Javier Casas

Javier Casas
Personal information
Full nameJavier Casas Cuevas
Date of birth9 May 1982
Place of birthBilbao, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Youth career
1997–1998Arenas Getxo
1998–2000Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2001Baskonia11(2)
2001–2004Bilbao Athletic72(3)
2004–2009Athletic Bilbao64(2)
2009→ Córdoba (loan)3(0)
2009–2010Cartagena0(0)
2010Guijuelo11(0)
2010–2011Alavés15(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Casas and the second or maternal family name is Cuevas.

Javier Casas Cuevas (born 9 May 1982) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back.

His seven-year professional career was closely associated with Athletic Bilbao, with which he appeared in five La Liga seasons.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Casas came through the ranks of Athletic Bilbao and made his professional debuts during 2004–05. He gained first-choice status the following season after the departure of Asier del Horno to Chelsea, managing 24 league appearances and scoring twice during the campaign, at Getafe CF (1–1 draw)[1] and Deportivo de La Coruña (2–1 win).[2]

Ironically, Casas was left out of the first-team squad at the start of 2007–08, after Athletic re-signed del Horno on loan from Valencia CF. Unable to find a new club in the January 2008 transfer window, and still without a squad number at Athletic, he was not eligible to play competitively during the entire season, but was reinstated for the following campaign, appearing in the 1–3 home loss against UD Almería on 31 August 2008.[3]

However, due to the permanence of veteran Koikili and the emergence of Real Sociedad youth graduate Mikel Balenziaga, Casas' opportunities were few and so, on 13 January 2009, he was loaned to Córdoba CF, which was then struggling in the second division, until the end of the season, where he appeared very rarely.

Casas was released by Athletic in June 2009, joining FC Cartagena – recently promoted to the second level – on a free transfer.[4] Second-choice to Rafael Clavero and third after the signing in January 2010 of French Franck Signorino from Getafe, he was released, moving to lowly CD Guijuelo.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Getafe 1–1 Athletic Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 11 September 2005
  2. ↑ Deportivo La Coruña 1–2 Athletic Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 7 May 2006
  3. ↑ Athletic Bilbao 1–3 Almeria; ESPN Soccernet, 31 August 2008
  4. ↑ El Cartagena ficha a Javi Casas (Cartagena signs Javi Casas); Marca, 27 June 2009 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Casas se despacha a gusto contra Caparrós (Casas fires at will against Caparrós); El Athletic Club, 30 June 2012 (Spanish)

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