Rochina

Rochina in action with Blackburn Rovers
Personal information
Full nameRubén Rochina Naixes
Date of birth (1991-03-23) 23 March 1991
Place of birthSagunto, Spain
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubRayo Vallecano
(loan from Blackburn Rovers)
Number16
Youth career
2003–2004Valencia
2004–2010Barcelona
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2011Barcelona B26(4)
2011–Blackburn Rovers46(7)
2013→ Zaragoza (loan)15(1)
2014–→ Rayo Vallecano (loan)1(0)
National team
2008Spain U177(4)
2009Spain U181(0)
2010Spain U199(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 28 January 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rochina and the second or maternal family name is Naixes.

Rubén Rochina Naixes (born 23 March 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano on loan from Blackburn Rovers. He plays as a striker.

Rochina began his professional career with Barcelona B before joining Blackburn in 2011, and spent a spell on loan at Real Zaragoza in 2013.

Club career

Barcelona

Born in Sagunto, Valencia, Rochina arrived at Barcelona's youth system at the age of 13, after starting his development with local team Valencia.[1]

Whilst still a junior, he appeared in 13 games for Barcelona's reserves in the Segunda División B, playing three times (117 minutes) in the 2009–10 season as Luis Enrique's side returned to the Segunda División after an 11-year absence.[2][3]

Blackburn Rovers

On 31 January 2011, without having appeared for Barcelona's first team, Rochina joined Premier League team Blackburn Rovers on a four-year deal.[4] On 11 February he scored twice for the reserves against Newcastle United's reserves, in a 4–4 draw.[5]

On 16 April Rochina made his league debut for his new club, starting in a 2–0 away loss against Everton.[6] On 24 August he scored his first competitive goal for Rovers, just five minutes into the League Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday, and added a second in a 3–1 home win.[7]

Rochina scored his first league goal for Blackburn on 11 September, in a 1–1 away draw against Fulham.[8] In the next game he provided an assist in a 4–3 home victory over Arsenal,[9] and appeared in 18 matches during the season as the team was relegated.[10]

On 1 September 2012, Rochina scored a back-heeled goal to equalise six minutes from time in a 3–3 draw at Leeds United.[11] He spent the second half of the campaign on loan at Real Zaragoza.[12] He made his La Liga debut on 3 February 2013 as a 74th-minute substitute in a 1–1 away draw with Málaga,[13] and scored his first goal in the competition on 27 April to help defeat Mallorca 3–2 at La Romareda,[14] as Zaragoza finished bottom so were relegated.

On the opening day of the 2013–14 Championship season, Rochina dislocated his shoulder during the fixture against Derby County.[15] After surgery, he missed the next three months of the campaign, and on 20 January 2014 he returned to the Spanish top flight on loan, this time to Rayo Vallecano.[16] His first appearance came six days later, in a 4–2 home loss to Atlético Madrid in which he played 34 minutes.[17]

International career

Rochina was capped for Spain at U-17, U-18 and U-19 levels.

Honours

Spain U17

Club statistics

As of match played 26 January 2014
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2008–09[18] Segunda División B102000000102
2009–10[19] Segunda División B3000000030
2010–11[20] Segunda División132000000132
Total 264000000264
Blackburn Rovers 2010–11[21] Premier League4000000040
2011–12[10] Premier League182104400236
2012–13[22] Championship195201000225
2013–14[23] Championship5000000050
Total 4673054005411
Zaragoza 2012–13[24] La Liga151000000151
Rayo Vallecano 2013–14[25] La Liga1000000010
Career totals 88123054009616

References

  1. ↑ "El pasado 'che' de Rochina" [Rochina's 'che' past]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 19 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013. 
  2. ↑ San Antonio, Ivan (11 January 2009). "Luis Enrique ya tiene el '9' que buscaba" [Luis Enrique already has the number 9 he was looking for]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Rubén Rochina: La cantera del Barça es la mejor del mundo" [Rubén Rochina: Barça's youth system is the best in the world]. Terra (in Spanish). 3 January 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Rubén of the Rovers". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. 
  5. ↑ Quraishi, Mushtaq (13 April 2011). "Fans call for Rochina's chance to shine". A Different League. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 
  6. ↑ Da Silva, Michael (16 April 2011). "Everton 2–0 Blackburn". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 
  7. ↑ "Blackburn 3–1 Sheffield Wed". BBC Sport. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011. 
  8. ↑ Fifield, Dominic (11 September 2011). "Struggling Fulham and Blackburn left frustrated after stalemate". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 
  9. ↑ Hassan, Nabil (17 September 2011). "Blackburn 4–3 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Games played by Ruben Rochina in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Leeds United 3 Blackburn Rovers 3: Ruben is United's Achilles' heel". Yorkshire Post. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 
  12. ↑ "DJ Campbell & Jerome Thomas: Blackburn want duo on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013. 
  13. ↑ "Malaga suffer blow". ESPN FC. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Zara edge basement thriller". ESPN FC. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013. 
  15. ↑ Winter, Henry (4 August 2013). "Derby County 1 Blackburn Rovers 1: match report". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 December 2014. 
  16. ↑ "Ruben heads home". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 
  17. ↑ "El Atlético retoma la senda del triunfo" [Atlético rediscovers winning ways]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  18. ↑ "Rochina: Rubén Rochina Naixes: 2008–09". BDFutbol. Retrieved 13 December 2013. 
  19. ↑ "Rochina: Rubén Rochina Naixes: 2009–10". BDFutbol. Retrieved 13 December 2013. 
  20. ↑ "Rochina: Rubén Rochina Naixes: 2010–11". BDFutbol. Retrieved 13 December 2013. 
  21. ↑ "Games played by Ruben Rochina in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2013. 
  22. ↑ "Games played by Ruben Rochina in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2013. 
  23. ↑ "Games played by Ruben Rochina in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 
  24. ↑ "Rochina: Rubén Rochina Naixes: 2012–13". BDFutbol. Retrieved 13 December 2013. 
  25. ↑ "Rubén Rochina". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 

External links

Rayo Vallecano – current squad
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