He made his first senior appearance two years later (whilst still a junior), playing 90 minutes for the B team in a 4–0 away win against Real Madrid Castilla and going on to spend two full seasons with the side in the Segunda División, being relegated in 1989.

Roura made his La Liga debut on 11 September 1988 in a 3–0 victory at Elche CF,[1] under Johan Cruyff, but a serious injury to his right knee in the 1989 European Super Cup against AC Milan severely hindered his growth as a footballer.

Roura spent the early part of the 2007–08 season at the helm of CE L'Hospitalet in the Segunda División B, being fired in late December 2007[6] as his side eventually suffered relegation.

[2] On 30 June 2012, after Guardiola's departure, Roura replaced his lifelong friend Tito Vilanova as Barcelona's assistant manager, as the latter was promoted to head coaching duties.

[7][2] On 19 December he took over on an interim basis, when it was learned the former had suffered a recurrence of parotid gland cancer that would need surgery the following day; according to the club, he would be in charge for approximately six weeks whilst Vilanova was in chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment.