Lauren Egea Acame (born 8 January 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Tercera Federación club Dos Hermanas as a central defender.
Personal life Egea's father Sergio and his brother Alexis are also footballers and defenders. The former is retired, and is currently a coach.
Professional career Egea was born in Alicante, Valencia.Lauren Egea, la última perla que surge de la cantera blanquiazul (Lauren Egea, the last pearl from the Blanquiazul's cantera); Diario Información, 29 March 2014 He joined Hércules CF's youth setup in 2007, aged 11.Lauren Egea, en el nombre del padre (Lauren Egea, father's name); Alicante News, 29 March 2014
On 12 April 2014, while still a junior, Egea played his first match as a professional, replacing Aitor Fernández in the 79th minute of a 1–2 loss at UD Las Palmas in the Segunda División.Las Palmas remonta el vuelo (Las Palmas comes back to flight); Marca, 12 April 2014 He appeared in two matches during the campaign, which ended in relegation.
On 7 August 2014 Egea moved to RCD Espanyol, initially assigned to the Juvenil squad.El Hércules de Alicante CF y el Espanyol de Barcelona acuerdan el traspaso de Lauren Egea (Hércules de Alicante CF and Espanyol de Barcelona agree Lauren Egea's transfer) ; Hércules' official website, 7 August 2014 On 15 August of the following year, he was loaned to Segunda División B side UE Cornellà for one year.Oficial: Cornellà, llega cedido Lauren Egea (Official: Cornellà, arrives on loan Lauren Egea); Todo Mercado Web, 15 August 2015
After being rarely used, Egea rescinded his contract and moved to Tercera División club Real Murcia Imperial.Lauren Egea, fichaje invernal para el Imperial (Lauren Egea, winter signing for Imperial); Gol de Murcia, 3 January 2016 He moved to Mexico in January 2017, joining Club Universidad Nacional's reserve side as his father was in charge of the first team.
While in Mexico, Egea switched his position from a forward to a central defender, and spent the 2017–18 season on loan at Club Atlético Zacatepec, but failed to appear for the club. He returned to Spain in 2018, and subsequently resumed his career in the lower leagues, representing CFI Alicante, CD Praviano, CD Murada, Athletic Club Torrellano and Salamanca CF UDS B.
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