Erik Rafael

Erik Rafael
Personal information
Full name Erik Rafael Barragán
Date of birth (2000-03-13) 13 March 2000
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Grama
Youth career
Barceloneta
Damm
2015–2018 Espanyol
2018–2019 Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Betis B 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Horta (loan) 18 (9)
2020 Mallorca B 5 (0)
2020–2021 Manresa 25 (3)
2021–2022 Mirandés B 29 (13)
2021–2022 Mirandés 1 (0)
2022–2023 Burgos B 11 (4)
2023 Manresa 10 (0)
2024– Grama 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 December 2021

Erik Rafael Barragán (born 13 March 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for FE Grama.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Rafael represented CF Barceloneta, CF Damm, RCD Espanyol, and Real Betis as a youth. On 20 August 2019, after finishing his youth career, he was loaned to a Tercera División side, UA Horta for the season.[1]

Rafael made his senior debut on 31 August 2019, starting in a 1–2 home loss to CF Pobla de Mafumet, and scored his first senior goal on 7 September by scoring the opener in a 4–0 away win over CF Igualada. The following 30 January, after scoring nine goals, he left the club and signed with RCD Mallorca's B-team.[2]

On 6 September 2020, Rafael joined CE Manresa also in the fourth tier.[3] On 26 July of the following year, he agreed to a contract with CD Mirandés and was assigned to the reserves in Tercera División RFEF.[4]

Rafael made his first team debut for the Jabatos on 1 December 2021, coming on as a late substitute for Unai Rementería in a 3–0 away win over CD San Roque de Lepe, in the season's Copa del Rey.[5] His professional debut occurred the following 2 January, as he replaced Imanol García de Albéniz late into a 2–0 home win over Real Zaragoza in the Segunda División championship.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Erik Rafael fitxa per l'Horta" [Erik Rafael signs for Horta] (in Catalan). Betevé. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ferran Tacón i Erik Rafael deixen l'Horta" [Ferrán Tacón and Erik Rafael leave Horta] (in Catalan). Betevé. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "El CE Manresa es reforça amb el davanter Erik Rafael" [CE Manresa bolster themselves with the forward Erik Rafael] (in Catalan). Regió 7. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Fernando Villar, Erik Rafael y 'Facu' Moreyra se unen al nuevo proyecto del C.D.Mirandés B" [Fernando Villar, Erik Rafael and 'Facu' Moreyra join the new project of C.D. Mirandés B] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "El Mirandés sigue adelante" [Mirandés go forward] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "El Mirandés se encontró con un Marqués bigoleador" [Mirandés found themselves with a two-goal Marqués] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Víctor Sanchís y Erik Rafael debutan en LaLiga Smartbank" [Víctor Sanchís and Erik Rafael have debuted in LaLiga Smartbank] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.