Rubén Sanz Alonso (born 30 April 1980) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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. He spent 13 years of his career with

Alcorcón Alcorcón () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. As of 2022, it had a population of 170,296. Geography The municipality, largely flat, lies at an average altitude of 711 metres above sea level, with the hi ...

, his professional input with the club consisting of 149

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matches over six seasons (four goals).

Club career

Born in

Valladolid Valladolid ( ; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and ''de facto'' capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the pr ...

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, Sanz started playing football with

Real Valladolid Promesas Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol Promesas is the reserve team of Real Valladolid, a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1942, currently plays in , ...

. After a brief spell with

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 ...

he signed with

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, ...

also from

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, where he remained until his retirement more than one decade later. Sanz appeared in only 19 games in his first season in the

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(out of 42), but became an undisputed starter as in his previous years from there onwards. He was also in Alcorcón's starting XI in the club's 4–0 home thrashing of

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in the 2009–10 edition of the

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(4–1 aggregate win). On 24 June 2016, after 432 competitive appearances, Sanz left the ''Alfareros'' and joined neighbours

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

as a

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* * * * 1980 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Valladolid Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Valladolid Promesas players UP Langreo footballers AD Alcorcón footballers CF Fuenlabrada footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-midfielder-stub