Robbie Ure: Sevilla striker on facing Raphinha and FC Barcelona

• Robbie Ure played every one of the 90 minutes as Sevilla lost 3-1 to Barcelona in La Liga.
• The forward scored 15 goals in 14 games for IK Sirius before his move to Spain, including four in one game against Mjallby.
• He left Rangers after two substitute appearances and a spell at Anderlecht before his rapid rise abroad.

Robbie Ure: How it all happened

Sevilla lost 3-1 to Barcelona in La Liga last weekend, a result that arrived only weeks after Robbie Ure’s move from Swedish football.

The test against Barcelona showed him exactly how far the gap to Spain’s best still runs.

Sevilla signed Ure from IK Sirius over the summer. He had scored 15 goals in just 14 games there between April and July, form that put him on the radar of clubs well above Sweden’s top flight.

Four of those goals came in one afternoon against Mjallby. Ure still remembers it vividly, telling BBC Sport: “The day I scored the four goals, it was my first hat-trick. I felt like every time I shot it was going to be a goal. I’ve not had a feeling like that before in football. It was pretty special.”

His path to Sevilla began far from the top of Spanish football. Ure made just two substitute appearances for Rangers in the Scottish Premiership, against St Mirren in November 2022 and Hibernian in May 2023, before he moved on.

His only goal and start at Ibrox came in a League Cup tie in August 2022 against Queen of the South.

Asked by BBC Sport whether leaving Rangers was difficult, he did not dress it up. “Yeah, it was. All I’d ever known was Rangers. Going in every single day since I was probably eight years old but it was something that I felt I had to do,” he said.

He was just as honest about where he stood at the club. “I felt like I wasn’t good enough to play for Rangers at the time, which is normal for many 18-year-olds.

“It was nothing that affected my confidence. I would have loved to have stayed but I knew myself that I wasn’t going to play, which I accepted,” continued Ure.

Anderlecht gave him the reset he needed. “At a club like Rangers, it’s difficult for any 18-year-old to play. I needed a change of scenery and a fresh start, somewhere that I could go to play at a level that would be good enough for me at the time. Anderlecht provided that,” he added.

🗣️ "I felt like I wasn't good enough for Rangers."

Sevilla striker Robbie Ure admits it was a touch decision to leave Ibrox, but went on a journey that has taken him into the Scotland squad. pic.twitter.com/tGhKnmozVd

— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) September 23, 2026

The expert angle: elite opposition wears you down

On his Barcelona experience last weekend, Ure was just as candid about the difference class makes once a game wears on.

He told BBC Sport: “The first half, we were good… But as the game goes on, they wear you down. Raphinha at the moment. I mean…”

He did not treat the defeat as a setback. “I really enjoyed it… But against these players, you give them one chance and most of the time it’s a goal.

“For me, it was a really good experience. I’m only going to get better as a result of it,” he said.

Barcelona arrived at the fixture full of running, fresh off the recent 7-2 win against Racing Santander, and Raphinha’s movement stretched Sevilla’s back line every time the game opened up.

That is the pattern Ure describes: control for a half, then a gradual squeeze as quality tells.

The timing matters beyond Sevilla too. Ure finds himself in a senior Scotland squad for the first time.

Sebastien Pocognoli’s squad is presently without Lyndon Dykes, George Hirst, Che Adams, Lawrence Shankland and Ross Stewart, with the last three out through injury.

A forward finding minutes and form against Barcelona’s level does not go unnoticed when options up front are this thin.