Jaime Gavilán

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gavilán and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Jaime Gavilán
Gavilán leaving the field for Getafe in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jaime Gavilán Martínez
Date of birth (1985-05-12) 12 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
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)
2015 Atlético Kolkata 16 (0)
2016–2017 Suwon 23 (3)
2017–2018 Chennaiyin 13 (0)
2018–2019 Alcorcón 8 (0)
2019–2021 San Sebastián 17 (1)
Total 363 (25)
International career
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)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Runner-up 2003
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner 2004 Switzerland
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
Winner 2001 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

He amassed La Liga totals of 203 games and 11 goals over the course of 12 seasons, representing mainly in the competition Valencia and Getafe.

Club 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.[1] He also spent two full seasons with the reserves, 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.[2]

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.[3] He was also part of the team's quarter-final 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7] On 30 January 2015, after appearing in only six competitive matches, he severed his link.[8]

Abroad

After a brief spell in Greece with Platanias FC, Gavilán signed for Indian Super League side Atlético de Kolkata on 18 June 2015.[9] Subsequently, he represented South Korea's Suwon FC before returning to India with Chennaiyin FC.[10]

Alcorcón

On 6 July 2018, 33-year-old Gavilán returned to Spain after agreeing to a two-year contract with AD Alcorcón in the second division.[11] On 9 July of the following year, after appearing in only eight league matches, he terminated his contract.[12]

Sanse

On 10 August 2019 UD San Sebastián de los Reyes announced, that they had signed Gavilán.[13]

International career

In the run up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Luis Aragonés called up Gavilán to a Spain senior team get-together, however he was ultimately not part of the squad at the finals and never earned a full cap.[14]

Club statistics

As of match played on 31 March 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valencia 2002–03[15] La Liga 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003–04[15] La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07[15] La Liga 12 0 1 0 4 0 17 0
2007–08[15] La Liga 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
Total 17 0 1 0 7 0 25 0
Tenerife (loan) 2004–05[15] Segunda División 30 3 2 0 — 32 3
Getafe (loan) 2005–06[15] La Liga 32 4 3 1 — 35 5
Getafe (loan) 2007–08[15] La Liga 16 1 5 2 3[a] 0 24 3
Getafe 2008–09[15] La Liga 32 3 2 0 — 34 3
2009–10[15] La Liga 27 0 2 1 — 29 1
2010–11[15] La Liga 18 2 1 0 3[b] 0 22 2
2011–12[15] La Liga 17 1 1 0 — 18 1
2012–13[15] La Liga 22 0 4 2 — 26 2
2013–14[15] La Liga 20 0 3 0 — 23 0
Total 184 14 21 6 6 0 211 17
Levante 2014–15[16] La Liga 2 0 4 0 — 6 0
Platanias 2014–15[16] Super League Greece 8 0 0 0 — 8 0
Atlético de Kolkata 2015[16] Indian Super League 16 0 — — 16 0
Suwon 2016[16] K League Classic 22 3 0 0 — 22 3
2017[16] K League Challenge 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 23 3 0 0 — 23 3
Chennaiyin 2017–18[17] Indian Super League 13 0 1 0 — 14 0
Career total 303 17 27 6 13 0 332 23
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Club

Chennaiyin

International

Spain U19
Spain U16
Spain U20

References

  1. ^ "El Real Valladolid da otro paso hacia su salvación" [Real Valladolid take another step towards survival] (in Spanish). Periódico de Ibiza. 20 April 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ Valencia get bad news on Baraja; UEFA, 8 March 2007
  3. ^ El Getafe le come la moral al Racing (Getafe eat Racing's morale up); El País, 17 March 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Getafe get Gavilán from Valencia; UEFA, 17 July 2008
  5. ^ Sevilla FC 0–1 Getafe; ESPN Soccernet, 12 April 2009
  6. ^ Se confirma la rotura del ligamento cruzado de Gavilán (Gavilán's cruciate ligament tear confirmed); Marca, 8 March 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Levante UD alcanza un principio de acuerdo con Jaime Gavilán (Levante UD reach early agreement with Jaime Gavilán) Archived 18 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Levante UD, 16 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Jaime Gavilán se desvincula del Levante UD (Jaime Gavilán cuts ties with Levante UD) Archived 2 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Levante UD, 30 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ "Atletico de Kolkata confirm the signing of Tiri and Martinez". Goal. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Chennaiyin FC sign Spaniard Jaime Gavilan". The Times of India. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Jaime Gavilán nuevo jugador de la A.D. Alcorcón" [Jaime Gavilán new player of A.D. Alcorcón] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Gavilán, Asdrubal y Borja Domínguez se desvinculan de la AD Alcorcón" [Gavilán, Asdrúbal and Borja Domínguez cut ties with AD Alcorcón] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  13. ^ ¡Jaime Gavilán de la A.D. Alcorcón, ficha por la U.D. Sanse! Archived 6 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine, ud-sanse.com, 10 August 2019
  14. ^ "Five new faces for Spain". Special Broadcasting Service. 8 April 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Gavilán: Jaime Gavilán Martínez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  16. ^ a b c d e "Gavilán". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  17. ^ "Jaime Gavilan". Flash Score. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Valero ensures victory for Spain". UEFA. 24 July 2004. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  19. ^ "Controversial conclusion as spot-kick supplies Spanish success". UEFA. 6 May 2001. Archived from the original on 12 May 2001. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Spain denied at final hurdle". UEFA. 19 December 2003. Retrieved 2 July 2015.