Rafel Bauzà

Rafel Bauzà
Personal information
Full name	Rafel Bauzà Sureda
Date of birth	31 January 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Espanyol B
Number	26
Youth career
	Fundación Marcet
	Sant Andreu
2021–2023	Espanyol
Senior career*
Years	Team
2023–	Espanyol B
2024–	Espanyol
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2024

Rafel Bauzà Sureda (born 31 January 2005) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for RCD Espanyol B.

Career

Born in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, Balearic Islands, Bauzà moved to Barcelona at the age of nine, and joined RCD Espanyol's youth sides in 2021, after representing Fundación Marcet and UE Sant Andreu.^[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 3 September 2023, starting in a 1–0 Segunda Federación away loss to Hércules CF.^[2]

Bauzà made his first team debut on 11 May 2024, coming on as a second-half substitute for José Gragera in a 0–0 Segunda División away draw against Real Valladolid.^[3]^[4]

^ "Rafa Bauza, quinto canterano que debuta este curso con el primer equipo del Espanyol" [Rafa Bauza, fifth youth player who debuts this season with the first team of Espanyol] (in Spanish). El 1900. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Ketu le da la primera alegría al nuevo Hércules" [Ketu gives the first joy to the new Hércules] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Valladolid y Espanyol se anulan, pero los pucelanos se ponen líderes" [Valladolid and Espanyol null each other, but the pucelanos end up as leaders] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Rafa Bauza, de la Residència Josep Manel Casanova al primer equipo: «Me sentí muy cómodo»" [Rafa Bauza, from the Josep Manel Casanova residence to the first team: "I felt very comfortable"] (in Spanish). El 1900. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.