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Nuria Rábano

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Nuria Rábano
Rábano in 2023
Personal information
Full name Nuria Rábano Blanco
Date of birth (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Santiago de Compostela, Spain[2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
VfL Wolfsburg
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Atlético Arousana
2016–2020 Deportivo La Coruña 20+
2020–2022 Real Sociedad 57 (0)
2022–2023 Barcelona 18 (0)
2023- VfL Wolfsburg 20 (0)
International career
2015 Spain U17 3 (0)
2017 Spain U19 5 (0)
2018 Spain U20 1 (0)
2022– Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022

Nuria Rábano Blanco (born 15 June 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back for VfL Wolfsburg (women) and the Spain national team. She joined the German club on a free transfer following her exit from Liga F club FC Barcelona.[3]

Early life

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Rábano started her career at Atlético Arousana.[4]

Club career

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Deportivo la Coruña (2016–20)

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While at Deportivo la Coruña, Rábano was a starter in their undefeated 2018–19 Reto Iberdrola campaign that saw them get promoted to the Primera División for the first time in their history.[5] In Depor's first Primera División season, Rábano helped the team reach 4th place before the league season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She made the decision to leave Depor at the end of the season because she felt it was time to play a higher level of football.[6]

Real Sociedad (2020–22)

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At the end of the 2019–20 season, Rábano departed Deportivo la Coruña to sign a two-year contract with Real Sociedad.[7] In the 2021–22 season, Rábano was an essential piece of Real Sociedad's defense as they qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in their history.

Barcelona (2022–2023)

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On 17 June 2022, Barcelona announced the signing of Rábano on a two-year contract.[8]

On 4 July 2023, Rábano and Barcelona agreed to terminate her contract after she appeared sporadically throughout the season.[9]

Rábano with Wolfsburg in 2024

International career

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Rábano was called up to represent Spain at the 2017 Under-19 Championship. In Spain's second group stage match against Germany, she suffered a sprain in the ligament of her right ankle and was ruled out for the remainder of the competition.[10] Spain went on to win the competition against France to advance to the 2018 U20 World Cup. Rábano was included in the squad for that tournament as well, and was a substitute throughout the tournament as Spain finished as runners-up.[11][12]

Honours

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FC Barcelona

References

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  1. ^ Nuria Rábano at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Nuria". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Nuria Rábano". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Nuria". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ Torrealba, Sonia Triano (29 January 2021). "Nuria Rábano, la joya gallega que triunfa en la Real Sociedad". Grada3.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Nuria Rábano sobre el Deportivo: "A mí y a Tere no se nos ha valorado"". Riazor.org (in Spanish). 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Nuria Rábano se marcha a la Real Sociedad hasta junio de 2022". www.elcorreogallego.es (in European Spanish). 1 July 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Nuria Rábano, first new face for 2022/23". FC Barcelona. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Rescissió del contracte de Nuria Rábano". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. ^ "OFICIAL | Nuria Rábano causa baja y es sustituida por Ane Azkona". www.sefutbol.com (in Spanish). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Nuria Rábano: "Es un orgullo poder hacer historia"". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 23 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  12. ^ "¿Quién es quién en la Selección Sub-20 femenina subcampeona del mundo?". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). 21 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  13. ^ Wrack, Suzanne (3 June 2023). "Rolfö caps Barcelona comeback against Wolfsburg to win thrilling WCL final". The Guardian. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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