Javier Yubero
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Javier Yubero Solanilla | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Irun, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 22 September 2005 (aged 33) | ||
| Place of death | San Sebastián, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991–1992 | San Sebastián | ||
| 1992–1993 | Real Sociedad | 35 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Betis | 1 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Mérida | 0 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Eibar | 56 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Rayo Vallecano | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Amurrio | 24 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Zamora | 26 | (0) |
| 2002 | Lanzarote | 3 | (0) |
| 2003 | Torredonjimeno | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Francisco Javier Yubero Solanilla (21 January 1972 – 22 September 2005) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Football career
Born in Irun, Gipuzkoa, Yubero made his professional debuts with Real Sociedad in the 1991–92 season, playing in one game. In the following campaign he won the battle for first-choice with another youth graduate of the club, Alberto, and was the undisputed starter for the season as the Basque finished 13th in La Liga.
Subsequently Yubero's career went downhill, with unassuming spells at Real Betis and CP Mérida, in the second division. He settled in the same category with SD Eibar, and did appear in 39 matches in his third year but, after a move to Rayo Vallecano, again featured very rarely.
Yubero would play until early 2003, in the third and fourth levels. As he was with amateur side Torredonjimeno CF, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which forced him to quit the game at 31; two years later, he succumbed to the disease.[1]
References
- ↑ Yubero, ex portero de Primera División (Yubero, former first division goalkeeper); El Mundo, 24 September 2005 (Spanish)