Francisco Rufete

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Family name hatnote Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Francisco Joaquín Pérez Rufete (born 20 November 1976) is a Spanish former footballer, and a manager. He played predominantly as a right winger with good dribbling ability, also being a player with a good workrate.

He played with seven clubs during his professional career, including Barcelona (one game) and Valencia (two La Liga titles). Over 12 seasons, he amassed Spanish top-division totals of 269 matches and 23 goals.

Rufete was also an international for Spain.

Playing career

Club

Born in Benejúzar, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Rufete was a product of Barcelona's youth system. He appeared once for the first team, in 1995–96's final round, a 2–2 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña on 26 May 1996,[1] and his first full professional season came in 1997–98 with Segunda División club Toledo.[2]

Rufete signed for Málaga in January 1999, after having started the campaign with Mallorca (no appearances).[2] He was instrumental, alongside Catanha and José María Movilla, in the side's promotion to La Liga (they were in the Segunda División B the previous season).[3]

After two exceptional individual seasons, Rufete moved to Valencia. Although almost never an undisputed starter, he contributed good overall performances and, on 14 March 2004, scored twice at Celta (2–0)[4] as the Che went on to win another domestic championship; he was already part of the title-winning squad of 2001–02.[5]

After Quique Sánchez Flores arrived at Valencia from Getafe, Rufete was released and joined Espanyol on a free transfer in July 2006.[6] He was constantly hampered by injuries in the 2007–08 campaign,[7] after having appeared in eleven UEFA Cup matches during the Catalans' run to the final in 2007.[8]

Rufete was released by Espanyol in mid-July 2009, moving close to home with Hércules on a two-year deal.[9] In his first season, aged 32/33, the veteran totalled nearly 2,000 minutes as the Alicante team returned to the top division after an absence of 13 years.[10]

International

Rufete earned three caps for the Spain national team in 2000, the first being in a 2–0 friendly win over Italy on 29 March in Barcelona. He came on as a substitute for Joseba Etxeberria at the hour-mark.[11]

Managerial career

Rufete was released by Hércules in late 2011 after the club decided not to renew his contract,[12] and retired from football shortly after. Two years later, he returned to Valencia after being appointed youth coordinator,[13] but switched to director of football after a few months.[14]

On 18 April 2018, Rufete was given his first managerial position at Ibiza of Tercera División.[15] His team missed out on promotion with a penalty shootout defeat to Atlético Levante in the play-off final on 24 June.[16]

Rufete returned to Espanyol as sporting director, and became their interim manager on 27 June 2020 when Abelardo Fernández was sacked from the last-placed club with six games to go.[17] The next day, in his first professional game in charge, his side lost by a single goal at home to Real Madrid;[18] he oversaw their first fall from the top flight since 1993.[19]

Personal life

Rufete's son, also named Franciso, is also a professional footballer.[20]

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
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Ibiza Template:Flagicon 18 April 2018 6 July 2018

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Honours

Málaga

Valencia

Espanyol

Spain U18

References

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