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My Take
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.
Overview
Rubén is a association football player from Spain.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 186 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Spain →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.