Rai Rosa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rosa and the second or maternal family name is Nieto.
Rai Rosa
Personal information
Full name Raimundo Rosa Nieto
Date of birth (1980-02-22) 22 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Cáceres, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Cacereño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Cacereño 2 (0)
2000–2002 Amanecer
2002–2005 Plasencia
2005–2008 Miajadas
2008–2010 Cacereño
2011–2012 Diocesano
2012–2014 Miajadas
2014 Coria
2014–2017 Amanecer
International career
2008 Extremadura 1 (2)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Amanecer B
2018–2019 Diocesano
2019–2022 Coria
2023 Mérida
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raimundo "Rai" Rosa Nieto (born 22 February 1980) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, currently a manager.

Playing career

Club

Known as just Rai as a player, Rosa was born in Cáceres, Extremadura, and finished his formation with hometown side CP Cacereño, featuring in two first team matches during the 1999–2000 campaign as they suffered relegation from Segunda División B. In 2000, he left the club to join CP Amanecer in the Regional Preferente, where he started to feature regularly.

On 15 July 2008, after spells at Tercera División sides UP Plasencia and CD Miajadas, Rosa returned to his first club Cacereño, now also in the fourth division.[1] He achieved promotion to the third level in his first season, and helped the club to narrowly avoid relegation in his second, both as a regular starter.

After leaving Cacereño again in 2010, Rosa spent a year nursing an Achilles tendon injury before returning to action with CD Diocesano in the regional leagues.[2] On 11 January 2012, he returned to Miajadas.[3]

On 18 January 2014, Rosa signed with CD Coria also in the fourth tier, after leaving Miajadas.[4] He returned to Amanecer in July of that year, and retired with the club in 2017, aged 37.[5]

International

On 27 December 2008, Rosa also played for the Extremadura autonomous team in a friendly against Peru, scoring twice as the match ended 2–2.[6][7]

Managerial career

During his last playing season at Amanecer, Rosa was also managing the club's reserve team in the regional leagues.[5] In July 2018, he was appointed manager of Diocesano in the fourth division.[8]

In June 2019, Rosa left Dioce and was named in charge of another club he represented as a player, Coria.[9] He led the side to promotion to Segunda División RFEF, and narrowly missed out a second consecutive promotion in the play-offs before leaving on 27 May 2022.[10]

On 7 June 2023, after a year unemployed, Rosa was appointed in charge of Primera Federación side Mérida AD.[11] On 9 October, after four consecutive defeats, he was sacked.[12]

References

  1. ^ "El CP Cacereño presenta oficialmente a sus dos primeros refuerzos, Rocha y Rai" [CP Cacereño officially present their two first additions, Rocha and Rai] (in Spanish). Hoy. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Rai, sonrisa de retorno" [Rai, smile of a return] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Rai vuelve al Miajadas tres años después y con la lesión olvidada" [Rai returns to Miajadas three years later and with his injury forgotten] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Rai firma por el Coria tras desvincularse del Miajadas" [Rai signs for Coria after leaving Miajadas] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b "A Rai aún le queda su último vals" [Rai still has his last dance] (in Spanish). Hoy. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Rai salva a Extremadura" [Rai saves Extremadura] (in Spanish). Hoy. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Rai salva el empate para Extremadura en un duro choque" [Rai saves the draw for Extremadura in a hard-fought match] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Rai se perfila como entrenador del Diocesano" [Rai is set as manager of Diocesano] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Rai no seguirá en el Diocesano y continúa apuntando al Coria" [Rai will not continue at Diocesano and remains a target of Coria] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  10. ^ "El mejor entrenador de la historia del CD Coria deja el club" [The best manager of CD Coria's history leaves the club] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Rai Rosa, nuevo entrenador romano" [Rai Rosa, new manager of the Romans] (in Spanish). Mérida AD. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Comunicado Oficial | Rai Rosa" [Official announcement | Rai Rosa] (in Spanish). Mérida AD. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.