Javier Matilla

Javier Matilla
Personal information
Full name Javier Magro Matilla
Date of birth (1988-08-16) 16 August 1988
Place of birth Quero, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Elche
Number 4
Youth career
Albacete
Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Villarreal B 101 (11)
2009–2011 Villarreal 14 (0)
2011–2016 Betis 52 (1)
2012–2013 → Murcia (loan) 34 (12)
2016– Elche 0 (0)
National team
2009 Spain U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:38, 23 May 2015 (UTC).


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Magro and the second or maternal family name is Matilla.

Javier Magro Matilla (born 16 August 1988 in Quero, Toledo) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Elche CF as a central midfielder.

Football career

After finishing his football formation at Villarreal CF, Matilla made his debut for the main squad on 4 April 2009: he started and finished the La Liga away game against UD Almería, but his team lost 0–3.[1] In addition, he played three full seasons with the reserves, one in Segunda División and two in Segunda División B.

On 28 June 2011, Matilla signed for Real Betis, freshly returned to the top flight, for 3+1 years and €1.3 million.[2] He made his official debut on 18 September, coming on as a substitute for Beñat Etxebarria in the dying minutes of a 3–2 away win against Athletic Bilbao.[3]

Matilla was irregularly put to use during his four-and-a-half-year tenure in Andalusia, for example contributing with 15 games and one goal[4] as the club promoted from the second level in 2015. In the 2012–13 campaign, also in that tier, he scored a career-best 12 goals whilst on loan to Real Murcia,[5] including one in a 1–0 home triumph over UD Las Palmas in the last matchday that certified survival.[6]

In mid-October 2013, Matilla's contract was further extended until 2017,[7] but it was mutually terminated on 15 January 2016 as the player was still nursing a serious knee injury.[8] Subsequently, he went on trial with English Championship side Reading,[9] but nothing came of it.

On 6 July 2016, Matilla signed for Elche CF in the second tier.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Almeria 3–0 Villarreal; ESPN Soccernet, 4 April 2009
  2. ↑ Matilla llega al Betis por 1.350.000 euros (Matilla arrives at Betis for 1.350.000 euros); Marca, 28 June 2011 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Betis maintain 100% record; ESPN Soccernet, 18 September 2011
  4. ↑ 2–3: El Betis sufre al final para sumar los tres primeros puntos (2–3: Betis suffers in the end to get first three points); Mundo Deportivo, 24 August 2014 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Matilla llega al Real Murcia "para jugar muchos minutos, crecer y disfrutar" (Matilla arrives at Real Murcia "to play a lot of minutes, grow and have fun"); ABC, 30 July 2012 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Matilla salva al Murcia con un golazo y Las Palmas promociona (Matilla saves Murcia with wonder goal and Las Palmas goes to promotion); Diario AS, 8 June 2013 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Matilla, bético hasta 2017 (Matilla, bético until 2017); Diario de Sevilla, 17 October 2013 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ El Betis anuncia la rescisión del contrato de Javier Matilla (Betis announce contract termination of Javier Matilla); Marca, 15 January 2016 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ "Reading FC transfers: Javier Matilla on trial as Royals weigh up midfielder swoop". Reading Post. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Matilla refuerza la medular franjiverde (Matilla bosters franjiverde midfield); Elche CF, 6 July 2016 (Spanish)
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