Carlos Rubén

Carlos Rubén
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Rubén Esteban Rodríguez
Date of birth	26 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	El Real de la Jara, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	CP Monesterio
2000–2002	Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	Zaragoza B
2005–2008	Mérida
2008–2011	Eibar
2009–2010	→ Guijuelo (loan)
2011–2013	Extremadura
2013–2015	Guijuelo
2015–2017	Extremadura
2017–2023	Guijuelo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Rubén Esteban Rodríguez (born 26 March 1983), known as Carlos Rubén, is a Spanish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in El Real de la Jara, Province of Seville, Carlos Rubén finished his formative with Real Zaragoza, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2002–03 season, in Segunda División B. In the 2005 summer he joined Mérida UD, also in the third level.

On 19 June 2008 Carlos Rubén signed a two-year deal with SD Eibar, in Segunda División.^[1] On 3 September he played his first game as a professional, starting in a 0–1 away loss against CD Castellón for the campaign's Copa del Rey;^[2] five days later he scored twice in his league debut, a 3–2 home win over CD Tenerife.^[3]

On 30 January 2010, Carlos Rubén was loaned to CD Guijuelo.^[4] In the following year, after featuring rarely for the Basque, he joined Extremadura UD.^[5]

On 21 July 2013 Carlos Rubén signed with former club Guijuelo, still in the third level^[6]

References

^ Carlos Rubén, mediapunta del Mérida, ficha por el Eibar (Carlos Rubén, Mérida attacking midfielder, signs for Eibar); El Correo, 19 June 2008 (in Spanish)
^ Un resbalón deja KO al Eibar (One slip kicks Eibar out); El Mundo Deportivo, 4 September 2008 (in Spanish)
^ El Tenerife cae en Ipurua, víctima de sus despistes (Tenerife falls in Ipurua, victim of own mistakes); Diario AS, 8 September 2008 (in Spanish)
^ Carlos Rubén se marcha al Guijuelo (Carlos Rubén goes to Guijuelo); El Correo, 30 January 2010 (in Spanish)
^ El Extremadura UD cierra el acuerdo con Carlos Rubén (Extremadura UD reaches agreement with Carlos Rubén); El Periódico de Extremadura, 20 January 2011 (in Spanish)
^ Carlos Rubén, nuevo jugador del C.D. Guijuelo (Carlos Rubén, new C.D. Guijuelo player) Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine; Más Salamanca, 21 July 2013 (in Spanish)

External links

Carlos Rubén at BDFutbol
Carlos Rubén at Futbolme (in Spanish)
Carlos Rubén at Soccerway

[1] Carlos Rubén, mediapunta del Mérida, ficha por el Eibar (Carlos Rubén, Mérida attacking midfielder, signs for Eibar); El Correo, 19 June 2008 (in Spanish)

[2] Un resbalón deja KO al Eibar (One slip kicks Eibar out); El Mundo Deportivo, 4 September 2008 (in Spanish)

[3] El Tenerife cae en Ipurua, víctima de sus despistes (Tenerife falls in Ipurua, victim of own mistakes); Diario AS, 8 September 2008 (in Spanish)

[4] Carlos Rubén se marcha al Guijuelo (Carlos Rubén goes to Guijuelo); El Correo, 30 January 2010 (in Spanish)

[5] El Extremadura UD cierra el acuerdo con Carlos Rubén (Extremadura UD reaches agreement with Carlos Rubén); El Periódico de Extremadura, 20 January 2011 (in Spanish)

[6] Carlos Rubén, nuevo jugador del C.D. Guijuelo (Carlos Rubén, new C.D. Guijuelo player) Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine; Más Salamanca, 21 July 2013 (in Spanish)

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