Pablo Hervías Ruiz (born 8 March 1993) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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Club career

Real Sociedad

Hervías was born in Logroño, La Rioja, and started playing football with local Peña Balsamaiso, being signed by

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in 2005.El riojano Hervías, convocado por la selección (Rioja's own Hervías, called up by the national team)
La Rioja, 30 January 2009 (in Spanish) He made his senior debut in the 2011–12 season, appearing for the reserves in

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. Late into 2011, Hervías renewed his contract until 2016. He played his first competitive game with the first team on 19 April 2014, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 2–1 La Liga home win against RCD Espanyol. Hervías scored his first goal for the ''Txuriurdins main squad on 20 October 2014: again after having replaced Castro, he put the hosts ahead in the 82nd minute of a league home fixture against

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, but in an eventual 2–1 loss. On 8 May of the following year, he was loaned to

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strugglers CA Osasuna until June, as a replacement to injured

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; he found the net in his first appearance, helping his team to a 2–0 home victory over

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after replacing Karim Ansarifard. On 25 July 2015, Hervías renewed his contract until 2018, and moved to second division club

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on 3 August, on loan for one year. On 10 August of the following year, he joined Elche CF of the same league also in a temporary deal.

Eibar

Hervías signed with SD Eibar on 5 July 2017, moving on loan to Real Valladolid seven days later. After helping the latter in their top-flight promotion he returned to his parent club, but rejoined Valladolid on loan on 23 January 2019.

Valladolid

On 14 May 2019, Hervías was permanently signed by Valladolid as they remained in the top tier for the following campaign. He scored his first goal in the competition on 15 September, in a 1–1 home draw with Osasuna.

Málaga

On 12 August 2022, Hervías joined

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on a one-year deal.

International career

In 2009, Hervías was called up by the Spain under-16 team. He represented

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at the

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, featuring in all the matches but one and losing the final. Hervías was promoted to the under-19s in 2012.

Personal life

Hervías' father, Eloy, played football for

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 ...

and also acted as a

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. His brother, Rubén, competed in the lower divisions of Spanish football.Un riojano en la final de la Eurocopa sub'17 (A Riojan in the final of the Under-17 European Championship)
La Rioja, 30 May 2010 (in Spanish)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hervias, Pablo 1993 births Living people Footballers from Logroño Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Sociedad B footballers Real Sociedad footballers CA Osasuna players Real Oviedo players Elche CF players SD Eibar footballers Real Valladolid players Málaga CF players Club Bolívar players Spain men's youth international footballers