Rubén García Rey (born 16 January 1986) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

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, García only played lower league football in his country. From 2007 to 2010 he competed in

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 ...

in representation of

Real Valladolid B Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol Promesas is the reserve team of Real Valladolid, a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1942, currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 1, h ...

and

Lucena CF Lucena Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Lucena, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1968, it was dissolved in 2015. History ''Lucena Club de Fútbol'' was founded in 1968. It was originally ...

, making no league appearances for the latter club in the last season. In the summer of 2012, after playing

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with

CD Alhaurino Club Deportivo Alhaurino is a Spanish football team based in Alhaurín el Grande, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1908 it plays in Tercera División, holding home matches at ''Estadio Miguel Fijones'', with a capacity of 1,500 ...

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 ...

and another with

Juventud de Torremolinos CF Juventud de Torremolinos Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Torremolinos, Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1958, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal El Pozuelo''. Season to sea ...

in the regional championships, García signed for Scottish First Division side Cowdenbeath after his agent sent

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videos to manager Colin Cameron, and the player impressed in a subsequent trial. Released after only a few months, he returned to Spanish amateur football.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Ruben 1986 births Living people Footballers from Málaga Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players UD Fuengirola Los Boliches players Real Valladolid Promesas players Lucena CF players Scottish Football League players Cowdenbeath F.C. players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland