Raúl Albentosa

Raúl Albentosa Redal (born 7 September 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who last played as a center back.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Albentosa and the second or maternal family name is Redal.
Raúl Albentosa
Albentosa with CSKA Sofia in 2019
Personal information
Full name Raúl Albentosa Redal[1]
Date of birth (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988
Place of birth Alzira, Spain
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1997–2003 Alzira
2003–2007 Elche
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Elche 3 (0)
2009–2010 → Caravaca (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2011 Murcia B 34 (10)
2011–2012 San Roque 31 (3)
2012–2013 Cádiz 33 (3)
2013–2015 Eibar 50 (4)
2015–2016 Derby County 8 (0)
2015–2016 → Málaga (loan) 29 (2)
2016–2019 Deportivo La Coruña 47 (2)
2018–2019 → Gimnàstic (loan) 11 (2)
2019–2020 CSKA Sofia 15 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:24, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Alzira, Valencia, Albentosa played youth football with local Elche CF, making his senior debut in 2007–08 season with the B-team in the Tercera División. On 15 June 2008 he played his first official game with the main squad, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Xerez CD.[2]

In August 2009, Albentosa was loaned to Caravaca CF.[3] He returned to Elche in January of the following year, however, and played in a further two matches in the Segunda División until the end of the campaign.

In the following years, Albentosa did not settle with any team. He competed in the fourth tier with Real Murcia Imperial, representing CD San Roque de Lepe[4] and Cádiz CF in the Segunda División B.[5]

On 21 July 2013, Albentosa signed with SD Eibar, freshly promoted to the second division.[6] He scored his first professional goal on 2 March of the following year, netting the last in a 3–0 home victory over Sporting de Gijón.[7]

Albentosa played 33 matches in 2013–14, helping the Armeros achieve promotion to La Liga for the first time ever. He made his debut in the competition on 24 August 2014, starting in a 1–0 home defeat of Real Sociedad;[8] on 19 September, through a header, he scored his first goal in the top level, his being the second in a 2–0 win at Elche CF.[9]

On 16 January 2015, Albentosa signed for Derby County on a ​2 1⁄2-year deal, after the English club paid the €600,000 of his buyout clause.[10] He made his competitive debut for his new team eight days later, playing the first half of a 2–0 home victory against Chesterfield in the fourth round of the FA Cup.[11]

Albentosa returned to Spain and its top level in the summer of 2015, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Málaga CF.[12] On 9 July 2016, he signed a permanent four-year contract with fellow league club Deportivo de La Coruña.[13]

On 31 August 2018, after suffering relegation, Albentosa was loaned to Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the second division, for one year.[14] He was recalled the following January,[15] terminating his contract shortly after.[16]

Albentosa moved abroad again in late July 2019, with the 30-year-old joining CSKA Sofia of the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria).[17] He made his official debut on 2 August 2019, in the 0:1 away loss against Croatian club Osijek in a UEFA Europa League qualifying second leg match (CSKA Sofia advanced to the next round after a penalty shootout).[18] On 1 September 2019, he scored his first goal for the "redmen", netting a late equalizer in the 2:2 draw with Levski Sofia in an Eternal derby match from the Bulgarian league. After establishing himself as regular starter, a fan favorite as well as captaining the club, Albentosa decided to leave by mutual consent in April 2020.[19]

References
  1. "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. "El Elche facilita la permanencia del Xerez (1–0)" [Elche enable Xerez's survival (1–0)]. Diario Información (in Spanish). 16 June 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. "El defensa Albentosa llega al Caravaca cedido por el Elche" [Defender Albentosa arrives at Caravaca on loan from Elche]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 30 August 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. "El Murcia deja escapar a Raúl Albentosa" [Murcia let Raúl Albentosa leave] (in Spanish). Info Deporte Murcia. 27 June 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  5. "El Cádiz presenta oficialmente a Aitor Núñez y Raúl Albentosa" [Cádiz officially present Aitor Núñez and Raúl Albentosa]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). 21 August 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. "Raúl Albentosa y Lillo potencia la defensa armera" [Raúl Albentosa and Lillo bolster armera defence]. Marca (in Spanish). 21 July 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. "Ipurua recupera a lo grande el liderato de la División de Plata" [Ipurua recovers Silver Division's leadership in style]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 March 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  8. "Lara seals dream start for Eibar". ESPN FC. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  9. "Elche 0–2 Eibar". ESPN FC. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  10. "Raul Albentosa: 'This is a dream come true'". Derby County F.C. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  11. "Darren Bent sends Derby County through after Chesterfield give them a scare". The Guardian. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  12. "Málaga CF incorporates Albentosa after loan agreement for one season with Derby County FC". Málaga CF. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  13. "Raúl Albentosa, nuevo jugador del Deportivo" [Raúl Albentosa, new player of Deportivo] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  14. "Raúl Albentosa jugará cedido en el Nàstic" [Raúl Albentosa will play on loan at Nàstic] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  15. "El Dépor ejecuta la cláusula de salida del Nástic de Albentosa, pendiente ahora de definir su nuevo destino" [Dépor exercise Albentosa's clause of departure from Nástic, his new destination pending] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  16. "El Deportivo y Raúl Albentosa acuerdan la rescisión del contrato del central" [Deportivo and Raúl Albentosa agree to termination of the stopper's contract] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  17. "ЦСКА привлече бранител със солиден опит в Примера дивизион" [CSKA acquired defender with solid Primera División experience] (in Bulgarian). CSKA Sofia. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  18. Mitev, Krasian (2 August 2019). "ЦСКА отстрани Осиек след изпълнение на дузпи" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  19. "Албентоса с емоционално писмо, обяви причините за раздялата си с ЦСКА-София" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.


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