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Rubén Belima
	Belima with Equatorial Guinea in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Rubén Belima Rodríguez
Date of birth	11 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Móstoles, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Youth career
1999–2010	Torrevieja
2010–2011	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	Torrevieja
2011–2013	Real Madrid C
2013–2015	Real Madrid B
2016–2017	Koper
2017–2018	Leixões
2018	Domžale
2019	Estoril
2021	SD Logroñés
2021–2022	Hércules
2022	Móstoles URJC
2022	Rio Maior
2023	Torrellano
Total
International career‡
2013–2022	Equatorial Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2023.; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2022

Rubén Belima Rodríguez (born 11 February 1992) is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger. Born in Spain to an Equatoguinean father, he capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Club career

Belima was born in Móstoles, Community of Madrid, Spain. He began his career with FC Torrevieja before joining the youth ranks of Real Madrid, and making his way into their C-team. He made his professional debut with the reserve team in Segunda División on 4 May 2014, as an 85th-minute substitute for Burgui in a 1–1 home draw with fellow strugglers Real Jaén CF.^[2]

After 18 months in Slovenia with FC Koper, Belima returned to the Iberian Peninsula on 31 July 2017, signing for Leixões S.C. of Portugal's LigaPro for one year with the option of a second.^[3] He scored four times in 24 games for the club from Matosinhos – including the only one of a home victory over F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the Taça da Liga groups on 20 September^[4] – before making the journey back to the previous country to NK Domžale.^[5]

On 28 January 2019 Belima was back in Portugal's second tier, with G.D. Estoril Praia.^[6] He scored once in the remainder of the season, albeit in the 4–2 loss at Penafiel that ended the team's hope of promotion to the Primeira Liga.^[7]

International career

Belima made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea on 16 November 2013 in a friendly against his birth country Spain in Malabo; he was a last-minute substitute for Juvenal Edjogo Owono in the 2–1 loss.^[8] The game was however stricken from the FIFA records as the host team had not given sufficient notice that the referee would be a compatriot.^[9]

Equatorial Guinea were given the hosting rights to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations when Morocco withdrew due to the Ebola virus epidemic, and Belima was named in their squad.^[10] He was a substitute in the opening match against the Congo and the quarter-final, before starting the semi-final and play-off as the team came fourth.

References

^ Rubén Belima at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "Castilla y Jaén prolongan su sufrimiento con un empate" [Castilla and Jaén prolong their suffering with a draw] (in Spanish). Última Hora. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "Leixões anuncia Ruben Belima para o ataque" [Leixões announce Ruben Belima for the attack]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 31 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "Leixões derrota Paços de Ferreira na Taça da Liga" [Leixões defeat Paços de Ferreira in the Taça da Liga] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "OFICIAL: extremo formado no Real Madrid troca Leixões pelo Domzale" [OFFICIAL: winger formed at Real Madrid swaps Leixões for Domžale] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "Estoril anuncia chegada do extremo Rubén Belima" [Estoril announce arrival of winger Rubén Belima]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "Penafiel goleou e acabou com o sonho do Estoril" [Penafiel thrash Estoril and finish off their dream]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 28 April 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "España pasea la estrella por Guinea en un amistoso manchado por la política" [Spain parade the star through Equatorial Guinea in friendly stained by politics] (in Spanish). RTVE. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "La FIFA anula el Guinea-España" [FIFA annul Equatorial Guinea–Spain]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 31 December 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "Belima excited about hosting AFCON 2015". FourFourTwo. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2020.