Adolfo Baines Pilart (born 15 February 1972) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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, who is currently in charge of

CF Pobla de Mafumet Club de Fútbol Pobla de Mafumet is a Spanish football club based in La Pobla de Mafumet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1953, it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 5, holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal'', which ...

Club career

Born in

Isaba Isaba ( eu, Izaba) is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. Is the main town of the Roncal valley and is sited in the Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca ...

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

, Baines was in

CD Logroñés Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in ''Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club has ...

' roster from 1995 to 1997, being part of the team that competed in

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in the latter season but appearing in no league games. He started his active professional career in the third division, with

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

and

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

. In 2000 he moved to

CD Badajoz Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905 and refounded in 2012, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, and holds home games at ''Estadio Nu ...

in the second level, being a starter throughout his entire spell and not being able to prevent relegation in his last campaign. In January 2004, after an unassuming stint in the lower leagues of Portugal, Baines returned to his country and signed with another second-tier side, agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract with

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

. He only managed to be a backup during his tenure in the

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, totalling just five matches. Subsequently, Baines joined

Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...

of the English Fourth Division on a free transfer. He had a stormy start to the season as he was

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in his first league game after handling the ball outside the area in a 2–1 win against

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; he was soon dropped to the bench when

Lee Harper Lee Charles Philip Harper (born 30 October 1971) is an English former footballer, and manager who played as a goalkeeper. He notably played for Queens Park Rangers. Although he spent 3 years at Arsenal, he only played 1 game for that club. Aft ...

was brought on loan from

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team plays in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...

. After having spent the majority of his spell on the club's transfer list, Baines was released by Milton Keynes in May 2007. In 2011, he returned to his former team Gimnàstic as a goalkeeper coach.David Valle y Baines, presentados (David Valle and Baines, presented)
Gimnàstic Tarragona, 1 July 2011 (in Spanish)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baines, Adolfo 1972 births Living people People from Roncal-Salazar Spanish people of English descent Spanish footballers Footballers from Navarre Association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CA Osasuna B players SD Huesca footballers CD Logroñés footballers Getafe CF footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers CD Badajoz players CD Tenerife players Leixões S.C. players English Football League players Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in England Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England