Nuria Rábano
.jpg) Rábano in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nuria Rábano Blanco | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1999[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago de Compostela, Spain[2] | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Utah Royals | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Atlético Arousana | ||
| 2016–2020 | Deportivo La Coruña | 20+ | |
| 2020–2022 | Real Sociedad | 57 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Barcelona | 18 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | VfL Wolfsburg | 25 | (0) |
| 2025– | Utah Royals | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Spain U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | Spain U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | Spain U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | Spain | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022 | |||
Nuria Rábano Blanco (born 15 June 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back for the Utah Royals in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Spain national team.
Early life
[edit]Rábano started her career at Atlético Arousana.[3]
Club career
[edit]Deportivo la Coruña (2016–20)
[edit]While at Deportivo la Coruña, Rábano was a starter in their undefeated 2018–19 Reto Iberdrola campaign that saw them get promoted to the Primera División for the first time in their history.[4] In Depor's first Primera División season, Rábano helped the team reach 4th place before the league season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She made the decision to leave Depor at the end of the season because she felt it was time to play a higher level of football.[5]
Real Sociedad (2020–22)
[edit]At the end of the 2019–20 season, Rábano departed Deportivo la Coruña to sign a two-year contract with Real Sociedad.[6] In the 2021–22 season, Rábano was an essential piece of Real Sociedad's defense as they qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in their history.
Barcelona (2022–2023)
[edit]On 17 June 2022, Barcelona announced the signing of Rábano on a two-year contract.[7]
On 4 July 2023, Rábano and Barcelona agreed to terminate her contract after she appeared sporadically throughout the season.[8]
VfL Wolfsburg (2023–2025)
[edit]Rábano signed with VfL Wolfsburg on 9 August 2023, joining the German club on a free transfer.[9]
Utah Royals (2025–)
[edit]On 29 January 2025, Rábano transferred to National Women's Soccer League club Utah Royals in exchange for an undisclosed fee. She signed a three-year contract with a mutual option.[10]
International career
[edit]Rábano was called up to represent Spain at the 2017 Under-19 Championship. In Spain's second group stage match against Germany, she suffered a sprain in the ligament of her right ankle and was ruled out for the remainder of the competition.[11] Spain went on to win the competition against France to advance to the 2018 U20 World Cup. Rábano was included in the squad for that tournament as well, and was a substitute throughout the tournament as Spain finished as runners-up.[12][13]
Honours
[edit]- FC Barcelona
References
[edit]- ^ Nuria Rábano at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Nuria". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Nuria". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ Torrealba, Sonia Triano (29 January 2021). "Nuria Rábano, la joya gallega que triunfa en la Real Sociedad". Grada3.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Nuria Rábano sobre el Deportivo: "A mí y a Tere no se nos ha valorado"". Riazor.org (in Spanish). 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Nuria Rábano se marcha a la Real Sociedad hasta junio de 2022". www.elcorreogallego.es (in European Spanish). 1 July 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Nuria Rábano, first new face for 2022/23". FC Barcelona. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Rescissió del contracte de Nuria Rábano". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "New signing from Barcelona". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ rsl. "Utah Royals FC Signs Defender Nuria Rábano From VfL Wolfsburg | Utah Royals". rsl. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "OFICIAL | Nuria Rábano causa baja y es sustituida por Ane Azkona". www.sefutbol.com (in Spanish). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Nuria Rábano: "Es un orgullo poder hacer historia"". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 23 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "¿Quién es quién en la Selección Sub-20 femenina subcampeona del mundo?". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). 21 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Wrack, Suzanne (3 June 2023). "Rolfö caps Barcelona comeback against Wolfsburg to win thrilling WCL final". The Guardian. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Nuria Rábano at FC Barcelona
- Nuria Rábano at Real Sociedad
- Nuria Rábano at ESPN FC
- Nuria Rábano at FBref.com
- Nuria Rábano at Soccerway
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- VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
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