sentences:  He spent most of his ten-year professional career with Real Murcia (two spells), playing 250 league matches and scoring 29 goals both major levels of Spanish football combined.After beginning his career at already 23 with amateurs CF Rayo Majadahonda, in his hometown of Madrid, Richi spent two further seasons with Atlético Madrid's reserves, having begun his career as a striker.In the 2002–03 campaign he joined Real Murcia, achieving promotion and making his La Liga debut in his second year, his first appearance in the competition being in a 1–1 away draw against RC Celta de Vigo on 31 August 2003; an instrumental attacking element from the beginning, he scored twice in 35 games as the club returned to the top flight again in 2007.