Héctor Figueroa Cabrera (born 30 October 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Villa Santa Brígida as a forward.
Football career Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Figueroa finished his graduation with local UD Villa de Santa Brígida's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2008–09 season, in Tercera División. In the same campaign he also began appearing with the main squad, in Segunda División B.
In the 2012 summer Figueroa joined Estrella CF, also in the fourth level. In January of the following year he signed with UD Las Palmas, being initially assigned to the reserves,El hermano de Momo, Héctor Figueroa, a un paso del filial de Las Palmas (Momo's brother, Héctor Figueroa, a step closer from Las Palmas' reserves); La Provincia, 16 January 2013 being promoted to the third level at the end of 2012–13 season and also being the club second topscorer (only two goals behind Cristian Herrera).
On 29 January 2014, after being the B-team's topscorer in Segunda División B, Figueroa was promoted to the main squad in Segunda División,El club sube a Héctor Figueroa al primer equipo (The club promotes Héctor Figueroa to first-team) ; UD Las Palmas, 29 January 2014 signing a -year deal.Héctor Figueroa, currante del gol (Héctor Figueroa, goalscorer and hard worker); La Provincia, 31 January 2014 He made his debut as a professional three days later, starting in a 0–1 away loss against SD Eibar.Victoria fantasma de un Eibar situado en ascenso directo (Ghost win from an Eibar placed in direct promotion); Marca, 1 February 2014
Figueroa scored his first professional goal on 15 March, netting the last in a 5–0 home routing over CE Sabadell FC.Festín grancanario para ilusionarse con Primera (Grancanario party to dream with Primera); Marca, 15 March 2014 On 4 August 2015 he signed a new contract until 2018, being immediately loaned to SD Huesca also in the second tier.Héctor Figueroa amplía contrato y se va cedido al Huesca (Héctor Figueroa extends contract and goes on loan at Huesca) ; UD Las Palmas, 4 August 2015
On 19 July 2016, Figueroa moved to SD Ponferradina again in a temporary deal.Héctor Figueroa se va cedido a la SD Ponferradina (Héctor Figueroa goes out on loan at SD Ponferradina); UD Las Palmas, 19 July 2016 The following 7 July, after returning from loan, he cut ties with Las PalmasHéctor Figueroa rescinde contrato con la UD Las Palmas (Héctor Figueroa rescinds contract with UD Las Palmas); UD Las Palmas, 7 July 2017 and went on to resume his career in the third division, representing CD Toledo and Burgos CF.Acuerdo con el delantero Héctor Figueroa (Agreement with the forward Héctor Figueroa) ; Burgos CF, 2 August 2018
Personal life Figueroa's older brothers, Momo and David, also played for Las Palmas.Premio para Héctor Figueroa (Award for Héctor Figueroa); La Provincia, 30 January 2014
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