Nuria Rábano

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rábano and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.
Nuria Rábano
Rábano in 2023
Personal information
Full name Nuria Rábano Blanco
Date of birth (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 25)[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
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 14
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- VfL Wolfsburg 20 (0)
International career‡
2015 Spain U17 3 (0)
2017 Spain U19 5 (0)
2018 Spain U20 1 (0)
2022– Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2024
‡ 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 VfL Wolfsburg (women) and the Spain national team. She joined the German club on a free transfer following her exit from Liga F club FC Barcelona.[3]

Early life

Rábano started her career at Atlético Arousana.[4]

Club career

Deportivo la Coruña (2016–20)

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.[5] 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.[6]

Real Sociedad (2020–22)

At the end of the 2019–20 season, Rábano departed Deportivo la Coruña to sign a two-year contract with Real Sociedad.[7] 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)

On 17 June 2022, Barcelona announced the signing of Rábano on a two-year contract.[8]

On 4 July 2023, Rábano and Barcelona agreed to terminate her contract after she appeared sporadically throughout the season.[9]

Rábano with Wolfsburg in 2024

International career

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.[10] 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.[11][12]

Honours

FC Barcelona

References

  1. ^ Nuria Rábano at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Nuria". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Nuria Rábano". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Nuria". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Nuria Rábano, first new face for 2022/23". FC Barcelona. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Rescissió del contracte de Nuria Rábano". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. ^ "OFICIAL | Nuria Rábano causa baja y es sustituida por Ane Azkona". www.sefutbol.com (in Spanish). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Nuria Rábano: "Es un orgullo poder hacer historia"". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 23 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  12. ^ "¿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.
  13. ^ 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.


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