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Rubén Baraja

1975 - Today

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Rubén Baraja Vegas (Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈβem baˈɾaxa]; born 11 July 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer, currently a manager. A complete central midfielder with good tackling, technique, and offensive qualities, together with accurate passing and goalscoring ability, he played mostly for Valencia during a 17-year professional career, being an essential figure in five of the club's major titles, which included two La Liga championships. Baraja was also a consistent part of the Spain national team for five years, appearing in one World Cup and one European Championship and winning 43 caps. He began work as a head coach in 2015 and was hired by Valencia eight years later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rubén Baraja is the 2,450th most popular soccer player (down from 1,846th in 2019), the 1,379th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,229th in 2019) and the 198th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rubén Baraja ranks 2,450 out of 21,273Before him are Hong Deok-young, Javi Martínez, Ľubomír Luhový, Gianni De Biasi, Zvonko Bego, and Arne Selmosson. After him are István Juhász, Akhrik Tsveiba, John Aston Jr., Mark Wright, Fabio Quagliarella, and Satoshi Miyauchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Rubén Baraja ranks 106Before him are Paula Patton, Álvaro Morte, Mika'ela Fisher, Marcelo Ríos, Viktor Kassai, and Andrea Agnelli. After him are Freddy Rodriguez, Tara Reid, Marek Špilár, Elena Anaya, Mary Pierce, and Aron Ralston.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rubén Baraja ranks 1,379 out of 3,355Before him are Pedro Casaldáliga (1928), Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (1916), José Posada Herrera (1814), Shlomo ibn Aderet (1235), Gabriel Alonso (1923), and Javi Martínez (1988). After him are María Dolores Pradera (1924), Àlex Corretja (1974), José María Gil-Robles (1935), Baltasar Garzón (1955), Pedro Vallana (1897), and Antonio Muñoz Molina (1956).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Rubén Baraja ranks 198Before him are Antonio Puerta (1984), Aritz Aduriz (1981), Marcos Alonso (1959), José Planas (1901), Gabriel Alonso (1923), and Javi Martínez (1988). After him are Pedro Vallana (1897), Pedro Casado (1937), Héctor Bellerín (1995), César Sánchez (1971), Fran (1969), and Martín Marculeta (1907).