Claudio Medina Ricoy (born 4 September 1993) is a Spanish

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who plays as a forward.

Club career

Born in León,

Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...

, Medina represented Casa Club León FC,

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

, CD Huracán Z and CDF Peña as a youth. In 2012, after finishing his formation, he signed for

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 ...

side

La Bañeza FC La Bañeza Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in La Bañeza, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1956 as ''La Bañeza Club de Fútbol'', the club changed to its current name in 1984. It plays in , holding hom ...

. On 14 July 2014, Medina joined

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

and was assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division. On 21 July of the following year, he moved to fellow league team

UP Langreo Unión Popular de Langreo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Langreo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1961, it plays in , holding its home games at ''Estadio Ganzábal'' in La Felguera, with a ...

, and scored a career-best 28 goals during the campaign. On 25 July 2016, Medina agreed to a contract with another

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still in division four. He again netted 28 times in 2016–17, as his team achieved promotion 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 ...

, and scored a further 12 in 2017–18 as they missed a consecutive promotion in the play-offs. On 24 July 2018, Medina signed for

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Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

, but was loaned to

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División ...

in the third level on 28 August. He was also a regular starter for the latter club, again scoring 12 goals as the ''Rojillos'' achieved promotion to the second division. Upon returning to the ''Franjiverdes'', Medina was included in the first team squad and made his professional debut on 8 September 2019, coming on as a late substitute for Yacine Qasmi in a 1–1 home draw against

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

. On 2 October 2020, after contributing with 18 appearances overall during the season as his side achieved promotion to

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, Medina terminated his contract with Elche, and joined

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The original Burgos CF (1936), Burgos CF was dissolved in 1983 after becoming Insolven ...

in the third division just hours later. On 13 July 2022, Medina returned to Cultural, now being assigned to the first team in

Primera Federación The Primera Federación, officially the Primera Federación Versus e-Learning for sponsorship reasons (formerly known as Primera RFEF). is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season. It is administe ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Medina, Claudio 1993 births Living people Footballers from León, Spain Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players CD Numancia B players UP Langreo footballers Sporting de Gijón B players Elche CF players CD Mirandés footballers Burgos CF footballers Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players Real Avilés Industrial CF footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen