Jaime Gavilán

Jaime Gavilán
Gavilán leaving the field for Getafe in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jaime Gavilán Martínez
Date of birth (1985-05-12) 12 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
Youth career
Sporting Benimaclet
2000–2002 Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Valencia B 45 (7)
2004–2008 Valencia 17 (0)
2004–2005Tenerife (loan) 30 (3)
2005–2006Getafe (loan) 32 (4)
2007–2008Getafe (loan) 16 (1)
2008–2014 Getafe 136 (6)
2014–2015 Levante 2 (0)
2015 Platanias 8 (0)
2015 Atlético Kolkata 16 (0)
2016–2017 Suwon 23 (3)
2017–2018 Chennaiyin 13 (0)
2018–2019 Alcorcón 8 (0)
2019–2021 San Sebastián 17 (1)
Total 363 (25)
International career
2000–2001 Spain U16 10 (2)
2001–2003 Spain U17 21 (10)
2002–2004 Spain U19 7 (2)
2003–2005 Spain U20 13 (0)
2004–2006 Spain U21 10 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Runner-up 2003
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner 2004 Switzerland
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
Winner 2001 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaime Gavilán Martínez (born 12 May 1985) is a former Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder.

He amassed La Liga totals of 203 games and 11 goals over the course of 12 seasons, representing mainly in the competition Valencia and Getafe.

Club career

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Valencia

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Born in Valencia, Valencian Community, Gavilán was a Valencia CF youth product. He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut one month shy of his 18th birthday, playing 12 minutes in a 0–1 away defeat against Real Valladolid on 19 April 2003.[1] He also spent two full seasons with the reserves, in the third division.

Gavilán was gradually breaking into the main squad after two loans (CD Tenerifesecond level – and Getafe CF), even though he had to battle for that position with the gifted (although tremendously injury-prone) Vicente. However, after the arrival of new boss Ronald Koeman in November 2007, he was deemed surplus to requirements and was loaned again to Getafe, until the end of the season; the previous campaign, he suffered a serious knee ligament injury which kept him out of action for a period of six months.[2]

In his second spell with the Madrid outskirts side, Gavilán appeared prominently during half a season, netting in a 2–1 home win over Racing de Santander on 16 March 2008.[3] He was also part of the team's quarter-final run in the UEFA Cup, playing in three matches, all as a starter.

Getafe

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On 15 July 2008, Gavilán signed a four-year deal with Getafe, thus losing all ties to Valencia.[4] During his first full season he was an everpresent midfield fixture and, on 12 April 2009, he scored the game's only goal in an important win at Sevilla FC.[5]

In 2009–10, Gavilán featured in 27 league games (no goals) as Getafe qualified for the second time ever for Europe, after finishing in sixth position. On 6 March 2011, in the last minutes of the first half of a 0–2 away defeat against Sporting de Gijón, he suffered the same injury to his knee, being sidelined for the rest of the campaign.[6]

Levante

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Free agent Gavilán joined fellow top division club Levante UD in June 2014, signing a two-year contract with an option to extend for a further year.[7] On 30 January 2015, after appearing in only six competitive matches, he severed his link.[8]

Abroad

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After a brief spell in Greece with Platanias FC, Gavilán signed for Indian Super League side Atlético de Kolkata on 18 June 2015.[9] Subsequently, he represented South Korea's Suwon FC before returning to India with Chennaiyin FC.[10]

Alcorcón

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On 6 July 2018, 33-year-old Gavilán returned to Spain after agreeing to a two-year contract with AD Alcorcón in the second division.[11] On 9 July of the following year, after appearing in only eight league matches, he terminated his contract.[12]

Sanse

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On 10 August 2019 UD San Sebastián de los Reyes announced, that they had signed Gavilán.[13]

International career

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In the run up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Luis Aragonés called up Gavilán to a Spain senior team get-together, however he was ultimately not part of the squad at the finals and never earned a full cap.[14]

Club statistics

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As of match played on 31 March 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valencia 2002–03[15] La Liga 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003–04[15] La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07[15] La Liga 12 0 1 0 4 0 17 0
2007–08[15] La Liga 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
Total 17 0 1 0 7 0 25 0
Tenerife (loan) 2004–05[15] Segunda División 30 3 2 0 32 3
Getafe (loan) 2005–06[15] La Liga 32 4 3 1 35 5
Getafe (loan) 2007–08[15] La Liga 16 1 5 2 3[a] 0 24 3
Getafe 2008–09[15] La Liga 32 3 2 0 34 3
2009–10[15] La Liga 27 0 2 1 29 1
2010–11[15] La Liga 18 2 1 0 3[b] 0 22 2
2011–12[15] La Liga 17 1 1 0 18 1
2012–13[15] La Liga 22 0 4 2 26 2
2013–14[15] La Liga 20 0 3 0 23 0
Total 184 14 21 6 6 0 211 17
Levante 2014–15[16] La Liga 2 0 4 0 6 0
Platanias 2014–15[16] Super League Greece 8 0 0 0 8 0
Atlético de Kolkata 2015[16] Indian Super League 16 0 16 0
Suwon 2016[16] K League Classic 22 3 0 0 22 3
2017[16] K League Challenge 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 23 3 0 0 23 3
Chennaiyin 2017–18[17] Indian Super League 13 0 1 0 14 0
Career total 303 17 27 6 13 0 332 23
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Club

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Chennaiyin

International

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Spain U19
Spain U16
Spain U20

References

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  1. ^ "El Real Valladolid da otro paso hacia su salvación" [Real Valladolid take another step towards survival] (in Spanish). Periódico de Ibiza. 20 April 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ Valencia get bad news on Baraja; UEFA, 8 March 2007
  3. ^ El Getafe le come la moral al Racing (Getafe eat Racing's morale up); El País, 17 March 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Getafe get Gavilán from Valencia; UEFA, 17 July 2008
  5. ^ Sevilla FC 0–1 Getafe; ESPN Soccernet, 12 April 2009
  6. ^ Se confirma la rotura del ligamento cruzado de Gavilán (Gavilán's cruciate ligament tear confirmed); Marca, 8 March 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Levante UD alcanza un principio de acuerdo con Jaime Gavilán (Levante UD reach early agreement with Jaime Gavilán) Archived 18 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Levante UD, 16 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Jaime Gavilán se desvincula del Levante UD (Jaime Gavilán cuts ties with Levante UD) Archived 2 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Levante UD, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ "Atletico de Kolkata confirm the signing of Tiri and Martinez". Goal. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Chennaiyin FC sign Spaniard Jaime Gavilan". The Times of India. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Jaime Gavilán nuevo jugador de la A.D. Alcorcón" [Jaime Gavilán new player of A.D. Alcorcón] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Gavilán, Asdrubal y Borja Domínguez se desvinculan de la AD Alcorcón" [Gavilán, Asdrúbal and Borja Domínguez cut ties with AD Alcorcón] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  13. ^ ¡Jaime Gavilán de la A.D. Alcorcón, ficha por la U.D. Sanse! Archived 6 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine, ud-sanse.com, 10 August 2019
  14. ^ "Five new faces for Spain". Special Broadcasting Service. 8 April 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Gavilán: Jaime Gavilán Martínez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  16. ^ a b c d e "Gavilán". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  17. ^ "Jaime Gavilan". Flash Score. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Valero ensures victory for Spain". UEFA. 24 July 2004. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  19. ^ "Controversial conclusion as spot-kick supplies Spanish success". UEFA. 6 May 2001. Archived from the original on 12 May 2001. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Spain denied at final hurdle". UEFA. 19 December 2003. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
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