Spanish Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a retired Spanish basketball player. A talented Center whose versatility and range helped also pl

Is a retired Spanish basketball player. A talented Center whose versatility and range helped also play the Power Forward position, he was one of the stars of Real Madrid throughout the seventies and the eighties.

An Argentine-Spanish footballer, who currently plays for CA Ciudad de Lorquí of the Spanish Segunda

An Argentine-Spanish footballer, who currently plays for CA Ciudad de Lorquí of the Spanish Segunda División B, as a defender.After beginning his career with native Club Atlético Platense, Díaz played exclusively in Spain, with Atlético Madrid B, Málaga CF, Elche CF, UD Salamanca, Sporting de Gijón, Ciudad de Murcia, Granada 74 CF and CA Ciudad de Lorquí.

Is a Norwegian handball player. She currently plays for the Norwegian club Sarpsborg.[

Is a Norwegian handball player. She currently plays for the Norwegian club Sarpsborg.[

Was a Spanish/Basque footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mainly for Athletic Bilbao.Athletic's yo

Was a Spanish/Basque footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mainly for Athletic Bilbao.Athletic's youth system's facilities have been named after him.Lezama arrived in England, as a refugee, at the age of 14. He entered at the port of Southampton on board the Habana on May 23, 1937. Lezama and his brother, Luis, were among 3,889 Basque children fleeing the Spanish Civil War. While in Southampton he played for his school, Nazareth House (less than half a mile from The Dell), where he was spotted by Southampton F.C.. He made his debut for the club on June 1, 1940, in a game against Arsenal F.C., in a 5-0 loss.

A Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team. Before he

A Spanish beach soccer player. He is the captain of the Spain national beach soccer team. Before he began to play beach soccer he played for Deportivo de La Coruña in the Primera Liga

Was Emeritus Professor of Ecology at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona. Margalef

Was Emeritus Professor of Ecology at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona. Margalef, unquestionably one of the most important scientists that Spain has produced, worked at the Institute of Applied Biology (1946-1951), and at the Fisheries Research Institute, which he directed during 1966-1967. He created the Department of Ecology of the University of Barcelona, from where he trained a huge number of ecologists, limnologists and oceanographers. In 1967 he became Spain's first professor of ecology.

(born on in Zaragoza, Spain on 8 February 1971) is a Spanish golfer.

(born on in Zaragoza, Spain on 8 February 1971) is a Spanish golfer.

Is a Spanish synchronized swimmer. She has competed at the and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a Spanish synchronized swimmer. She has competed at the and 2008 Summer Olympics.

A Spanish football striker for Villarreal B.Played in 35 games for Real Madrid C leading the team in

A Spanish football striker for Villarreal B.Played in 35 games for Real Madrid C leading the team in scoring with 18 goals. Also played 4 games, mostly off the bench, to help the Juvenil team win the Copa de Campeones.

A flamenco singer. She was one of Camarón's favourite cantaoras (female flamenco singers), and they

A flamenco singer. She was one of Camarón's favourite cantaoras (female flamenco singers), and they worked together on several occasions. She is one of the best contemporary cantaoras of festive styles. It is the happy palos (forms) which allow her to express all of her talent: bulerías, tangos, alegrías... but she is also comfortable executing other palos, like the soleá and seguiriya.In her artistic career it is possible to identify two periods that are clearly separated by the style of her singing. Her first records (Luna nueva, 1983, and Seda en mi piel, 1984) were a clear gamble on so-called flamenco-rock. The disastrous result of her participation representing Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, (up to date the only nul points score for Spain since the current voting system was established in 1975) when flamenco did not arouse the same international interest, and did not enjoy the same recognition as it does today, appeared to have persuaded Remedios Amaya to retire from the stage

Was a Spanish footballer and manager. He played as a goalkeeper for, among others, RCD Español, FC

Was a Spanish footballer and manager. He played as a goalkeeper for, among others, RCD Español, FC Barcelona and Madrid CF. As an international he played for both the Catalan XI and Spain. As a manager he won two La Liga titles with Atlético Aviación and briefly managed Spain.Zamora, nicknamed El Divino , was noted for wearing a cloth cap and a white polo-neck jumper on the field, a look later copied by several of his contemporaries. He claimed it was to protect him from both the sun and his opponents. He was also noted for his bravery. In 1929 while playing for Spain against England, he carried on playing despite breaking his sternum.

Is a Guatemalan football goalkeeper who plays for local club Deportivo Petapa in Guatemala's top div

Is a Guatemalan football goalkeeper who plays for local club Deportivo Petapa in Guatemala's top division.Trigueño started his career at Aurora before moving to Suchitepéquez, who he left after only one season. After joining Marquense in 2005 he joined Petapa in 2007.

Is a Guatemalan football goalkeeper who plays for Rentistas in Uruguay, and for the Guatemalan natio

Is a Guatemalan football goalkeeper who plays for Rentistas in Uruguay, and for the Guatemalan national team.He is the son of the also former national team goalkeeper Ricardo Jerez who played in the olympics.

Was a Spanish field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a Spanish field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at

Is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Spain, starting in 1976.

Is a Spanish judoka.

Is a Spanish judoka.

A Spanish former footballer.During his club career, he played for Castilla (1978-80), Real Madrid (1

A Spanish former footballer.During his club career, he played for Castilla (1978-80), Real Madrid (1980-89), Udinese Calcio (1989-90), and Rayo Vallecano (90-92). He also earned 42 caps and scored 2 goals for the Spain national football team from 1982 to 1988, and represented the country in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, Euro 84 (where Spain finished runners-up), the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and Euro 88.

Is a Guatemalan businessman and politician.

Is a Guatemalan businessman and politician.

A Spanish footballer who currently plays for CA Osasuna in La Liga.Ricardo, who plays as a goalkeepe

A Spanish footballer who currently plays for CA Osasuna in La Liga.Ricardo, who plays as a goalkeeper, began his playing career at Atlético Madrid, working his way through the junior team and going on to represent the senior squad until 1998, when he was transferred to Real Valladolid. Ricardo spent four seasons at the club, eventually becoming the club's first-choice goalkeeper. He was also selected as a member of the Spanish squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, though he did not play in the finals.

Is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the silver

Is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Was a Salvadoran-Spanish co-founder of one of the most successful soccer teams in Costa Rica, Deport

Was a Salvadoran-Spanish co-founder of one of the most successful soccer teams in Costa Rica, Deportivo Saprissa. He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador to Jose Saprissa and Carmen Aymá [1]. Once a skilled athlete, Saprissa first became famous in his hometown Barcelona, Spain. He played different sports there, excelling at soccer with the team RCD Espanyol, as well as in tennis, grass hockey and polo. He won championships in each of these sports, including Spain's football national championship with RCD Espanyol in 1928, Spain's grass hockey national championship in 1924, and Spain's tennis national championships in 1923 and 1924. He also participated with Spain in the Paris Olympic Games in 1924 and the Spanish Davis Cup team in 1930

A former Spanish footballer, who played as a defender. He earned 6 international caps with Spain.Ser

A former Spanish footballer, who played as a defender. He earned 6 international caps with Spain.Serna started his professional career at Sevilla FC in 1982, immediately breaking into the starting line up. After six years at the Andalusia club, he was signed by giants FC Barcelona, receiving his first international callup the same year.

A footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as goalkeeper for FC Basel in the Swiss Super Leag

A footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as goalkeeper for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. Since summer 2008 he relocated to Athens, Greece to join Panionios F.C. He is of Spanish heretige.He started his career at SC Aadorf in 1999. He made 22 appearances for the club during the 2 seasons he was there. He then signed for FC Frauenfeld in 2001 and played 18 times for the club before leaving for FC Basel in the January transfer window. He was at Basel from 2001 to 2003 as third-choice goalkeeper. His hunger for first-team football then led him across the city to FC Concordia Basel where he played 12 games in 2 years

Is a Honduran-Guatemalan football Midfielder who currently plays for Comunicaciones of the Guatemala

Is a Honduran-Guatemalan football Midfielder who currently plays for Comunicaciones of the Guatemala's top division.

. Roberto Merino Ramirez is a Midfielder who plays for Atromitos in the Super League Greece and wear

. Roberto Merino Ramirez is a Midfielder who plays for Atromitos in the Super League Greece and wears the number 10 jersey.While Merino was playing for Mallorca the Spanish national football team called him up for a U-20 match and he accepted even though he was born in Peru. Because of FIFA rules, this does not bind him to the Spanish national football team at senior level.