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 , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...

as a forward.

Club career

Born in

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, Rufo represented CD Coslada and

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish professional football club in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with a capacity of 3,800 seats. ...

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 , holding home games at ''Estadio Santiago del Pino''. History San Fernando de Henares wa ...

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 2002 after the merger between AD Torrejón and Torrejón CF. The club has two sections: a m ...

, Internacional de Madrid (two stints) and CA Pinto, all in

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 ...

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

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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 ...

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. Rufo returned to Global Cebu 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

.El Pontevedra confirma el fichaje de Rufo
farodevigo.es, 23 January 2020

Honours

Club

;Stallion * United Football League:

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Individual

* United Football League Golden Boot:

(18 goals) * United Football League Golden Ball:

References

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