Héctor Figueroa

Héctor Figueroa Cabrera (born 30 October 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Gran Tarajal as a forward.

For the labor leader, see Héctor Figueroa (activist).
Héctor Figueroa
Personal information
Full name Héctor Figueroa Cabrera
Date of birth (1988-10-30) 30 October 1988
Place of birth Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Gran Tarajal
Youth career
Villa Santa Brígida
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Villa Santa Brígida B 13 (3)
2009–2012 Villa Santa Brígida 101 (28)
2012–2013 Estrella 19 (8)
2013–2014 Las Palmas B 39 (23)
2014–2017 Las Palmas 18 (3)
2015–2016 → Huesca (loan) 16 (2)
2016–2017 → Ponferradina (loan) 34 (5)
2017–2018 Toledo 32 (9)
2018–2019 Burgos 7 (1)
2019 Lincoln Red Imps 10 (10)
2019– Gran Tarajal 31 (22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2020
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Figueroa and the second or maternal family name is Cabrera.

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,[1] 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,[2] signing a 2+1⁄2-year deal.[3] He made his debut as a professional three days later, starting in a 0–1 away loss against SD Eibar.[4]

Figueroa scored his first professional goal on 15 March, netting the last in a 5–0 home routing over CE Sabadell FC.[5] On 4 August 2015 he signed a new contract until 2018, being immediately loaned to SD Huesca also in the second tier.[6]

On 19 July 2016, Figueroa moved to SD Ponferradina again in a temporary deal.[7] The following 7 July, after returning from loan, he cut ties with Las Palmas[8] and went on to resume his career in the third division, representing CD Toledo and Burgos CF.[9]

Personal life

Figueroa's older brothers, Momo and David, also played for Las Palmas.[10]

References
  1. 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 (in Spanish)
  2. El club sube a Héctor Figueroa al primer equipo (The club promotes Héctor Figueroa to first-team) Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine; UD Las Palmas, 29 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  3. Héctor Figueroa, currante del gol (Héctor Figueroa, goalscorer and hard worker); La Provincia, 31 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. Victoria fantasma de un Eibar situado en ascenso directo (Ghost win from an Eibar placed in direct promotion); Marca, 1 February 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. Festín grancanario para ilusionarse con Primera (Grancanario party to dream with Primera); Marca, 15 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. Héctor Figueroa amplía contrato y se va cedido al Huesca (Héctor Figueroa extends contract and goes on loan at Huesca) Archived 2015-08-06 at the Wayback Machine; UD Las Palmas, 4 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  7. Héctor Figueroa se va cedido a la SD Ponferradina (Héctor Figueroa goes out on loan at SD Ponferradina); UD Las Palmas, 19 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  8. Héctor Figueroa rescinde contrato con la UD Las Palmas (Héctor Figueroa rescinds contract with UD Las Palmas); UD Las Palmas, 7 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  9. Acuerdo con el delantero Héctor Figueroa (Agreement with the forward Héctor Figueroa); Burgos CF, 2 August 2018 (in Spanish)
  10. Premio para Héctor Figueroa (Award for Héctor Figueroa); La Provincia, 30 January 2014 (in Spanish)
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