Raúl de Tomás
Spanish footballer (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Raúl de Tomás Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [raˈul de toˈmas ˈɣomeθ];[lower-alpha 1] born 17 October 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano and the Spain national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raúl de Tomás Gómez | ||
Date of birth | (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 29)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Madrid, Spain[1] | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rayo Vallecano | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2004 | San Roque | ||
2004–2013 | Real Madrid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Real Madrid C | 16 | (8) |
2013–2015 | Real Madrid B | 62 | (14) |
2014–2019 | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Córdoba (loan) | 26 | (6) |
2016–2017 | → Valladolid (loan) | 36 | (14) |
2017–2019 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 65 | (38) |
2019–2020 | Benfica | 7 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Espanyol | 85 | (44) |
2022– | Rayo Vallecano | 41 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2009 | Spain U16 | 4 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Spain U17 | 6 | (2) |
2012 | Spain U18 | 2 | (2) |
2012–2013 | Spain U19 | 4 | (2) |
2021– | Spain | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:56, 17 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:21, 5 June 2022 (UTC) |
He began as a youth team player at Real Madrid, making only one substitute appearance for the first team but playing and scoring regularly on loans to Córdoba, Valladolid and Rayo Vallecano of the Segunda División, winning promotion to La Liga with the last of those teams. In 2019 he joined Portuguese club Benfica for a €20 million fee, returning to Spain's top flight with Espanyol six months later for the same price and signing for Rayo again in 2022.
De Tomás made his full debut for Spain in 2021.