Rufino Segovia

Rufino Segovia del Burgo (born 1 March 1985), known simply as Rufino, is a Spanish footballer who is currently a free agent and plays as a forward.

Rufino
Rufino training with Kitchee
Personal information
Full name Rufino Segovia del Burgo
Date of birth (1985-03-01) 1 March 1985
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Rayo Vallecano B ? (17)
2005 Rayo Vallecano 5 (1)
2005–2007 Atlético Madrid B 66 (7)
2006–2007 Atlético Madrid 2 (0)
2006 → Albacete (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2008 Valladolid B 35 (11)
2008 Águilas 19 (8)
2009 Melilla 14 (3)
2009–2010 Toledo 35 (10)
2010–2011 Honvéd 14 (2)
2011 Burgos 18 (2)
2012 Huracán 14 (2)
2012–2015 Toledo 86 (45)
2015–2016 Poli Timișoara 14 (2)
2016–2017 Kitchee 25 (13)
2017–2020 Selangor 34 (27)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 March 2019

Club career

Born in Madrid, Rufino made his professional debut with hometown's Rayo Vallecano, first appearing with the first team in the 2004–05 season as they competed in the third division. He then moved to neighbours Atlético Madrid, where he would spend the vast majority of his spell with the reserves; this also included a short loan at Albacete Balompié (second level, no appearances).

Rufino's La Liga output would consist of two matches: on 22 April 2006, he replaced fellow youth graduate Manu del Moral for the final 20 minutes of a 1–0 win at Deportivo Alavés.[1] Almost one year later, he played roughly the same amount of time in a 0–0 home draw against Real Betis.[2]

Released in summer 2007, Rufino took his game to division three, consecutively with Real Valladolid B, Águilas CF, UD Melilla and CD Toledo. In July 2011, after one year in Hungary, he returned to his country and signed for Burgos CF of the same tier.[3]

Rufino spent the vast majority of the following seasons in the third division, also helping the club he represented mostly during this timeframe, CD Toledo, promote from the fourth in 2013.[4][5][6] In 2015 he returned to top-flight football, sharing teams with two compatriots at ACS Poli Timișoara in the Romanian Liga I.

While playing for Selangor FA in the Malaysia Super League, Rufino was crowned top scorer of the 2018 season with 19 goals, adding the Best Foreign Player award. Just five matches into the following campaign, he injured his Achilles tendon and was sidelined for nine months; during this timeframe, he also lost his father (named Rufino as well).[7]

Statistics
As of match played on 29 July 2018
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rayo Vallecano 2004–05[8] Segunda División B 5100—51
Atlético Madrid B 2005–06[8] Segunda División B 305——305
2006–07[8] Segunda División B 362——362
Total 718——718
Atlético Madrid 2005–06[8] La Liga 1000—10
2006–07[8] La Liga 1000—10
Total 2000—20
Valladolid B 2007–08[8] Segunda División B 3511——3511
Águilas 2008–09[8] Segunda División B 19810—208
Melilla 2008–09[8] Segunda División B 14300—143
Toledo 2009–10[8] Segunda División B 339102[lower-alpha 1]13610
Honvéd 2010–11[9] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 14255—197
Burgos 2011–12[8] Segunda División B 18210—192
Huracán 2011–12[8] Segunda División B 142002[lower-alpha 2]0162
Toledo 2013–14[8] Segunda División B 3514102[lower-alpha 2]13815
2014–15[8] Segunda División B 321810—3318
Total 214691056223076
Poli Timișoara 2015–16[9] Liga I 16230—192
Kitchee 2015–16[9] HK Premier League 64467[lower-alpha 3]61716
2016–17[9] HK Premier League 19962002511
Total 4115138766129
Selangor 2017[9] Malaysia Super League 6500651210
2018[9] Malaysia Super League 221979633531
Total 2824791284741
Career total 3501112922138392141
  1. Appearances in Relegation Play-offs
  2. Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
  3. Appearances in AFC Cup

References
  1. "Los 'chavales' del Atlético pueden con el Alavés" [Atlético 'kids' best Alavés]. Marca (in Spanish). 22 April 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. Llamas, Fernando (28 April 2007). "El Atlético sigue sin dar señales de vida" [Still no signs of life from Atlético]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. Rubio, Quique (21 February 2018). "Conoce los españoles que luchan por el Pichichi en el extranjero" [Meet the Spaniards who fight for the Pichichi abroad]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. "0–0: El Toledo vuelve a Segunda División B tras eliminar, con justicia, al Extremadura (111 fotos)" [0–0: Toledo return to Segunda División B after ousting, fairly, Extremadura (111 photos)] (in Spanish). En Castilla La Mancha. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. "El Toledo sella la renovación de su goleador" [Toledo seal renewal of their goal-getter] (in Spanish). El Día Digital. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  6. "Rufino (Toledo), máximo goleador del Grupo II de Segunda B" [Rufino (Toledo), top scorer in Segunda B's Group II]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 May 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  7. Azharie, Farah (21 December 2019). "Dad's the way to go for fit-again Segovia". New Straits Times. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  8. "Rufino: Rufino Segovia del Burgo". BDFutbol. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. "Rufino Segovia". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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