Aarón Rey
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aarón Rey Sánchez | ||
Date of birth | 19 May 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Ferrol, Spain | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kitchee | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2015 | Galicia Caranza | ||
2015–2016 | Racing Ferrol | ||
2016–2017 | Celta | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Racing Ferrol | 1 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Celta B | 32 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Sabadell | 85 | (2) |
2022–2023 | Gimnàstic | 34 | (2) |
2023–2024 | Cultural Leonesa | 33 | (0) |
2024– | Kitchee | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024 |
Aarón Rey Sánchez (born 19 May 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.[1]
Club career
[edit]Born in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Rey joined Racing de Ferrol's youth setup in 2015, from SCDR Galicia de Caranza. On 3 April 2016, aged just 17, he made his first team debut by playing the last 15 minutes of a 0–0 Segunda División B home draw against CD Tudelano.[2]
On 10 July 2016, Rey joined RC Celta de Vigo and returned to the youth setup.[3] Promoted to the reserves for the 2017–18 season, he was sparingly used before signing for CE Sabadell FC on 25 July 2019;[4] with the latter side, he achieved promotion to Segunda División in 2020.
Rey made his professional debut on 27 September 2020, starting in a 0–1 away loss against RCD Mallorca.[5] He was mainly used as a substitute during the campaign, as his side suffered relegation.
On 20 July 2022, Rey signed a two-year contract with Primera Federación side Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[6] Despite featuring regularly, he terminated his link with the club on 26 June 2023.[7]
On 3 August 2024, Rey joined Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Aarón Rey at Soccerway
- ^ "La cantera se reivindica con el debut de Aarón Rey en A Malata" [The youth squad reivindicate themselves with the debut of Aarón Rey at the A Malata] (in Spanish). Ferrol 360. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "El ferrolano Aarón Rey, refuerzo de lujo para el Juvenil A" [The ferrolano Aarón Rey, luxury addition to the Juvenil A] (in Spanish). Canteira Celeste. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Aarón Rey, un altre talent gallec que arriba al Sabadell" [Aarón Rey, another Galician talent who arrives at Sabadell] (in Catalan). Diari de Sabadell. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "A la tercera fue la vencida" [The third was the charm] (in Spanish). Marca. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Aarón Rey, cinquè fitxatge grana 2022-2023" [Aarón Rey, fifth grana signing 2022-2023] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Aarón Rey finalitza la seva vinculació amb el Nàstic" [Aarón Rey ends his link with Nàstic] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ 港超聯 傑志簽入前切爾達青訓中場利亞倫 on.cc 3 August 2024
External links
[edit]- Aarón Rey at BDFutbol
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Spanish men's footballers
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football wingers
- Segunda División B players
- Segunda División players
- Primera Federación players
- Hong Kong Premier League players
- Racing de Ferrol footballers
- RC Celta Fortuna players
- CE Sabadell FC footballers
- Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
- Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players
- Kitchee SC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- Footballers from Ferrol, Spain
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish football midfielder stubs