Rafael Paz
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rafael Paz Marín | ||
Date of birth | 2 August 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Puebla de Don Fadrique, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Huéscar | |||
Granada 74 | |||
Sevilla | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1986 | Sevilla B | ||
1984–1997 | Sevilla | 340 | (25) |
1997 | Club Celaya | 14 | (1) |
Total | 354 | (26) | |
International career | |||
1982 | Spain U16 | 1 | (0) |
1984 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) |
1985 | Spain U20 | 3 | (0) |
1985–1987 | Spain U21 | 9 | (2) |
1990 | Spain | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rafael 'Rafa' Paz Marín (born 2 August 1965 in Puebla de Don Fadrique, Granada, Andalusia) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a right midfielder.
Club career
After starting out as a youth with CP Granada 74, Paz moved to neighbours Sevilla FC still as a junior, going on to appear in 340 La Liga games with the club and score 25 goals. In the 1989–90 season, while playing in all the matches safe one, he netted a career-best six goals, helping the Andalusians finish sixth with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Cup.
Upon Sevilla's relegation in 1997, Paz moved to Mexico, closing out his career after one season with Club Celaya, where he teamed up with former fellow international Emilio Butragueño.
International career
Paz represented Spain on seven occasions, all in 1990, and was included in the squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup where he took part in two matches.[1] His debut came on 21 February, in a friendly match with Czechoslovakia.[2]
Honours
- Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1985
References
- ^ "¡Muchas gracias, "Príncipe"!". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 14 June 1990. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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External links
- Rafael Paz at BDFutbol
- Rafael Paz – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Rafael Paz at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rafael Paz – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Spain stats at Eu-Football
- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Granada
- Spanish footballers
- Andalusian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Tercera División players
- Sevilla Atlético players
- Sevilla FC players
- Liga MX players
- Club Celaya footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico