Nuria Rábano Blanco (born 15 June 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Spain women's national team.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nuria Rábano Blanco | ||
Date of birth | (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 23)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Santiago de Compostela, Spain[2] | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Barcelona | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Atlético Arousana | ||
2016–2020 | Deportivo La Coruña | 20+ | |
2020–2022 | Real Sociedad | 57 | (0) |
2022– | Barcelona | 2 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
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 25 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022 |
Rábano started her career at Atlético Arousana.[4]
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]
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.
On 17 June 2022, FC Barcelona Femení announced the signing of Rábano on a two-year contract.[8]
Rábano was called up to represent Spain at the 2017 UEFA Women's 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.[9] Spain went on to win the competition against France to advance to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's 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.[10][11]
FC Barcelona Femení – current squad | |
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