Rafita

For other uses, see Rafita (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramos and the second or maternal family name is Lozano.
Rafita
Rafita in action for Almería in 2013
Personal information
Full name Rafael Ramos Lozano
Date of birth (1982-09-18) 18 September 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Palma, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Wing-back
Youth career
España
Ferriolense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Ferriolense
2002–2005 Mallorca B 100 (14)
2005–2007 Mallorca 1 (0)
2006–2007 → Ciudad Murcia (loan) 29 (2)
2007–2010 Castellón 86 (2)
2010–2011 Recreativo 34 (2)
2011–2014 Almería 83 (1)
2014 Murcia 0 (0)
2014–2016 Hércules 47 (3)
2016 Novelda 11 (1)
2017–2019 Orihuela 83 (4)
2019–2020 Independiente Alicante 12 (0)
2021 Racing Benidorm 1 (0)
2021–2022 Calpe 4 (0)
Total 491 (29)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rafael Ramos Lozano (born 18 September 1982), known as Rafita, is a Spanish former professional footballer. On the right side of the pitch, he could play as both a defender or a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Rafita made his senior debut with local RCD Mallorca's reserves in the Segunda División B. On 28 August 2005 he played his only competitive match with the main squad, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute in a 0–1 La Liga home loss against Deportivo de La Coruña.[1]

Released by the club at the end of the season, Rafita resumed his career in the Segunda División, with Ciudad de Murcia,[2] CD Castellón,[3] Recreativo de Huelva[4] and UD Almería,[5] appearing in 206 league games in the process. He achieved promotion with the latter side in 2013, totalling nearly 2,000 minutes of action while starting in all of his 22 appearances.[6]

Rafita was challenged by new signing Nélson in the 2013–14 campaign,[7] but again contributed solidly (26 matches) as the Andalusians retained their recently-acquired status.[8] He subsequently took his game to the lower leagues, where he represented Hércules CF, Novelda CF and Orihuela CF.[9]

References

  1. ^ López, José Luis (29 August 2005). "El Deportivo se redime ganando en Son Moix" [Deportivo redeem themselves winning at Son Moix]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ "El Ciudad de Murcia recupera a 'Rafita' y Saizar ante el Tenerife" ['Rafita' and Saizar return for Ciudad de Murcia against Tenerife]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 29 March 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. ^ García, Diego (13 July 2007). "El Castellón ficha a Rafita para las tres próximas temporadas" [Castellón sign Rafita for next three seasons]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  4. ^ "El Recreativo ficha al defensa Rafita para las próximas tres temporadas" [Recreativo sign defender Rafita for next three seasons]. El Día (in Spanish). 23 July 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  5. ^ "El Almería ficha a Rafita" [Almería sign Rafita]. Marca (in Spanish). 29 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  6. ^ Pineda, Rafael (22 June 2013). "El Almería vuelve a Primera" [Almería return to Primera]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. ^ Miralles, Carlos (8 December 2013). "Rafita: "No pienso irme en invierno, soy feliz en el Almería"" [Rafita: "I do not think about leaving in winter, i am happy in Almería"]. La Voz de Almería (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  8. ^ Tello, Félix (5 August 2014). "Rafita suena para ser el sustituto de Akapo" [Rafita poised to be Akapo's replacement]. Heraldo de Soria (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. ^ Fernández, Manuel; Quintana Llucmajor, Joan (6 January 2018). "Rafael Ramos, Rafita: "El Atlético Baleares me quería, pero De la Morena dijo que no"" [Rafael Ramos, Rafita: "Atlético Baleares wanted me, but De la Morena said no"]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2022.