Javier Flaño

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Javi Flaño
Personal information
Full name	Javier Flaño Bezunartea
Date of birth	(1984-08-19) 19 August 1984
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Mirandés
Number	2
Youth career
	Osasuna
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2005	Osasuna B	99	(0)
2005–2009	Osasuna	72	(1)
2009–2011	Numancia	75	(1)
2011–2013	Elche	41	(0)
2013–	Mirandés	11	(0)
National team
2003	Spain U20	2	(0)
2006	Spain U21	3	(0)
2005	Spain U23	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Flaño and the second or maternal family name is Bezunartea.

Javier 'Javi' Flaño Bezunartea (born 19 August 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Mirandés as a defender.

Mainly a right back who can also play in the centre, his twin brother Miguel is also a professional footballer, and both were groomed at local outfit Osasuna.

Football career

A product of hometown CA Osasuna's youth system, Flaño was born in Pamplona, and he made his debut with the first team in a La Liga 2–1 home win against Villarreal CF on 28 August 2005, going on to finish his first season with 31 games played. Aged only 17 he began playing regularly with the B-side, in the third division.

The following campaign Flaño remained an important fixture with the Navarrese, scoring his first club goal on 10 December 2006 in a 3–0 home win over RCD Mallorca and adding adding seven appearances in the club's semifinal run in the UEFA Cup (plus both legs in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round against Hamburger SV).

From 2007 onwards twin brother Miguel became an undisputed starter, while Javier only managed rare first-team appearances. Released in June 2009 he joined CD Numancia on a free transfer, for two years, as the Soria side had just been relegated from the top flight; he appeared in 40 second level matches in his second season – 39 starts – in a final comfortable midtable position.

Honours

Spain U23

Mediterranean Games: 2005

External links

v t e CD Mirandés – current squad

1 Bernardo 2 Flaño 3 Koikili 4 César 5 Lucena 6 Nagore 7 Muneta 8 I. Agustín 10 Goiria 11 Mújika 13 Prieto 14 Infante 15 R. de Galarreta 16 Docal 17 Ríos 18 Malón 19 I. Martínez 21 Corral 22 Muñiz 23 Díaz de Cerio 24 Iriome 25 Jiménez Manager: Arconada

Persondata
Name	Flano, Javier
Alternative names	Flano, Javi
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	19 August 1984
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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