Erik Rafael Barragán (born 13 March 2000) 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 ...

who plays as a

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for

CE Manresa Centre d'Esports Manresa is a Spanish football team based in Manresa, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1916, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home games at ''Nou Estadi Municipal del Congost'', with a ca ...

Club career

Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...

, Rafael represented CF Barceloneta, CF Damm,

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

and

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vi ...

as a youth. On 20 August 2019, after finishing his formation, he was loaned to

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 ...

side

UA Horta Unió Atlètica d'Horta is a football team based in Barcelona. Founded in 1923, it plays Tercera División – Group 5. Its stadium is ''Municipal d’Horta'' with a capacity of 2,500 seats. History The club was founded on April 18, 1922 afte ...

for the season. Rafael made his senior debut on 31 August 2019, starting in a 1–2 home loss against

CF Pobla de Mafumet Club de Fútbol Pobla de Mafumet is a Spanish football club based in La Pobla de Mafumet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1953, it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 5, holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal'', which ...

, and scored his first senior goal on 7 September by netting the opener in a 4–0 away routing of

CF Igualada Club de Futbol Igualada is a Spanish football team based in Igualada, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1939, it plays in Tercera División – Group 5, holding home matches at ''Estadi Les Comes'', with a capacity of 4,500 s ...

. The following 30 January, after scoring nine goals, he left the club and signed for

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

's B-team. On 6 September 2020, Rafael joined

also in the fourth tier. On 26 July of the following year, he agreed to a contract with

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a 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, holding home matches at ''Est ...

and was assigned to the reserves in Tercera División RFEF. Rafael made his first team debut for the ''Jabatos'' on 1 December 2021, coming on as a late substitute for

Unai Rementería Unai Rementería Castro (born 10 August 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for CF Talavera de la Reina. Club career Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Rementería joined Real Sociedad's youth setup in 2015, after r ...

in a 3–0 away win over

CD San Roque de Lepe Club Deportivo San Roque de Lepe, SAD is a Spanish football team based in Lepe, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1956 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio Ciudad de Lepe'', with a ca ...

, in the season's

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

. His professional debut occurred the following 2 January, as he replaced

Imanol García de Albéniz Imanol García de Albéniz Crecente (born 8 June 2000), sometimes known simply as Imanol, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Czech First League club Sparta Prague. Career Imanol was born in Gallarta, Biscay, ...

late into a 2–0 home win over

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

in the Segunda División championship.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rafael, Erik 2000 births Living people Footballers from Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players CF Damm players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers UA Horta players RCD Mallorca B players CE Manresa players CD Mirandés B players CD Mirandés footballers Burgos CF Promesas players