His lone appearance for the first team was on 26 August 2007 on the first day of the Segunda División season, playing the entirety of a 1–1 home draw against Córdoba CF in which he featured as a right back, and being notified of this by manager Hristo Stoichkov one hour before kick-off.

[3] Richi scored his first two professional goals towards the end of 2010–11, starting with a header to open a 3–0 away defeat of Villarreal CF B on 17 April 2011.

[4] On 21 June 2011, Richy turned down a two-year deal at Córdoba to move to Girona FC – also in the second level – for one year.

[5] He made his debut on 26 August in a 1–4 home loss to Elche CF, receiving a red card towards the end;[6] he missed the vast majority of the season, due to an external lateral ligament injury to his right knee.

[8] In his fourth year, he netted a career-best four goals and was ever-present until his late dismissal in the penultimate match, a 1–0 away victory against RCD Mallorca.