Lauren Egea Acame (born 8 January 1996) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

Salamanca CF UDS B Salamanca Club de Fútbol UDS "B", previously known as ''CF Salmantino "B"'', is a Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2016, it is the reserve team of Salamanca UDS, and current ...

as a

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Personal life

Egea's father Sergio and his brother

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are also footballers and

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. The former is retired, and is currently a coach.

Professional career

Egea was born in

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...

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. He joined Hércules CF's youth setup in 2007, aged 11.Lauren Egea, en el nombre del padre (Lauren Egea, father's name)
Alicante News, 29 March 2014 On 12 April 2014, while still a junior, Egea played his first match as a professional, replacing Aitor Fernández in the 79th minute of a 1–2 loss at

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 t ...

in the Segunda División. He appeared in two matches during the campaign, which ended in relegation. On 7 August 2014 Egea moved to

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league s ...

, initially assigned to the '' Juvenil'' squad. On 15 August of the following year, he was loaned to Segunda División B side

UE Cornellà Unión Esportiva Cornellà, S. A. D. ( ca, Unió Esportiva Cornellà) is a Spanish football team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding ...

for one year. After being rarely used, Egea rescinded his contract and moved to

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 ...

club

Real Murcia Imperial Real Murcia Club de Fútbol "B", also known as Real Murcia Imperial is a spanish football team based in Murcia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1922, it is the reserve team of Real Murcia and plays in Tercera División – Group 13, holdin ...

. He moved to Mexico in January 2017, joining Club Universidad Nacional's reserve side as his father was in charge of the first team. While in Mexico, Egea switched his position from a forward to a

, and spent the 2017–18 season on loan at

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, but failed to appear for the club. He returned to Spain in 2018, and subsequently resumed his career in the lower leagues, representing CFI Alicante,

CD Praviano Club Deportivo Praviano is a football team based in Pravia in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Founded in 1949, the team plays in Tercera Division RFEF - Gr. 2. The club's home ground is '' Santa Catalina'', which has a capacity of ...

, CD Murada, Athletic Club Torrellano and

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Egea, Lauren 1996 births Living people People from Alicante Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Valencian Community Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Hércules CF players RCD Espanyol B footballers UE Cornellà players