Rufino "Rufo" Familiar Sánchez (born 27 December 1986) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipa ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ...

, Rufo represented

CD Coslada Club Deportivo Coslada is a Spanish football team based in Coslada, in the autonomous Community of Madrid. Founded in 1972, it plays in Preferente at Level 6 of the Spanish football pyramid, holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal El Olivo'', w ...

and

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish football team based in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with ...

as a youth, and made his senior debut with the latter's reserves during the 2005–06 season, in the regional leagues. He subsequently represented, all in his native region,

CD San Fernando de Henares Club Deportivo San Fernando is a Spanish football club based in San Fernando de Henares, in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 1929 it currently plays in Tercera División – Group 7, holding home games at ''Estadio Santiago del Pino''. Hi ...

AD Torrejón CF Agrupación Deportiva Torrejón Club de Fútbol is a team of football in Spain, in the town of Torrejon de Ardoz in Community of Madrid. It was founded in 2001 after the merger between the AD Torrejón and the Torrejón CF. The club has 2 secti ...

Internacional de Madrid Internacional de Madrid, simply known as Internacional or Inter de Madrid, is a Spanish football team based in Villaviciosa de Odón, in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 2002, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home game ...

(two stints) and

CA Pinto Club Atlético de Pinto is a Spanish football team based in Pinto, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1963 it plays in Tercera División – Group 7, holding home matches at ''Estadio Amelia del Castillo'', which has a capacity of ...

, all in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

; his best input in the country consisted of 30 goals during the 2009–10 campaign, while in representation of the second latter club. In 2012, after impressing in a friendly match, Rufo joined

Stallion FC Stallion Laguna Football Club is a Filipino professional football club based in Biñan, Laguna. The club competes in the Philippines Football League, the top tier of football in the Philippines. In 2002, the club was founded as Stallion Foo ...

of Philippines' United Football League. He moved to fellow league team

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in July 2013, but his transfer was blocked by Stallion after his contract was disputed by his previous club. He moved back to Internacional in November 2013, On 14 January 2014, Rufo switched teams and countries again after agreeing to a contract with

Thai Premier League The Thai League 1 ( th, ไทยลีก 1), often referred to as T1, is the top level of the Thai football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai League 2. Seasons run from Augu ...

club PTT Rayong FC. He made his debut for the club on 23 February, netting the opener in a 1–1 away draw against Singhtarua FC. Ahead of the 2015 season, Rufo moved to Songkhla United FC. On 18 January 2017, he returned to Spain and signed for

Atlético Sanluqueño CF Atlético Sanluqueño Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1948, although its registration in official competitions took place in 195 ...

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, 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 Fo ...

. Rufo returned to

Global Cebu Global Football Club was a professional football club that last played in the Philippines Football League (PFL), the top flight of Philippines' club football. The club has won four league titles, two UFL Cups, one UFL FA Cup, and one PFF Natio ...

on 1 August 2017, but left the

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club in May 2018. In August, he returned to Internacional, with the club now in the third division. In January 2020, Rufo moved to

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Honours

Club

;Stallion * United Football League:

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Individual

* United Football League Golden Boot:

(18 goals) * United Football League Golden Ball:

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Rufo 1986 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División B players Tercera División players Rufo Sanchez CF Rayo Majadahonda players CD San Fernando de Henares players Atlético Sanluqueño CF players Global F.C. players Stallion Laguna F.C. players Internacional de Madrid players Pontevedra CF footballers Spanish expatriates in the Philippines Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate footballers in the Philippines Expatriate footballers in Thailand