Enrique de Lucas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enrique de Lucas Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | L'Hospitalet, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ferrán Martorell | |||
| Barcelona | |||
| 1995–1996 | Espanyol | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Espanyol B | 67 | (25) |
| 1998–2002 | Espanyol | 92 | (16) |
| 2001 | → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Chelsea | 25 | (0) |
| 2003–2007 | Alavés | 127 | (19) |
| 2007–2009 | Murcia | 57 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | Cartagena | 38 | (11) |
| 2010–2013 | Celta | 98 | (21) |
| 2013–2014 | Hércules | 24 | (4) |
| 2015 | Biggleswade United | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 535 | (103) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995 | Spain U16 | 7 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Enrique "Quique" de Lucas Martínez (born 17 August 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder.
He started his professional career with Espanyol, going on to amass La Liga totals of 168 games and 25 goals over the course of eight seasons, also representing in the competition Alavés, Murcia and Celta. He added 268/53 in Segunda División, where he played for all the clubs except his first.
De Lucas had two spells abroad, including the 2002–03 campaign with Chelsea.
Born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, de Lucas emerged through the ranks of RCD Espanyol, making his first-team debut on 15 May 1998 away against Real Valladolid (his sole appearance of the season) but being promoted to the main squad immediately afterwards. Subsequently, he became an important offensive element for the Pericos, appearing in 30 La Liga games and scoring four goals in 1999–2000 while helping the club to that year's Copa del Rey.
After his contract expired in 2002, and after an unassuming loan spell at Paris Saint-Germain F.C. the previous year, de Lucas joined Chelsea, being relatively used in his first and only season. His sole goal for the English was a well-executed chip in the UEFA Cup against Viking FK, in a 2–1 home win but 4–5 loss on aggregate.
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