Braulio Nóbrega Rodríguez (born 18 September 1985), known simply as Braulio, is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Braulio was born in

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. Having grown through the youth system of

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, he played 11

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games for the ''Colchoneros'' between 2004 and 2006 (ten being in his debut season) before being loaned to

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in January 2006 and

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in 2006–07, finishing the campaign as the latter team's top scorer. Braulio was loaned again in 2007–08, this time to

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-based

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, where he teamed up again with Manu del Moral who had played with him in Atlético's youth squads. On 25 October 2007, he scored through a backheel in a 2–1 win over

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in the

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of the

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. He also netted his team's third and final goal in the competition's quarter-final second leg match against

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, capitalising on a defensive mistake by

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in the box and proceeding to put the ball past

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in a 3–3 home draw (4–4 aggregate loss). On 28 June 2008, Braulio signed a four-year contract with

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, recently relegated to the second tier. He was relatively used as the

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ese were immediately promoted to the top flight, but then suffered an injury which sidelined him for several months. Upon return in late 2009 he found himself without room in the first team and, on 23 January 2010, was loaned to

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, as another forward,

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, moved on loan in the opposite direction. In January 2012, after being released by ZaragozaBraulio queda "totalmente desvinculado" del Zaragoza (Braulio cuts "all ties" with Zaragoza)
Diario AS, 11 October 2011 (in Spanish) and sorting out his legal problems, Braulio joined

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of division two. He scored six goals in only four and a half months, not enough however to help the Murcian team avoid relegation. In July he joined another club in that league,

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. In summer 2014, following an unassuming spell in

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, Braulio signed with Millonarios FC, being released shortly after and taking the Colombian club to court. The same situation occurred with another side in the country, Patriotas FC, but an amicable settlement was reached. Braulio spent the 2014–15 season with

, failing to score in 25 competitive appearances and also suffering relegation. On 4 January 2016, after a trial, he joined AEL Kalloni F.C. from the

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until June. On 7 September 2016, Braulio returned to his country after signing with Caudal Deportivo of

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. In August 2017, he agreed to a one-year contract at

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club Bengaluru FC, being released in February 2018 due to injury and replaced by countryman Dani Segovia.

Personal life

On 21 September 2011, Braulio was arrested on a charge of

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, which occurred in a town near Zaragoza – Cuarte de Huerva – shortly before Real Zaragoza's morning training. He was not incarcerated immediately, and the following day pleaded guilty, being ousted from the squad until the situation was cleared and released by the club the following month. Braulio changed his plea to "not guilty" on 18 October 2011, citing poor advice as the reason for this sudden change. Finally, on 22 June of the following year, he avoided a prison sentence and reached an agreement to pay

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11,400 in damages.Braulio pacta con otra joven que le denunció (Braulio cuts deal with another young woman that pressed charges)
La Verdad, 16 July 2012 (in Spanish)

Career statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Braulio Nobrega 1985 births Living people People from Fuerteventura 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Las Palmas Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Atlético Madrid B players Atlético Madrid footballers RCD Mallorca players UD Salamanca players Getafe CF footballers Real Zaragoza players Recreativo de Huelva players FC Cartagena footballers Hércules CF players Caudal Deportivo footballers CD Alcoyano footballers Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players Super League Greece players AEL Kalloni F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Doxa Katokopias FC players Indian Super League players Bengaluru FC players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India