Rafael Obrador Burguera (born 18 November 2004) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Born in Campos,

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, Obrador began playing football at the youth academy of

CE Campos Club Esportiu Campos is a football team based in Campos, Illes Balears. Founded in 1968, the team plays in Tercera División Group 11. The club's home ground is ''Estadio Municipal''. Season to season ---- *16 seasons in ''Tercera Divisió ...

at the age of four, and joined

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

's youth setup in 2014, aged ten. On 10 October 2019, while still a youth, he signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a deal until 2024. On 19 July 2020, before even having appeared with the reserves, Obrador made his first team – and

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– debut for the ''Bermellones'', coming on as a late substitute for Iddrisu Baba in a 2–2 away draw against

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, as his side was already relegated. On 5 October, he moved to

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and returned to youth football.

International career

Obrador represented the Spain under-16s in a 3–3 tie against Mexico on 4 December 2019, where he scored the equalizer.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

Real Madrid profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Obrador, Rafael 2004 births Living people Footballers from Mallorca Spanish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks La Liga players RCD Mallorca players Spain men's youth international footballers Real Madrid CF players