Rubén

Ruben de la Red is a name that stirs real feeling for me, because his story is bigger than his stats. A Madrid-born midfielder who came through Real Madrid's system, he had the talent to play for Spain, and then a cardiac scare during a match forced him to retire heartbreakingly early. That kind of forced goodbye always hits hard. He didn't vanish, though, moving into coaching and staying close to the game he loved. At 186 cm he had the frame and the vision, and I often wonder what his peak years might have looked like. To me he's a reminder that careers aren't only measured in trophies.

Name (English)

Rubén

Name (Japanese)

ルベン・デ・ラ・レー

Reading

るべん・で・ら・れー

Born

June 5, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Ox

Origin

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.rubendelared.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Community of Madrid
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.