Rubén Pulido (footballer, born 1979)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martín and the second or maternal family name is Pulido.

Rubén Pulido

Pulido in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Rubén Martín Pulido
Date of birth	(1979-02-02) 2 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Cazalegas (manager)
Youth career
	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Real Madrid C
2000–2001	Conquense	29	(5)
2001–2002	Getafe	32	(0)
2002–2003	Sporting Gijón	22	(4)
2003–2004	Rayo Vallecano	34	(4)
2004–2007	Getafe	49	(3)
2007–2008	Almería	26	(3)
2008–2010	Zaragoza	45	(2)
2010–2012	Asteras Tripolis	39	(4)
2012–2014	Aris	35	(0)
Total		311	(25)
Managerial career
2015–2018	Talavera (assistant)
2022–	Cazalegas
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rubén Martín Pulido (born 2 February 1979) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of CD Cazalegas.

He amassed La Liga totals of 97 matches and eight goals over five seasons, representing in the competition Getafe, Almería and Zaragoza. He finished his professional career in Greece.

Club career

Pulido was born in Madrid. After appearing for modest sides UB Conquense and Getafe CF, the latter then in the Segunda División B, the Real Madrid youth graduate spent one Segunda División season each with Rayo Vallecano and Sporting de Gijón.

Pulido returned to Getafe in the summer of 2004, helping the capital team to retain their recently achieved top-division status. However, he was never an undisputed starter during his three-year spell, with a best output of 25 La Liga games in the 2005–06 season.

In July 2008, Pulido signed for top-flight newcomers UD Almería, and was one of the Andalusians' most important players in his first year by scoring three league goals, including the only in a 20 January 2008 home win over Deportivo de La Coruña^[1] and another in a 2–2 home draw with FC Barcelona on 16 March.^[2]

After just one season with Almería – he had signed a two-year deal – Pulido joined Real Zaragoza, recently relegated to division two.^[3] He contributed 23 appearances as the Aragonese were immediately promoted.

Pulido played roughly the same number of matches in the 2009–10 campaign, scoring against his former employers Almería (2–1 home win)^[4] and Villarreal CF (3–3 home draw),^[5] and being occasionally deployed as right-back. In the following off-season, the 31-year-old did not have his contract renewed and moved to Asteras Tripolis F.C. of the Super League Greece.^[6]

References

1. Almería 1–0 Deportivo La Coruña; ESPN Soccernet, 20 January 2008
2. Barcelona cornered by plucky Almería; UEFA, 16 March 2008
3. Rubén Martín Pulido: "Venir al Zaragoza era lo mejor para mi carrera y mi futuro" (Rubén Martín Pulido: "Coming to Zaragoza was the best for my career and my future"); El Periódico de Aragón, 25 August 2008 (in Spanish)
4. Zaragoza edge to victory; ESPN Soccernet, 1 November 2009
5. Villarreal battle back for draw; ESPN Soccernet, 15 May 2010
6. Rubén Pulido ficha por el Asteras Tripolis griego (Rubén Pulido signs for Greece's Asteras Tripolis); El Periódico de Aragón, 1 September 2010 (in Spanish)

External links

• Rubén Pulido at BDFutbol
• Rubén Pulido at Soccerway