Spanish footballer
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Camunas
and the second or maternal family name is
Gallego
.
Javier Camunas Gallego
(born 17 July 1980) is a Spanish retired professional
footballer
. A versatile
midfielder
(able to play as an
attacking midfielder
or in
the wings
), he could also appear as a
second striker
.
He amassed
La Liga
totals of 205 games and 24 goals over the course of eight seasons, representing in the competition
Rayo Vallecano
,
Recreativo
,
Osasuna
,
Villarreal
and
Deportivo
. He added 155 matches and 27 goals in the
Segunda Division
, mainly with
Xerez
.
Club career
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After starting out at modest and local club
CA Pinto
,
Madrid
-born Camunas switched to neighbours
Rayo Vallecano
, first representing
its reserves
. He was then loaned to another team from the capital,
Getafe CF
(by that time in the
Segunda Division B
).
Camunas returned to Rayo in the
2002?03 season
, making his
La Liga
debut on 1 September 2002 in a 2?2 home draw against
Deportivo Alaves
.
[1]
Rayo finished the campaign last and he went on to have four steady years in the
Segunda Division
, with
Ciudad de Murcia
and
Xerez CD
, totalling 18 league goals in his final two.
Having been acquired by top-flight
Recreativo de Huelva
for
2007?08
,
[2]
Camunas was one of the
Andalusians
' most important players as they barely avoided relegation. He played all the matches save one ? 28 of those complete ? and netted on five occasions.
[3]
In
the following season
, Camunas scored even more (ten), but
Recre
finished last.
[3]
In late August 2009, he signed a three-year contract with top-tier club
CA Osasuna
.
[4]
an everpresent figure in his
first year
, he netted his first goal on 24 January 2010, against former side Xerez (2?1 away victory).
[5]
Camunas was again first choice for Osasuna in
2010?11
. On 30 January 2011 he scored the game's only goal in a home defeat of
Real Madrid
, which he had represented as a youth.
[6]
[7]
On 19 July 2011, Camunas signed with
Villarreal CF
for three years.
[8]
He struggled to gain playing time in his
first season
, also suffering physical problems.
[9]
[10]
On 5 February 2012 he scored his first official goal for the
Yellow Submarine
, the last in a 2?1 win at
Sevilla FC
for the team's first away of the campaign,
[11]
which eventually ended in relegation after 12 years.
[12]
Camunas agreed to a one-year loan at
Deportivo de La Coruna
of the same league in August 2012.
[13]
He met the same fate at the end of his
only season
,
[14]
netting in the 2?1 away loss against Osasuna on 20 January 2013.
[15]
References
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- ^
Justo empate entre Rayo y Alaves (Fair draw between Rayo and Alaves)
;
El Mundo
, 1 September 2002 (in Spanish)
- ^
El Recreativo presenta a Silvestre Varela y confirma el fichaje de Camunas (Recreativo present Silvestre Varela and confirm signing of Camunas)
;
Marca
, 26 June 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^
a
b
El Depor quiere pescar en el descenso y va a por Camunas (Depor want to fish in relegation and go for Camunas)
;
Diario AS
, 27 May 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^
Osasuna ficha a Javier Camunas (Osasuna sign Javier Camunas)
;
Diario de Navarra
, 24 August 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^
New boss, same old story
;
ESPN Soccernet
, 24 January 2010
- ^
Real suffer shock defeat
; ESPN Soccernet, 30 January 2011
- ^
Camunas: "Las criticas de Cristiano son excusas ridiculas" (Camunas: "Cristiano's criticism are ridiculous excuses")
; Marca, 31 January 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^
Villarreal agree Camunas deal
; ESPN Soccernet, 19 July 2011
- ^
Four ruled out as Villarreal suffer further setback
; UEFA, 31 October 2011
- ^
Nilmar queda como unico delantero del Villarreal tras la lesion de Camunas (Nilmar is only Villarreal forward available after Camunas injury)
;
ABC
, 9 January 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^
First away win for Villarreal
; ESPN Soccernet, 5 February 2012
- ^
El Villarreal firma un descenso 'terrorifico' e inesperado (Villarreal sign 'terrible' and unexpected relegation)
; El Mundo, 14 May 2012 (in Spanish)
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Camunas pasa reconocimiento medico con el Depor (Camunas has successful medical at Depor)
;
Super Deporte
, 8 August 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^
Resumen temporada 2012/13 del Deportivo de la Coruna (2012/13 Deportivo de la Coruna season summary)
;
Vavel
, 10 June 2013 (in Spanish)
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Osasuna gana en casa y deja de ser colista (Osasuna win at home and are no longer bottom)
;
EITB
, 20 January 2013 (in Spanish)
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