Jaime Gavilán

Jaime Gavilán

Gavilán (right) leaving the field for Getafe
Personal information
Full name	Jaime Gavilán Martínez
Date of birth	(1985-05-12) 12 May 1985
Place of birth	Valencia, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Platanias
Number	10
Youth career
	Sporting Benimaclet
2000–2002	Valencia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	Valencia B	45	(7)
2004–2008	Valencia	17	(0)
2004–2005	→ Tenerife (loan)	30	(3)
2005–2006	→ Getafe (loan)	32	(4)
2007–2008	→ Getafe (loan)	16	(1)
2008–2014	Getafe	136	(6)
2014–2015	Levante	2	(0)
2015–	Platanias	8	(0)
National team
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2015. † Appearances (Goals).

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

Football career

Valencia

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. He also spent two full seasons with the B-side, in the third division.

Gavilán was gradually breaking into the main squad after two loans (CD Tenerife – second 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.^[1]

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. He was also part of the club's quarterfinal run in the UEFA Cup, playing in three matches, all as a starter.

Getafe

On 15 July 2008 Gavilán signed a four-year deal with Getafe, thus losing all ties to Valencia.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Levante

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.^[5] On 30 January 2015 he rescinded with the club, after appearing in only two matches.^[6]

Club statistics

As of 22 March 2015

References

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Jaime Gavilán – FIFA competition record
• Soccerway profile