Javier Calleja
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Calleja Revilla | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Villarreal B (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Real Madrid C | 60 | (11) |
| 1998 | Almería | 3 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Alcalá | ||
| 1999–2006 | Villarreal | 124 | (9) |
| 1999–2000 | → Onda (loan) | 29 | (17) |
| 2006–2009 | Málaga | 104 | (5) |
| 2009–2012 | Osasuna | 46 | (1) |
| Total | 366 | (43) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993 | Spain U16 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014–2017 | Villarreal (youth) | ||
| 2017– | Villarreal B | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Javier Calleja Revilla (born 12 May 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a left midfielder, and the current manager of Villarreal CF B.
He amassed La Liga totals of 192 games and nine goals over the course of one full decade, mainly with Villarreal (six seasons) and Osasuna (three). He also represented Málaga in the competition, in a professional career which lasted 16 years.
After growing unsuccessfully through the ranks of Real Madrid and making his professional debuts with lowly UD Almería, Madrid-born Calleja was bought by Villarreal CF, but spent some months with its feeder club CD Onda. He made his first-team debuts in the second division, playing nine games in the 1999–2000 campaign as the side returned to La Liga and contributing with one goal, in the 1–3 away loss against CA Osasuna.
In his first three seasons in the category, Calleja was a very important member for the Yellow Submarine, scoring four goals in 35 matches in 2001–02. On 5 April 2003, he netted a penalty kick as a late substitute in a 2–0 home win over FC Barcelona, dedicating the goal to his mother who had died hours before; however, the emergence of Santi Cazorla and two consecutive serious knee injuries limited him to just 25 appearances the following three campaigns combined.
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