Javi Lara

Javi Lara
Personal information
Full nameJavier Lara Grande
Date of birth4 December 1985
Place of birthMontoro, Spain
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Eibar
Number23
Youth career
Córdoba
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2007Córdoba B
2006Villanueva (loan)12(2)
2006Real Unión (loan)5(0)
2007Écija (loan)13(1)
2007–2008Almería B29(1)
2008–2009Alcalá31(0)
2009–2010Elche9(0)
2010Alcoyano (loan)15(0)
2011Valencia B15(1)
2011–2012Lucena31(5)
2012–2013Alcoyano40(9)
2013–2014Ponferradina37(4)
2014–Eibar24(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lara and the second or maternal family name is Grande.

Javier 'Javi' Lara Grande (born 4 December 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for SD Eibar as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Montoro, Córdoba, Lara graduated from local Córdoba CF's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2003–04 season, in Tercera División. After loan stints in Segunda División B with CD Villanueva,[1] Real Unión[2] and Écija Balompié,[3] he moved to another reserve team, UD Almería B, in August 2007.[4]

In the 2008 summer Lara joined RSD Alcalá, also in the fourth division. On 20 July 2009 he signed a two-year contract with Elche CF, in Segunda División.[5] He played his first match as a professional on 3 September 2009, starting and featuring the full 90 minutes in 2–3 away loss against FC Cartagena for the campaign's Copa del Rey;[6] three days later he made his league debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–4 loss at CD Numancia.[7]

On 29 January 2010, after being sparingly used by the Andalusians, Lara was loaned to CD Alcoyano until June.[8] He then moved to Valencia CF's B-side in January 2011 after being six months without a club,[9] following which he competed in division three with Lucena CF[10] and Alcoyano.[11]

On 17 July 2013, Lara signed a one-year deal with SD Ponferradina.[12] On 24 June of the following year he moved to SD Eibar, freshly promoted to La Liga.[13] He made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 24 August 2014, starting and netting the game's only (also the club's first ever goal in the competition) through a free kick in a win against Real Sociedad at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium.[14]

References

  1. Javi Lara ya ejerce de rojillo (Javi Lara already acts as a rojillo); Minuto 90, 31 January 2006 (Spanish)
  2. Javi Lara se marcha al Real Unión de Irún (Javi Lara goes to Real Unión de Irún); Minuto 90, 26 July 2006 (Spanish)
  3. Javi Lara deja el Real Unión de Irún y jugará la segunda vuelta en el Écija (Javi Lara leaves Real Unión de Irún and will play the second round with Écija); ABC, 27 January 2007 (Spanish)
  4. Javi Lara y Chapi firman en Almería B y Díter Zafra (Javi Lara and Chapi sign with Almería B and Díter Zafra); Minuto 90, 6 August 2007 (Spanish)
  5. El Elche ficha a Javi Lara y consigue la cesión del jugador del Valencia Ximo Navarro (Elche signs Javi Lara and gets loan of Valencia player Ximo Navarro); Marca, 20 July 2009 (Spanish)
  6. 'Hat trick' de Toché y épica remontada del Cartagena (Toché 'hat trick' and epic comeback from Cartagena); Marca, 3 September 2009 (Spanish)
  7. Un Numancia sobrado golea al Elche y se coloca líder por goles (Large Numancia thrashes Elche and is leader due to goals); Marca, 6 September 2009 (Spanish)
  8. Javi Lara se marcha cedido al Alcoyano (Javi Lara goes on loan to Alcoyano); Marca, 29 January 2010 (Spanish)
  9. El Mestalla ficha a Javi Lara (Mestalla signs Javi Lara); Valencia's official website, 17 January 2011 (Spanish)
  10. Las maletas de Lara se detienen en Lucena (Lara's luggage stops in Lucena); Córdoba Deporte, 29 August 2011 (Spanish)
  11. El cordobés Javi Lara vuelve a la disciplina del Alcoyano (Córdoba's own Javi Lara returns to Alcoyano's discipline); Diario Información, 14 July 2012 (Spanish)
  12. La Ponferradina ficha por un año a Javi Lara (Ponferradina signs Javi Lara for a year); Marca, 17 July 2013 (Spanish)
  13. Javi Lara primer fichaje de la S.D. Eibar (Javi Lara first signing of S.D. Eibar); Eibar's official website, 24 June 2014 (Spanish)
  14. Lara seals dream start for Eibar; ESPN FC, 24 August 2014

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