Braulio Nóbrega Rodríguez (born 18 September 1985), known simply as Braulio, is a Spanish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
forward.
Club career
Braulio was born in
Puerto del Rosario
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Canary Islands
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. Having grown through the youth system of
Atlético Madrid
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, he played 11
La Liga
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games for the ''Colchoneros'' between 2004 and 2006 (ten being in his
debut season) before being loaned to
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...
in January 2006 and
Segunda División
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's
UD Salamanca
Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León.
Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...
in
2006–07, finishing the campaign as the latter team's top scorer.
Braulio was loaned again in
2007–08, this time to
Madrid
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-based
Getafe CF
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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
Tottenham Hotspur
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at
White Hart Lane
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in the
group stage
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
of the
UEFA Cup
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. He also netted his team's third and final goal in the competition's quarter-final second leg match against
FC Bayern Munich
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, capitalising on a defensive mistake by
Lúcio
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in the box and proceeding to put the ball past
Oliver Kahn
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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
Real Zaragoza
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, recently relegated to the second tier. He was relatively used as the
Aragon
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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
Recreativo de Huelva
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, as another forward,
Adrián Colunga
Adrián Colunga Pérez (born 17 November 1984) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker.
He appeared in 152 La Liga matches over seven seasons, scoring a total of 36 goals for Recreativo, Zaragoza, Getafe, Sporting de Gijón a ...
, moved on loan in the opposite direction.
In January 2012, after being released by Zaragoza
[Braulio 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
FC Cartagena
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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,
Hércules CF
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.
In summer 2014, following an unassuming spell in
Malaysia
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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
Recreativo de Huelva
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, 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
Super League Greece
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until June.
On 7 September 2016, Braulio returned to his country after signing with
Caudal Deportivo of
Segunda División B
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. In August 2017, he agreed to a one-year contract at
Indian Super League
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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
sexual assault
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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
References
External links
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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