Óscar Prats Català (born 25 March 1989) is a Spanish professional

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 for

CF La Nucía Club de Fútbol La Nucía is a Spanish football team based in La Nucía, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1995, it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Camilo Cano'', which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. Team colo ...

as a

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Career

Born in

Llutxent Llutxent () is a town located in the eastern part of Spain, in the Valencian Community, within the ''Comarques of the Valencian Community, comarca'' of the Vall d'Albaida, 80 km south of Valencia and 110 km north of Alicante. As of 2016, ...

, Prats graduated from the youth academy of

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

. He started his senior career with the reserves of

Villarreal Villarreal (officially, in ) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's capital ( ...

, initially with the

Villarreal CF C Villarreal Club de Fútbol "C" is the third team of Villarreal CF, a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 2002, and plays in , holding home games at ''Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF'', wit ...

before being promoted to the B team in 2008. His only appearance for the latter came in 2010, featuring in a 1–2 defeat against

Salamanca Salamanca () is a Municipality of Spain, municipality and city in Spain, capital of the Province of Salamanca, province of the same name, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located in the Campo Charro comarca, in the ...

in the

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. On 27 August 2010, he was loaned off to

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 ...

side

CP Cacereño Club Polideportivo Cacereño is a Spanish football team based in Cáceres, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1919, the club plays in , and holds home games at '' Estadio Príncipe Felipe'', with a capacity of 7,000 seats. No ...

for a year. On 21 July 2011, Prats signed with

CD Roquetas Club Deportivo Roquetas, also known as Roquetas, was a Spanish football team based in Roquetas de Mar, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1970, it was dissolved in 2016. The club's home ground is '' Estadio Antonio Peroles'', w ...

of the same tier. In the only season he played with the club, he managed to make 33 appearances. In the following two seasons, he represented

UD Alzira Unión Deportiva Alzira is a Spanish football team based in Alzira, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1946, it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Luis Suñer Picó'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. History From 1943 o ...

which competed in the

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. On 12 July 2014, Prats signed for CF Talavera de la Reina, becoming the club's sixth signing of the season. He was ruled out of play for two weeks in November 2015 after being elbowed by a

La Roda CF La Roda Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in La Roda, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1996 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Deportes'', which has a capacity of 3,000 spectato ...

player which broke the bones of his nose. On 8 June 2018, he switched to

Barakaldo CF Barakaldo Club de Fútbol is a Basque football team based in Barakaldo, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1917 it plays in , holding home stadium is '' Lasesarre'', with a 7,960 Seat Capacity. History Barakaldo pla ...

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