Óscar Rubio Fauria (born 14 May 1984) is a Spanish professional

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. On the right side of the field, he can operate as a defender or a

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Club career

Born in

Lleida Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...

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, Rubio spent most of his career in his native region, representing

UE Tàrrega Unió Esportiva Tàrrega is a Spanish football team based in Tàrrega, in the autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its St ...

UE Lleida Unió Esportiva Lleida was a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It was founded as ''Lérida Balompié-AEM'' on 30 October 1939, and became ''Unión Deportiva Lérida'' in 1947, after a merger with ''C ...

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

and

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. During that spell he played five seasons in the

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, the exception being 2006–07 in the

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with the second club. In summer 2010, aged 26, Rubio moved abroad and joined

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, being released at the end of the campaign by the

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n team and returning to his country with

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(third division). In his second year he contributed 41 games –

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included – as the

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returned to the second tier after a four-year absence.

Personal life

Rubio's father, Miguel Ángel Rubio, also played with Lleida, competing with the club in

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and later managing it.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubio, Oscar 1984 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Lleida Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Primera Federación players Segunda Federación players UE Lleida players UE Tàrrega players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Elche CF players Deportivo Alavés players Cádiz CF players Lleida CF players CE Sabadell FC footballers Liga I players FC Dinamo București players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania