Rafel Sastre

Rafel Sastre Reus (born 22 October 1975) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right back.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sastre and the second or maternal family name is Reus.
Rafel Sastre
Personal information
Full name Rafel Sastre Reus
Date of birth (1975-10-22) 22 October 1975
Place of birth Binissalem, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Mallorca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1999 Mallorca B 93 (6)
1999–2001 Cádiz 63 (3)
2001–2011 Sporting Gijón 309 (4)
2011–2012 Huesca 22 (0)
2012–2013 Atlético Baleares 23 (0)
Total 510 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He amassed Segunda División totals of 311 games and four goals over the course of nine seasons, seven of those with Sporting de Gijón. He appeared in La Liga with the same club, making 52 appearances in that competition.

Club career

Sastre was born in Binissalem, Balearic Islands. For 14 professional seasons he represented RCD Mallorca B, Cádiz CF (two years in the Segunda División B) and Sporting de Gijón. With the Asturias club, he amassed totals of 257 games with four goals in the Segunda División, including 37 in 2007–08 as it returned to La Liga after a ten-year hiatus; during this timeframe, he was eventually named team captain.[1]

Sastre made his first appearance in the top flight at almost 33, in 2008–09's opener, a 1–2 home loss against Getafe CF.[2][3] During his two years at the El Molinón in that league he totalled 44 matches, with Sporting also retaining their status in the 2009–10 campaign.[4]

In June 2011, aged 35, Sastre left Gijón after ten years with the same club and signed for SD Huesca of the second tier.[5] He retired one year later, after one season in division three with CD Atlético Baleares.[6]

Personal life

Sastre's younger brother, Lluís (ten years his junior), was also a footballer. A midfielder, they coincided at Huesca in the 2011–12 season.[5]

References
  1. Sastre recomienda «no adelantar los acontecimientos» (Sastre recommends "not thinking it's over before it's over"); El Comercio, 6 June 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. Sporting Gijon 1–2 Getafe; ESPN Soccernet, 31 August 2008
  3. Sastre no se arruga (Sastre does not coil); La Nueva España, 10 September 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. El regreso del capitán del Sporting (The return of Sporting's captain); El Comercio, 3 February 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. El Huesca confirma el fichaje de Rafael Sastre (Huesca confirm signing of Rafael Sastre); Marca, 22 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. Sastre ficha por el Atlético Baleares, de Segunda B (Sastre signs for Atlético Baleares, from Segunda B); La Nueva España, 4 July 2012 (in Spanish)
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