Raúl Domínguez Carral (born 1 November 1986) is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Santa María de Cayón Santa María de Cayón is a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Cantabria, northern Spain. According to the 2020 census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, ...

Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...

, Domínguez started playing football with amateurs CD Guarnizo. In 2008, he moved to

Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

and joined

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

, first being assigned to the reserve side in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...

. Domínguez made his first-team (and

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

) debut on 21 May 2011, starting in a 0–0 away draw against

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

with Sporting already safe from relegation and their opponents condemned.Empate en el trámite del Rico Pérez (Draw in Rico Pérez formality)
Sporting Gijón, 21 May 2011

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* * * * 1986 births Living people People from the Pas and Miera Valleys Spanish twins Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Cantabria Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sporting de Gijón B players Sporting de Gijón players Sestao River Club footballers Racing de Santander players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-goalkeeper-stub