Raúl Valbuena
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl Valbuena Cano | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1991 | Leganés | ||
| 1992–1994 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Leganés B | ||
| 1994–1995 | Real Madrid C | 27 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Real Madrid B | 60 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Mallorca B | 18 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Toledo | 26 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Albacete | 51 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Zaragoza | 13 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Albacete (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Albacete | 30 | (0) |
| Total | 246 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 1992 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2015 | Zaragoza (youth) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Sariñena | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Raúl Valbuena Cano (born 23 April 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Born in Madrid, Valbuena made his senior debuts with CD Leganés' reserve team, aged only 16. In the 1992 summer he joined Real Madrid's youth setup, and was promoted to the C-side in 1994.
In 1995, Valbuena was assigned to Real Madrid Castilla in Segunda División. He played his first match as a professional on 24 March 1996, starting in a 1–0 away win against CA Marbella.
Valbuena also suffered relegation in the 1996–97 season, and in the 1998 summer moved to another reserve team, RCD Mallorca B also in the second level. After splitting first-choice duties with Leo Franco, he signed for fellow league club CD Toledo in July 1999.
In 2000, Valbuena joined Albacete Balompié, appearing regularly during his two-year spell. On 6 June 2002 he moved to Real Zaragoza, but only appeared in one league match in an eventual top flight promotion.
Valbuena made his La Liga debut on 21 September 2003, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–3 away loss to Real Sociedad. He featured sparingly during the campaign, and was subsequently loaned to former side Albacete on 15 July 2004.
Valbuena was regularly used by the Castile-La Mancha-based team – only being limited due to injuries – which suffered relegation. On 1 May 2005, after starting in a 0–2 defeat at FC Barcelona, he suffered Lionel Messi's first league goal, the second of the match.
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