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Javier Carpio
Personal information
Full name	Javier Carpio Martín
Date of birth	6 April 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Salamanca, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
	Salamanca
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2004	Salamanca B
2004–2005	Alavés C
2005–2006	Alavés B
2006–2007	Mazarrón
2007–2008	Pinatar
2008–2010	Alcoyano
2010–2012	Elche
2012–2015	Ponferradina
2015–2016	Alavés
2016–2018	Cádiz
2019–2020	Salamanca
2020–2023	Palencia
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Javier Carpio Martín (born 6 April 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

He appeared in 243 Segunda División matches in eight seasons, representing Elche, Ponferradina, Alavés and Cádiz and winning promotion to La Liga with the third of those clubs.

Club career

Born in Salamanca, Castile and León, Carpio was an UD Salamanca youth graduate. After making his debut as a senior with the reserves in the 2003–04 season, he moved to Deportivo Alavés in 2004.

Carpio appeared for the Basques' C and B teams during his tenure, the latter competing in the Segunda División B. Subsequently, he joined Tercera División club Mazarrón CF in 2006.

Following a one-year spell at Pinatar CF also in the fourth level, Carpio signed for division three side CD Alcoyano. He was an undisputed starter in his two seasons,^[2] missing out on play-off promotion in both of them.^[3]^[4]

On 23 July 2010, Carpio was presented at Elche CF from Segunda División.^[5] He played his first match as a professional on 28 August at the age of 26, coming on as a late substitute for Jordi Xumetra in a 1–0 home win against Recreativo de Huelva.^[6]

First-choice in his debut campaign at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Carpio eventually lost his spot to new signing Javier Flaño in the second. Subsequently, he was released.^[7]

Carpio joined SD Ponferradina of the same league in summer 2012.^[8] After three years as a regular starter, he moved to Deportivo Alavés also in the second tier.^[9] He contributed 34 appearances during the season, helping to a return to La Liga after a ten-year absence.^[10]

On 16 July 2016, Carpio joined Cádiz CF still in the second division.^[11] He moved down a tier in January 2019, agreeing to a contract at Salamanca CF UDS.^[12]

Carpio saw out his career aged 39, having signed for Palencia CF in the Castile and León regional leagues in late 2020 and achieving promotion to Tercera Federación one year later.^[13]^[14]

Honours

Alavés

Segunda División: 2015–16^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Javier Carpio at AS.com (in Spanish)
^ "El Alcorcón se interesa por el lateral Carpio" [Alcorcón interested in full-back Carpio]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 1 July 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "El Alcoyano queda apeado de la lucha por el ascenso" [Alcoyano ousted from promotion fight]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 24 May 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Hernández, Javier (7 March 2018). "Paco López contra Bordalás, a quien suplió en el Alcoyano" [Paco López against Bordalás, whom he replaced at Alcoyano]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Linares, A. (23 July 2010). ""El proyecto del Elche es ambicioso e interesante"" ["Elche's project is ambitious and interesting"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2016.
^ "Edu Albacar da los primeros tres puntos a los ilicitanos" [Edu Albacar gives the first three points to the ilicitanos]. Marca (in Spanish). 28 August 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "Las notas del Elche CF en la temporada 11/12" [Elche CF ratings of the 11/12 season] (in Spanish). Vavel. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
^ Lorenzo, M. (10 July 2012). "Javier Carpio, procedente del Elche, nuevo jugador de la Ponferradina" [Javier Carpio, from Elche, new Ponferradina player] (in Spanish). El Bierzo Digital. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Javier Carpio, nuevo fichaje para la defensa del Deportivo Alavés" [Javier Carpio, new signing for the defence of Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "El Cádiz incorpora a lateral Carpio (Alavés) y al extremo Hidalgo (Granada B)" [Cádiz add full-back Carpio (Alavés) and winger Hidalgo (Granada B)]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 16 July 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "Carpio se convierte en el tercer fichaje del Cádiz" [Carpio becomes the third signing of Cádiz] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ "El Salamanca CF UDS cierra las incorporaciones del salmantino Javier Carpio y de Din Alomerovic" [Salamanca CF UDS complete additions of Salmanca-born Javier Carpio and Din Alomerovic] (in Spanish). Salamanca CF. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ González, Juanjo (11 November 2020). "Piojo se une a Carpio, Garban, Mito y Chopi en el Palencia Club de Fútbol de Balta" [Piojo joins Carpio, Garban, Mito and Chopi at Balta's Palencia Club de Fútbol]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ Aroca, Jon (4 July 2023). "La nueva vida de dos héroes del ascenso del Alavés en 2016: retirada y aventura en Bolivia" [The new life of the heroes of Alavés' promotion in 2016: retirement and adventure in Bolivia]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ "José Bordalás deja de ser entrenador del Alavés" [José Bordalás is no longer manager of Alavés] (in Spanish). La Liga. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.