Name: Francisco Rubio
Nickname: "Paco"



Country: France
Club: AS Nancy Lorraine
Position: ★AMF, CMF, SMF, SS
Side: RF/RS
Age: 24-25 years (06/12/1953)

Height: 174 cm
Weight: 67 kg

Attack: 76
Defence: 52
Balance: 76
Stamina: 83
Top Speed: 77
Acceleration: 78
Response: 79
Agility: 80
Dribble Accuracy: 79
Dribble Speed: 77
Short Pass Accuracy: 77
Short Pass Speed: 77
Long Pass Accuracy: 76
Long Pass Speed: 77
Shot Accuracy: 76
Shot Power: 76
Shot Technique: 79
Free Kick Accuracy: 67
Curling: 73
Header: 70
Jump: 73
Technique: 80
Aggression: 75
Mentality: 76
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 79

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 4
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6
Growth Type: Standard/Lasting

CARDS:
P15 - Free Roaming

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Tactical dribble - Centre

Attack/Defence Awareness: Balance-Minded


INFO:
Rubio was a midfielder (mostly attacking), who was not the fastest, but with an above-average technique. He was a tireless midfielder who could be found everywhere up front, and even played as a fake striker. His role in the team is such that they say in Nancy: "when Rubio is fit, the team wins". He's the space feeder type, but he doesn't move anywhere.

The 174-centimeter-tall midfielder Rubio began playing football in 1964. In 1971 he went to EDS Montluçon, where he was promoted to the second division team a year later. After a few months, he became a regular player and revived the offensive department in particular, scoring eight goals in each of his first two years. Already at the age of 20 he was considered a key player of the team and aroused the interest of some first division clubs with his performances. In the summer of 1975, he received two roughly equivalent offers from the first division clubs AS Nancy and AS Monaco. Possibly due to his personal contact with Michel Platini of Nancy, whom he knew from the military team of France, his choice fell on this club.

On 8 August 1975, he made his debut in a 3–3 draw against US Valenciennes-Anzin in the jersey of his new club in the French top flight. At Nancy, he was such an integral part of the first eleven from the start that he did not miss a game during the 1975/76 season. In 1977, the team managed to jump to fourth place in the table and a year later the jump to the national cup final in 1978 followed. Rubio was considered for the final and was able to celebrate winning the trophy thanks to a 1-0 victory thanks to a goal from Platini. This entitled them to participate in the 1978/79 European Cup Winners' Cup and helped the player make his debut in European competition, even though Nancy was defeated by Servette Geneva in the second round. At times, he was also set up as a striker and was able to contribute around ten goals per season. Despite consistently good performances for a club that was in the middle of the table in the first division, he missed a possible call-up to the national team. In 1983, he left Nancy after eight years in which he had hardly missed a match and had become the club's record first division player with 299 top-flight appearances.

In 1983, Olympique Marseille then in the second division, signed him. In the course of the 1983/84 season, he scored a total of twelve goals for him, with which he personally achieved his best yield and at the same time contributed to the second division championship and the associated promotion. In 1985 he was able to stay in the first division with Marseille, but left the league anyway, as he moved to the second division club FC Tours at the same time. Although he held a permanent regular place in this despite his relatively old age and was still able to call up his performances, the desired promotion was clearly missed twice in a row. In 1987, the then 33-year-old decided to end his professional career after 328 first division games with 61 goals and 180 second division games with 42 goals.