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The Barcelona neighborhood Diagonal Mar is known,
among other reasons, for its affluence parakeet
.
A large part of the RCD Espanyol players have lived in this maritime residential area for years.
A much humbler club than FC Barcelona, but
one that plays regularly in the First Division and accumulates good names in its squad
.
Last June, however, this urbanization located in the district of San Martín was left with one less star.
Striker Raúl de Tomás canceled his rental contract at his apartment on García Fária street.
Hours later, the player would announce his return to Rayo Vallecano in a statement
.
On the same note, he would announce that he felt "expelled"
and expressed his disagreements with the club's presidency.
After two years residing in Barcelona,
who to date has been Espanyol's most expensive signing returned to his native Madrid
.
He having left for the blue and white fans 45 goals and 6 assists in 96 games.
He arriving during this time to be summoned by the absolute Spanish National Team and
recognized as one of the most powerful strikers in La Liga.
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However, due to his discretion, little is known about Raúl de Tomás beyond the pitch.
Born in Madrid on October 17, 1994, he began his career as a neighborhood player who
spent hours playing games with his friends in a park in Parla.
At the age of eight and after showing his talent at San Roque, a humble club on the outskirts of the city,
he managed to enter Real Madrid as a junior when he was discovered by a scout.
In the white club he proved to be a footballer of character and discipline, something that began to change when he reached his early adolescence.
Childhood and self-improvement
From Dominican parents and humble origins, the young Raúl began to fool around with bad decisions and companies.
It was the former footballer and director of the Madrid academy, Míchel González,
who managed to get him back on the right track.
With his consent, the footballer entered the SEK school, a boarding school with which the white club had an agreement
to welcome all minor players who resided outside of Madrid.
This was not the case of Raúl de Tomás, who at that time lived in Barajas.
With time and a lot of will, the young man decided to focus entirely on football.
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Raúl de Tomás inherited from his father
, Raúl de Tomás Brasero, his good hand with football.
The patriarch of the family was a humble soccer player who played in several Second B teams. In 2000,
the family welcomed a new member, Rubén de Tomás,
his little brother and also a professional player who today plays for the subsidiary of Rayo Vallecano.
Five years younger than him, he plays on the far left and is one of the promises of the Madrid team.
"It is a tremendous illusion
because you can see your children facing each other on a professional level
when I have always seen them in the park," declared the father of the footballers in 2020.
Religious, family and animalist
Very dedicated to his family, Raúl de Tomás uses any occasion to praise the values that his parents have given him.
Today, his father is away from football and runs a driving school in Barajas,
while Rubén and Raúl continue their sports career.
Discreet with his personal life, Raúl de Tomás has two different Instagram accounts:
one professional and one personal.
In the latter, he shows a small part of his life in which he is seen
enjoying himself with relatives, friends, his dog Máximo or his horses.
At the moment, he does not have a publicly known partner.
"Grateful and privileged to walk hand in hand with the Lord and my family
. Don't judge if you don't know," reads the slogan that opens his personal account.
Through his posts, he often expresses his religious beliefs and gives details of his day to day life.
In his videos and photos
of him you can see him taking care of his horses, practicing boxing
, walking in the countryside or having fun with jet skis and other motor sports.
"Horses are my peace. If I could have 50 animals I would have them
, but they need space and time," explained the Rayo striker in an interview for the newspaper As.
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In that same conversation,
he expressed that the haughty and moody character he shows
on the pitch or at press conferences has nothing to do with his way of being in the private sphere.
"It's distance, distrust... But when I already know someone I open up a lot and I'm very normal,"
she said.
"Although it may not seem like it, I'm very shy. I'm very humble, my family has always been. My father has instilled in us since childhood that things have to be earned, you have to fight, work.
I have my feet on the ground, I know it's hard to get something and that's why I work every day," he
said.
Earnings and new life in Madrid
After leaving Barcelona and making his signing for Rayo Vallecano official, Raúl de Tomás will return with his family and his brother Rubén to the Madrid of his origins.
Acquired from Espanyol for 8 million euros plus 3 in variables,
he will be the highest paid player in the Vallecas squad.
In his old club, he had an approximate salary that ranged between one and a half million and three million euros per season, according to the signing portal.
Now, the former number 11 of the parakeets, seeks to leave his mark in the Payaso Fofó street stadium
.
Although it is not known what number he will wear, it is clear that he will continue to be
RDT, but no longer for RCD...Espanyol.
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