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David Raya

David Raya

Spain · goalkeeper · 186cm · Born 1995-09-15

Goals by Competition

141
Appearances
0
Goals
0/6
Cards
World Cup 0 goals · 6 apps
Premier League 0 goals · 135 apps

Season by Season

2026 — World Cup 6 apps
2024/2025 — Premier League 38 apps
2023/2024 — Premier League 35 apps
2022/2023 — Premier League 38 apps
2021/2022 — Premier League 24 apps
David Raya

David Raya

Goalkeeper · 30 yrs Goalkeeper

Player Profile

David Raya Martín (born 15 September 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Arsenal and the Spain national team. Known for his consistency, distribution, shot-stopping abilities, and box command, he is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Raya began his senior career in England with Blackburn Rovers. He made his professional breakthrough as part of the team that was promoted from League One in 2018. He transferred to Championship club Brentford in 2019 and was a part of the team that was promoted to the Premier League in 2021. In 2023, Raya joined Arsenal, and has since gone onto win the Premier League Golden Glove three times in a row, from 2023–24 to 2025–26. Raya made his international debut for Spain in 2022, playing at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and winning UEFA Euro 2024.

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Bio

Born 1995-09-15 (30)
Birthplace Barcelona
Height 184 cm
Nationality Spain
Positions goalkeeper

Club Career

Southport
2014 — 2015
Blackburn Rovers
2014 — 2019
Brentford
2019 — 2024
Spain
2022 — present
Arsenal
2023 — 2024

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