 Asencio withReal Madrid in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl Asencio del Rosario | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-02-13)13 February 2003 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Madrid | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Veteranos del Pilar | ||
| 2012–2017 | Las Palmas | ||
| 2017–2022 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | RSC Internacional | 29 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Real Madrid B | 45 | (0) |
| 2024– | Real Madrid | 31 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:42, 24 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Raúl Asencio del Rosario (born 13 February 2003) is a Spanish professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forLa Liga clubReal Madrid.
Born inLas Palmas in theCanary Islands, Asencio began his youth career at local team Veteranos del Pilar, before joiningUD Las Palmas. At the age of thirteen, he joined the youth academy ofLa Liga clubReal Madrid.[1][2]
After a short spell atRSC Internacional, Asencio returned to Real Madrid, and played for theirreserves team. There, he was regarded as one of the most important players in the team.[3]
In the2024–25 season, as Real Madrid were short of center-backs following the injury ofDavid Alaba andÉder Militão, Asencio was brought up to the first team.[4] On 9 November 2024, he made hisLa Liga debut for Real Madrid, coming on as a substitute in a 4–0 victory againstOsasuna.[5] Two weeks later, on 24 November 2024, Asencio made his La Liga debut as a starter for Real Madrid, in a 3–0 victory againstLeganés.[6]
In March 2025, Asencio received his first call up to theSpain national team for the2024–25 UEFA Nations League quarter-final matches against theNetherlands.[7]
Asencio mainly operates as a center-back and has been described as "decisive with the ball and with great physical conditioning".[8]
In September 2023, Asencio and three otherReal Madrid Castilla andReal Madrid C players –Ferran Ruiz, Juan Rodríguez and Andrés Garcia – were arrested over allegations that two of the players had filmed and distributed a video of a sexual encounter involving an adult woman and a minor who had not consented to the recording.[9] Asencio was alleged to have accessed the video and to have distributed it to another person. In January 2025, Spanish sports websiteRelevo reported that Asencio was no longer under investigation in the case.[10] However, in February 2025, an appeal by Asencio's lawyers to end the investigation was rejected by a court inGran Canaria, and Asencio remains indicted on child pornography charges.[11][12][13]
In May 2025, the investigating court ofSan Bartolomé de Tirajana confirmed that criminal proceedings would advance against Raul Asencio and three of his former Real Madrid reserve teammates (Ferran Ruiz, Juan Rodriguez, and Andrés Garcia), paving the way for a trial. They are accused of recording and subsequently distributing, in June 2023, sexually explicit videos of a 16-year-old minor without herconsent. The alleged incident occurred in a nightclub in theCanary Islands.[14][15] The formal charges include "disclosure of secrets without consent andviolation of privacy," "distribution and transmission to third parties of videos without warning or consent of the injured parties," and "use of minors forpornographic purposes and possession ofchild pornography material."[16][17]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| RSC Internacional | 2022–23 | Tercera Federación | 29 | 0 | — | — | 4[a] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Real Madrid Castilla | 2023–24 | Primera Federación | 34 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Primera Federación | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | — | — | — | 45 | 0 | |||||
| Real Madrid | 2024–25 | La Liga | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 2025–26 | La Liga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 105 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 135 | 0 | ||
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