Rafael Ramos Lozano (born 18 September 1982), known as Rafita, is a Spanish professional

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who plays for CF UD Calpe. On the right side of the pitch, he can appear as both a defender or a

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Club career

Born in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

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, Rafita made his senior debut with local

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 reserves in the

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. On 28 August 2005 he played his first and only competitive match with the main squad, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute in a 0–1

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home loss against

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. Released by the club at the end of the season, Rafita resumed his career in the

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, with

Ciudad de Murcia Club de Fútbol Ciudad de Murcia, usually abbreviated to Ciudad de Murcia, was a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the namesake autonomous community. They played at the 16,000-seater ''Estadio de La Condomina''. Ciudad Murcia was reloca ...

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''No ...

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

and

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

, appearing in 206 league games in the process. He achieved promotion with the latter side in

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, totalling nearly 2,000 minutes of action while starting in all of his 22 appearances. Rafita was challenged by new signing Nélson in the 2013–14 campaign, but again contributed solidly (26 matches) as the

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ns retained their recently-acquired status. He subsequently took his game to the lower leagues, where he represented

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3 and plays its hom ...

Novelda CF Novelda Club de Fútbol is a football club based in Novelda, in the Valencian Community in Spain. The Spanish football team was founded in 1925. For the 2022-23 season it plays in the Regional Preferente – Group 4 (the sixth level) holding hom ...

and

Orihuela CF Orihuela Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1993 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal Los Arcos'', with a capacity of 7,000 sea ...

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