Rayco Rodríguez Medina (born 24 November 1996), known as Rayco Rodríguez or simply Rayco, is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Amorebieta. Mainly a right winger, he can also play as an attacking midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rayco Rodríguez Medina | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Amorebieta | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Almenara | |||
| Las Palmas | |||
| 2012–2015 | Acodetti | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Betis B | 23 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Pobla Mafumet | 62 | (12) |
| 2016 | Gimnàstic | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Polvorín | 59 | (21) |
| 2020–2021 | Deportivo B | 11 | (4) |
| 2021 | Deportivo La Coruña | 11 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Unionistas | 36 | (5) |
| 2022– | Amorebieta | 66 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 | |||
Club career
Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Rayco represented UD Almenara, UD Las Palmas and Acodetti CF as a youth. On 6 August 2015, after impressing on a trial, he joined Real Betis and was immediately assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[1]
Rayco made his senior debut on 22 August 2015, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Mérida AD.[2] His first goal came on 4 October, but in a 2–4 loss against Real Jaén also at the Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol.[3]
On 8 July 2016, Rayco moved to another reserve team, CF Pobla de Mafumet in Tercera División.[4] On 1 December he made his first team debut, coming on as a late substitute for Elvir Maloku in a 0–3 home loss against Deportivo Alavés for the season's Copa del Rey.[5]
On 11 July 2018, free agent Rayco signed a two-year deal with CD Lugo, being assigned to the farm team in the fourth tier.[6] On 31 August 2020, he joined Deportivo de La Coruña's B-team also in division four.[7]
On 2 February 2021, Rayco was definitely promoted to Depor's first team in Primera División RFEF.[8] He continued to appear in that division in the following years, representing Unionistas de Salamanca CF[9] and SD Amorebieta;[10] with the latter, he was a first-choice as the club achieved promotion to Segunda División.
References
External links
- Rayco at BDFutbol
- Rayco at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Rayco Rodríguez at Soccerway