Rafael Oramas Navarro

Rafael Oramas Navarro (13 April 1904 – 21 April 1968) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for RCD Espanyol and Racing de Madrid.

He was the first in a family saga of football players, including and Alexis Trujillo.

Playing career Club career During the resurgence of football in the Canary Islands in the early 1920s, Oramas was among the young group of players who founded Santa Catalina FC, where he featured alongside the likes of Espino and José Padrón.

Although he had played as a midfield distributor in his previous teams, Oramas played as a center forward in Espanyol, being described as a player with a refined technique, serious, tenacious, and tireless.

Oramas played with Espanyol for four seasons until 1929, winning the 1929 Copa del Rey, although he did not play in the final. Despite the expectations created, he never really took off, not because of lack of quality, but rather due to his inconsistency and his cold character. Four years later, on 12 May, he earned his second cap for Catalonia in a friendly against FC Barcelona, where he either suffered a stroke in his leg that took him away from football or suffered a knee injury that made him lose his abilities and prevented him from performing at the highest level.

A street in Las Palmas was named after him.

Honours

Espanyol Catalan championship Champions (1): 1928–29

Copa del Rey: Champions (1): 1929