The A-Z guide to Rayo Vallecano (Addition edition): O is for Oviedo. Real Oviedo, Part 3 (2nd January, 2018)
You can read part 1 here and part 2 here . At the heart of Real Oviedo's economic crisis in 2003, two players traveled from Oviedo to Madrid. Here are their stories. You'd think that a player who scored 26 goals in 2 seasons for Rayo Vallecano would be widely known. But therein lies the darkness of the Segunda B - obscurity envelops even the biggest accomplishments. Striker Eugenio Suárez Santos, or Geni , was born in Gijón, Asturias, but emerged through neighbors Real Oviedo's youth system, making his first-team debuts shy of his 19th birthday as the club was then in La Liga. Definitely promoted to the main squad in 2000, he would see them drop two tiers in only two years. However, 16 goals in his last two seasons for Oviedo in the Segunda were enough to convince Rayo to sign him. Initially, he struggled to settle in - he played 29 games without scoring in his first season, which ended in another relegation. But he thrived in the Segunda B, scoring 16 and ...