Aimar Moratalla

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moratalla and the second or maternal family name is Botifoll.
Aimar
Personal information
Full name Aimar Moratalla Botifoll
Date of birth (1987-01-11) 11 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Sant Antoni, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1997–2000 Barcelona
2000–2001 Damm
2001–2003 Cardedeu
2003–2005 Granollers
2005–2006 Girona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Granollers 26 (1)
2007–2008 Peralada
2008–2009 Banyoles 32 (4)
2009–2016 Llagostera 165 (10)
2016 SJK 9 (0)
2017 Cornellà 8 (0)
2017 Granollers 5 (0)
2018 Europa 14 (0)
2018–2022 Costa Brava[a] 67 (4)
2022–2023 Olot 31 (0)
2023–2024 Tona 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aimar Moratalla Botifoll (born 11 January 1987), known simply as Aimar, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back or centre-back.

Club career

Born in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Barcelona, Catalonia, Aimar made his senior debut with EC Granollers in the regional leagues on 29 October 2006, in a 1–0 away win against UE Cornellà.[1] He signed for CF Peralada of the same league in 2007, and joined Tercera División side CD Banyoles in July 2008.

In summer 2009, Aimar moved to UE Llagostera, recently promoted to the fourth tier.[2] In 2011, after the club's promotion to Segunda División B, he renewed his contract,[3] but struggled to appear regularly due to a pubalgia.

Aimar featured sparingly during the 2013–14 season, as Llagostera reached Segunda División for the first time ever. He played his first match as a professional on 23 August 2014, starting the 2–0 away loss to UD Las Palmas.[4] He scored his only goal in the competition on 7 February of the following year, the game's only in a home victory over Recreativo de Huelva.[5]

Safe for a brief spell in the Finnish Veikkausliiga with Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho,[6] Aimar continued to play in the Catalan lower leagues.[7] On 27 January 2022, he signed with Tercera Federación club UE Olot,[8] winning promotion to Segunda Federación at the end of the campaign.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ UE Llagostera changed its name to UE Costa Brava in 2021.

References

  1. ^ Cornellà 0 – Granollers 1; Mundo Deportivo, 30 October 2006 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Bulletí de Llagostera (Llagostera bulletin); El Bulletí, 1 July 2009 (in Catalan)
  3. ^ El Llagostera ja té perfilat el seu projecte esportiu (Llagostera have their sports project already outlined); Ara, 24 June 2011 (in Catalan)
  4. ^ Aráujo brilla con un golazo en el estreno de Las Palmas (Araujo shines with a great goal in Las Palmas' debut); Marca, 23 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El Llagostera gana y coge aire (Llagostera win and take a breather); Marca, 7 February 2015 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ El IFK Mariehamn gana su primer título en Finlandia (IFK Mariehamn win their first title in Finland); Marca, 23 October 2016 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Aimar Moratalla escriurà el desè capítol amb el Llagostera (Aimar Moratalla to write tenth chapter with Llagostera); L'Esportiu, 10 June 2020 (in Catalan)
  8. ^ Isern, Roger (27 January 2022). "Aimar Moratalla, nou jugador de la Unió Esportiva" [Aimar Moratalla, new Unió Esportiva player] (in Catalan). Ràdio Olot. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  9. ^ "El Tenerife B perdió hoy ante el Olot y se queda sin ascenso a Segunda RFEF" [Tenerife B lost against Olot today and miss out on promotion to Segunda RFEF] (in Spanish). Tenerife Football Federation. 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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