Rubén Vega

Rubén Vega

Personal information
Full name	Rubén Vega Fuentes
Date of birth	24 July 1977
Place of birth	Castrillo de las Piedras, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Ponferradina (interim)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1995–1997	Real Sociedad B	67	(6)
1997–2000	Real Sociedad	11	(0)
1998–1999	→ Gimnástica (loan)	37	(7)
1999–2000	→ Albacete (loan)	28	(0)
2001	Sevilla	3	(0)
2001–2002	Alavés B	35	(10)
2002–2004	Cultural Leonesa	66	(9)
2004–2012	Ponferradina	233	(54)
Total		490	(86)
Teams managed
2014–	Ponferradina (assistant)
2016–	Ponferradina (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Rubén Vega Fuentes (born 24 July 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and the current manager of SD Ponferradina.

Football career

Born in Castrillo de las Piedras, Province of León, Vega's career was spent mainly in the Spanish third division, but he did amass 11 La Liga appearances during the course of two seasons, with Real Sociedad. He made his debut in the competition on 31 August 1997, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–3 away loss against FC Barcelona.^[1]

Vega also represented Gimnástica de Torrelavega, Albacete Balompié, Sevilla FC (then in the second level), Deportivo Alavés B, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa and SD Ponferradina. With the latter side he promoted twice to division two, but suffered the subsequent immediate relegations in 2007 and 2011.

Vega retired from football in 2012 at the age of 35, after one year out of football. He stayed connected with his last club, being appointed assistant coach under José Manuel Díaz for the 2014–15 campaign.

References

1. "Este Barça ya ilusiona" [This Barça has people already up in clouds] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 1 September 1997. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

External links

• Rubén Vega profile at BDFutbol
• Ponferradina official profile (Spanish)