Rafael Ramos Jiménez (born 16 July 1997), commonly known as Pipo, is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a winger for

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 ...

, on loan from

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo ...

Club career

Born in

La Alberca La Alberca is a municipality in the province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castilla y León, Spain. It is the capital of Sierra de Francia Comarca. In 2003, the population of La Alberca was 1105, and the area . Its altitude is ab ...

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritag ...

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, Pipo joined

UCAM Murcia CF Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol, commonly known as UCAM Murcia or simply UCAM, is a Spanish football club based in Murcia. Founded in 1999 it plays in Segunda Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio de La Condomina'', with ...

's youth setup in 2013, from AD Guadalupe. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 6 September 2015, starting in a 2–0 away win against

Mazarrón FC Mazarrón Fútbol Club is a Spanish Football team, football club based in the municipality of Mazarrón in the autonomous community of Region of Murcia, Region de Murcia. Founded in 2010 after its predecessor Mazarrón CF was dissolved, they curre ...

, and scored his first senior goal seven days later in a 6–0 home routing of AD Alquerías. After scoring eleven goals during the campaign and helping his side achieve promotion to the

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 ...

, Pipo signed a one-year extension to his contract on 22 June 2016. He made his first-team debut on 6 May of the following year, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 0–1 away loss against

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

in the

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. On 10 August 2018, Pipo left UCAM for

SCR Peña Deportiva Sociedad Cultural Recreativa Peña Deportiva is a Spanish football team based in Santa Eulària des Riu, in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands. According to its Fundational Act Peña Deportiva was founded on March 21, 1935. It plays in ...

, winning the

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group of the Tercera División and achieving promotion in his first season. He then signed for

UD Las Palmas Atlético Las Palmas Atlético is the reserve team of UD Las Palmas, club based in Las Palmas, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. They play in Tercera Federación – Group 12, holding home games at ''Anexo del Estadio Gran Canaria'', which ...

on 20 June 2019, but terminated his contract within three days, and went back to his former team in the

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 ...

. On 17 September 2020, Pipo agreed to a three-year contract with

, being immediately loaned to third division side

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

for the 2020–21 season. On 3 August of the following year, he moved to

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club

also in a temporary deal.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pipo 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Salamanca Spanish footballers Footballers from Castile and León Association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players UCAM Murcia CF B players UCAM Murcia CF players SCR Peña Deportiva players UD Las Palmas Atlético players AD Alcorcón footballers Cultural Leonesa footballers UE Cornellà players