Braulio Nóbrega Rodríguez (born 18 September 1985), known simply as Braulio, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career Braulio was born in Puerto del Rosario, Canary Islands. Having grown through the youth system of Atlético Madrid, he played 11 La Liga games for the Colchoneros between 2004 and 2006 (ten being in his debut season) before being loaned to RCD Mallorca in January 2006 and Segunda División's UD Salamanca in 2006–07,El Atlético de Madrid cede a Braulio por una temporada al Salamanca (Atlético de Madrid loan Braulio for one season to Salamanca); Diario AS, 10 August 2006 (in Spanish) finishing the campaign as the latter team's top scorer."El Salamanca fue el equipo que me dio la vida en el fútbol" ("Salamanca were the team that gave me life in football"); Diario AS, 8 January 2009 (in Spanish)

Braulio was loaned again in 2007–08, this time to Madrid-based Getafe CF, where he teamed up again with Manu del Moral who had played with him in Atlético's youth squads.Getafe bring in Atlético's Braulio; UEFA, 28 August 2007 On 25 October 2007, he scored through a backheel in a 2–1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane in the group stage of the UEFA Cup.Braulio brilliance sinks Spurs and Jol; UEFA, 25 October 2007 He also netted his team's third and final goal in the competition's quarter-final second leg match against FC Bayern Munich, capitalising on a defensive mistake by Lúcio in the box and proceeding to put the ball past Oliver Kahn in a 3–3 home draw (4–4 aggregate loss).Getafe stunned as Toni saves Bayern; UEFA, 10 April 2008

On 28 June 2008, Braulio signed a four-year contract with Real Zaragoza, recently relegated to the second tier.El Atlético de Madrid traspasa a Braulio al Zaragoza, pero se guarda una opción de recompra (Atlético de Madrid transfer Braulio to Zaragoza, but retain option to rebuy); La Voz de Galicia, 29 June 2008 (in Spanish) He was relatively used as the Aragonese were immediately promoted to the top flight, but then suffered an injury which sidelined him for several months. Upon return in late 2009 he found himself without room in the first team and, on 23 January 2010, was loaned to Recreativo de Huelva, as another forward, Adrián Colunga, moved on loan in the opposite direction.Zaragoza sign Colunga as Ayala leaves ; ESPN Soccernet, 23 January 2010

In January 2012, after being released by ZaragozaBraulio queda "totalmente desvinculado" del Zaragoza (Braulio cuts "all ties" with Zaragoza); Diario AS, 11 October 2011 (in Spanish) and sorting out his legal problems, Braulio joined FC Cartagena of division two.El FC Cartagena ficha al delantero Braulio (FC Cartagena sign forward Braulio); La Opinión de Murcia, 27 January 2012 (in Spanish) He scored six goals in only four and a half months, not enough however to help the Murcian team avoid relegation. In July he joined another club in that league, Hércules CF.Braulio, nuevo jugador del Hércules (Braulio, new Hércules player); La Opinión de Murcia, 10 August 2012 (in Spanish)

In summer 2014, following an unassuming spell in Malaysia, Braulio signed with Millonarios FC, being released shortly after and taking the Colombian club to court. The same situation occurred with another side in the country, Patriotas FC, but an amicable settlement was reached.Braulio Nóbrega demandará a Millonarios ante la FIFA (Braulio Nóbrega to take action against Millonarios in FIFA); Caracol Radio, 21 August 2014 (in Spanish)

Braulio spent the 2014–15 season with Recreativo de Huelva, failing to score in 25 competitive appearances and also suffering relegation.El Recreativo anuncia la desvinculación de Braulio (Recreativo announce severance of ties with Braulio) ; Albiazules, 21 August 2015 (in Spanish) On 4 January 2016, after a trial, he joined AEL Kalloni F.C. from the Super League Greece until June.Kalloni announce Braulio's signing; SDNA, 4 January 2016

On 7 September 2016, Braulio returned to his country after signing with Caudal Deportivo of Segunda División B. In August 2017, he agreed to a one-year contract at Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC, being released in February 2018 due to injury and replaced by countryman Dani Segovia.

Personal life On 21 September 2011, Braulio was arrested on a charge of sexual assault, which occurred in a town near Zaragoza – Cuarte de Huerva – shortly before Real Zaragoza's morning training.Detienen a Braulio por un presunto abuso sexual (Braulio arrested for alleged sexual assault); Marca, 21 September 2011 (in Spanish) He was not incarcerated immediately, and the following day pleaded guilty,Braulio, en libertad con cargos (Braulio, released on bail); Marca, 22 September 2011 (in Spanish) being ousted from the squad until the situation was clearedBraulio, apartado del Zaragoza "hasta que se aclaren los hechos" (Braulio, ousted by Zaragoza "until situation is cleared"); Marca, 23 September 2011 (in Spanish) and released by the club the following month.

Braulio changed his plea to "not guilty" on 18 October 2011, citing poor advice as the reason for this sudden change.Braulio acusa a la Guardia Civil de coaccionarle y se declara inocente (Braulio accuses Civil Guard of coercion and pleads not guilty); El Periódico de Aragón, 19 October 2011 (in Spanish) Finally, on 22 June of the following year, he avoided a prison sentence and reached an agreement to pay €11,400 in damages.Braulio pacta con otra joven que le denunció (Braulio cuts deal with another young woman that pressed charges); La Verdad, 16 July 2012 (in Spanish)

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAtlético Madrid B2004–05Segunda División B109——1092005–06Segunda División B198——198Total2917——2917Atlético Madrid2004–05La Liga10043—1432005–06La Liga1000—102006–07La Liga00002020Total1104320173Mallorca (loan)2005–06La Liga2000—20Salamanca (loan)2006–07Segunda División391410—4014Getafe (loan)2007–08La Liga19380103376Zaragoza2008–09Segunda División24300—2432009–10La Liga3000—302010–11La Liga27320—2932011–12La Liga2000—20Total56620—586Recreativo (loan)2009–10Segunda División20200—202Cartagena 2011–12Segunda División18600—186Hércules 2012–13Segunda División14500—145Recreativo2014–15Segunda División24010—250Kalloni2015–16Super League Greece5000—50Caudal2016–17Segunda División B10210—112Doxa2016–17Cypriot First Division151042—1912Bengaluru2017–18Indian Super League100——100Career total2726521512330573

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