Raúl Albentosa

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Albentosa and the second or maternal family name is Redal.

Raúl Albentosa

Albentosa with Málaga in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Albentosa Redal
Date of birth	(1988-09-07) 7 September 1988
Place of birth	Alzira, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Málaga (on loan from Derby County)
Number	2
Youth career
1997–2003	Alzira
2003–2007	Elche
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Elche B
2008–2010	Elche	3	(0)
2009–2010	→ Caravaca (loan)	0	(0)
2010–2011	Murcia B	34	(10)
2011–2012	San Roque	31	(3)
2012–2013	Cádiz	33	(3)
2013–2015	Eibar	50	(4)
2015–	Derby County	8	(0)
2015–	→ Málaga (loan)	29	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Raúl Albentosa Redal (born 7 September 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Málaga CF on loan from English club Derby County as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Alzira, Valencia, Albentosa played youth football with local Elche CF, making his senior debuts in 2007–08 season with the B-team in the Tercera División. On 15 June 2008 he played his first official game with the main squad, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Xerez CD.

In August 2009, Albentosa was loaned to Caravaca CF. He returned to Elche in January of the following year, however, and played in a further two contests in the Segunda División until the end of the campaign.

In the following years, Albentosa did not settle with any team. He competed in the fourth tier with Real Murcia Imperial, representing CD San Roque de Lepe and Cádiz CF in the Segunda División B.

On 21 July 2013, Albentosa signed with SD Eibar, freshly promoted to the second division. He scored his first professional goal on 2 March of the following year, netting the last in a 3–0 home win against Sporting de Gijón.

Albentosa played 33 matches in 2013–14, helping the Armeros achieve promotion to La Liga for the first time ever. He made his debut in the competition on 24 August 2014, starting in a 1–0 home win over Real Sociedad; on 19 September, through a header, he scored his first goal in the top level, his being the second in a 2–0 away success against Elche CF.

On 16 January 2015, Albentosa signed for Derby County on a two-and-a-half year deal, after the English club paid the €600,000 of his buyout clause. He made his competitive debut for his new team eight days later, playing the first half of a 2–0 home victory against Chesterfield in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Albentosa returned to Spain and its top level in the 2015 summer, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Málaga CF.

External links

• Raúl Albentosa profile at BDFutbol
• Raúl Albentosa profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
• Raúl Albentosa at Soccerway