Héctor Figueroa Cabrera (born 30 October 1988) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

UD Gran Tarajal Unión Deportiva Gran Tarajal Sociedad Tamasite, or simply UD Gran Tarajal, is a Spanish football team based in Gran Tarajal, Tuineje, Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1925, the club competes in , holding home games at ''Estadi ...

as a

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Football career

Born in

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spain, Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in th ...

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

, Figueroa finished his graduation with local

UD Villa de Santa Brígida Unión Deportiva Villa de Santa Brígida is a Spanish football team based in Santa Brígida, Las Palmas, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 2004, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 12, holding home matches at ''E ...

's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2008–09 season, in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. In the same campaign he also began appearing with the main squad, in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. In the 2012 summer Figueroa joined

Estrella CF Estrella Club de Fútbol is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Santa Lucía de Tirajana, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1946, it plays in Tercera División, Tercera División – Group 12, h ...

, also in the fourth level. In January of the following year he signed with

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

, being initially assigned to the reserves, being promoted to the third level at the end of 2012–13 season and also being the club second topscorer (only two goals behind Cristian Herrera). On 29 January 2014, after being the B-team's topscorer in

, Figueroa was promoted to the main squad in

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, signing a -year deal. He made his debut as a professional three days later, starting in a 0–1 away loss against

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...

. Figueroa scored his first professional goal on 15 March, netting the last in a 5–0 home routing over CE Sabadell FC. On 4 August 2015 he signed a new contract until 2018, being immediately loaned to

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in t ...

also in the second tier. On 19 July 2016, Figueroa moved to

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ...

again in a temporary deal. The following 7 July, after returning from loan, he cut ties with Las Palmas and went on to resume his career in the third division, representing

CD Toledo Club Deportivo Toledo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1928 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 18, holding home games at '' Estadio Salto del Caballo'', ...

and Burgos CF.

Personal life

Figueroa's older brothers,

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and David, also played for Las Palmas.Premio para Héctor Figueroa (Award for Héctor Figueroa)
La Provincia, 30 January 2014

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