Braulio Nóbrega

Braulio

Personal information
Full name	Braulio Nóbrega Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1985-09-18) 18 September 1985
Place of birth	Puerto del Rosario, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Cartagena
Number	9
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)
2012–	Cartagena
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).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Nóbrega and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Braulio Nóbrega Rodríguez, simply Braulio (born 18 September 1985 in Puerto del Rosario, Canary Islands), is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Cartagena as a forward.

Club career

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.

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. 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).

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.

Personal

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. He was not incarcerated immediately, and the following day pleaded guilty, being ousted from the squad until the situation was cleared, and released by the club the following month.

External links

• Real Zaragoza official profile (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Braulio Nóbrega – FIFA competition record
• Transfermarkt profile