Raúl Baena

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Place in overall rating 12117 of 12842

Place in club Melbourne Victory 9 of 10

Place in country Spain 680 of 805

Place in category midfielder 4358 of 4636

Place among midfielders in club Melbourne Victory 2 of 2

Place among midfielders in country Spain 271 of 310

Personal info

Name: Raúl Baena

Age: 35 years (1 March 1989)

Stature: 180 cm

Weight: 79 kg

Nationality:

Spain

Status

Role: midfielder / edit.

Club: Melbourne Victory / edit.

Raúl Baena. Biography

José Raúl Baena Urdiales is a Spanish football player who performs for RCD Espanyol most often in defensive midfield.

The start of his engagement in football happened in his hometown Torrox for a local team Faro Torrox. Later on he moved to an Andalusian side Málaga from where he was transferred to a football academy of the football club Barcelona. In 2007 Baena joined the Barça’s neighbours RCD Espanyol signing with their reserve team.

His first match for the main squad took place on October 4, 2009 in a La Liga game facing Villarreal where the player came in as a second half substitute joining already a 10-men squad. That game eventually ended in a goalless draw. Quite soon Baena became an essential part of the ‘Pericos’ first team either starting or being a substitute in his second season.

Raúl spent the following season on a top level being a solid starter as he was constantly in favour of Mauricio Pochettino, the head coach of the side. As a result Baena scored his first goal for the Catalan side opening the score in a 3-0 victory over Granada.