Raúl Albentosa

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Albentosa and the second or maternal family name is Redal.
Raúl Albentosa
Personal information
Full nameRaúl Albentosa Redal
Date of birth7 September 1988
Place of birthAlzira, Spain
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Derby County
Number36
Youth career
1997–2003Alzira
2003–2007Elche
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2007–2010Elche B
2008–2010Elche3(0)
2009–2010→ Caravaca (loan)0(0)
2010–2011Murcia B34(10)
2011–2012San Roque31(3)
2012–2013Cádiz33(3)
2013–2015Eibar50(4)
2015–Derby County4(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 March 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Raúl Albentosa Redal (born 7 September 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for English club Derby County as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Alzira, Valencia, Albentosa played youth football with local Elche CF, making his senior debuts in 2007–08 season with the B-team in the Tercera División. On 15 June 2008 he played his first official game with the main squad, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Xerez CD.[1]

In August 2009, Albentosa was loaned to Caravaca CF.[2] He returned to Elche in January of the following year, however, and played in a further two contests in the Segunda División until the end of the campaign.

In the following years, Albentosa did not settle with any team. He competed in the fourth tier with Real Murcia Imperial, representing CD San Roque de Lepe[3] and Cádiz CF in the Segunda División B.[4]

On 21 July 2013 Albentosa signed with SD Eibar, freshly promoted to the second division.[5] He scored his first professional goal on 2 March of the following year, netting the last in a 3–0 home win against Sporting de Gijón.[6]

Albentosa played 33 matches in 2013–14, helping the Armeros achieve promotion to La Liga for the first time ever. He made his debut in the competition on 24 August 2014, starting in a 1–0 home win over Real Sociedad;[7] on 19 September, through a header, he scored his first goal in the top level, his being the second in a 2–0 away success against Elche CF.[8]

On 16 January 2015 Albentosa signed for Derby County on a two-and-a-half year deal, after the English club paid the €600,000 of his buyout clause.[9] He made his competitive debut for his new team eight days later, playing the first half of a 2–0 home victory against Chesterfield in the fourth round of the FA Cup.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "El Elche facilita la permanencia del Xerez (1–0)" [Elche enables Xerez's survival (1–0)]. Diario Información (in Spanish). 16 June 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "El defensa Albentosa llega al Caravaca cedido por el Elche" [Defender Albentosa arrives at Caravaca on loan from Elche]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 30 August 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "El Murcia deja escapar a Raúl Albentosa" [Murcia lets Raúl Albentosa leave] (in Spanish). Info Deporte Murcia. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "El Cádiz presenta oficialmente a Aitor Núñez y Raúl Albentosa" [Cádiz officially presents Aitor Núñez and Raúl Albentosa]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). 21 August 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Raúl Albentosa y Lillo potencia la defensa armera" [Raúl Albentosa and Lillo bolster armera defence]. Marca (in Spanish). 21 July 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ipurua recupera a lo grande el liderato de la División de Plata" [Ipurua recovers silver division's leadership in style]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 March 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lara seals dream start for Eibar". ESPN FC. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Elche 0–2 Eibar". ESPN FC. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Raul Albentosa: 'This is a dream come true'". Derby County F.C. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Darren Bent sends Derby County through after Chesterfield give them a scare". The Guardian. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

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