Rubén Baraja
Baraja as manager of Elche in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rubén Baraja Vegas | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Valladolid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valladolid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Valladolid B | 46 | (11) |
| 1993–1996 | Valladolid | 41 | (2) |
| 1996–1999 | Atlético Madrid B | 79 | (20) |
| 1999–2000 | Atlético Madrid | 34 | (4) |
| 2000–2010 | Valencia | 262 | (41) |
| Total | 462 | (78) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993 | Spain U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2000–2005 | Spain | 43 | (7) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011 | Atlético Madrid (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2015 | Valencia (youth) | ||
| 2013 | Valencia B (interim) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Elche | ||
| 2016–2017 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rubén Baraja Vegas (born 11 July 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer, and a current manager.
A complete central midfielder with good tackling and offensive qualities together with accurate passing and goalscoring ability, he played mostly for Valencia during a 17-year professional career, being an essential figure in five of the club's major titles, which included two La Liga championships.
For five years Baraja was also a consistent part of the Spanish national team, appearing in one World Cup and one European Championship and gaining nearly 50 caps.
Born in Valladolid, Castile and León, Baraja started his career at local club Real Valladolid before moving to Atlético Madrid, where he would spend two and a half seasons with the B-side, first appearing with the main squad on 7 February 1999 by playing the second half of a 1–2 defeat at UD Salamanca. In the 1998–99 campaign, with the B's in the second division, he scored a career-best 11 goals.
When Atlético was relegated at the end of 1999–2000, Baraja left the club in a 2,000 million pesetas transfer to that year's UEFA Champions League finalists Valencia CF, who were looking to strengthen their central midfield following the sale of first-team players Gerard and Javier Farinós. In his first season he was a key element in the Che's Champions League campaign, as the club was beaten in the final for the second year running, this time losing in a penalty shootout to FC Bayern Munich, with the player scoring on his attempt.
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