Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rubén Duarte Sánchez [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 18 October 1995||
Place of birth | Almería, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Alavés | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Los Molinos | |||
2008–2009 | Poli Ejido | ||
2009–2012 | Espanyol | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2012–2015 | Espanyol B | 72 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Espanyol | 36 | (0) |
2017– | Alavés | 218 | (3) |
International career | |||
2011 | Spain U16 | 4 | (1) |
2012 | Spain U17 | 2 | (1) |
2013 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Spain U19 | 10 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Spain U21 | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024 |
Rubén Duarte Sánchez (born 18 October 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Alavés, where he also is captain. Mainly a left-back, he can also play as a central defender.
Born in Almería, Andalusia, Duarte joined RCD Espanyol's youth system in 2009, aged 13, [2] after spells at Los Molinos CF and Polideportivo Ejido. In 2012, he was linked to Manchester City, [3] and made his senior debut with the reserves in the Segunda División B.
On 7 January 2015, Duarte made his first-team debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against Valencia CF in that season's Copa del Rey. [4] His maiden La Liga appearance occurred on 8 February, against the same opponent and with the same scoreline, but at the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat. [5]
Duarte renewed his contract with the Catalan club on 11 June 2015, signing until 2019 and being promoted to the main squad. [6]
On 29 May 2017, after falling down the pecking order, Duarte signed a three-year deal at Deportivo Alavés in the same league. [7] He played 24 matches in his first season, in a 14th-place finish. [8]
Duarte scored his first goal in the Spanish top division – and as a professional – on 16 May 2021, in a 4–2 home win over Granada CF. [9] [10] In July 2023, after helping to another promotion to the main tier, he renewed his contract until 2026. [11]
After playing for Spain at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels, Duarte was first called to the full side on 26 May 2015 for a friendly with Costa Rica and a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Belarus. [12]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Espanyol B | 2012–13 | Segunda División B | 21 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | 32 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
2014–15 | 19 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
Total | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 1 | ||
Espanyol | 2014–15 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
2015–16 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 36 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
Alavés | 2017–18 | La Liga | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
2021-22 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
2022-23 | Segunda División | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 2 | |
2023-24 | La Liga | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
Total | 218 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 231 | 6 | ||
Career total | 326 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 348 | 7 |