Javier Eraso

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Eraso and the second or maternal family name is Goñi.
Javier Eraso
Personal information
Full name Javier Eraso Goñi
Date of birth (1990-03-22) 22 March 1990
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 5
Youth career
Osasuna
Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Basconia 22 (1)
2009–2013 Bilbao Athletic 108 (11)
2013–2015 Leganés 81 (16)
2015– Athletic Bilbao 17 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 September 2016.


Javier Eraso Goñi (born 22 March 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Eraso graduated with Athletic Bilbao's youth setup, and started playing as a senior in the 2008–09 season with CD Basconia, in Tercera División. One year later, he was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B.

On 19 June 2013, Eraso was released by the Lions[1] and joined CD Leganés also in the third level the following month.[2] He appeared in 42 games during the campaign, as the Madrid club was promoted to Segunda División after a ten-year absence.

Eraso played his first match as a professional on 7 September 2014, starting in a 3–1 home win against RCD Mallorca.[3] He scored his first goal in the second level on 21 December, netting the last in 2–0 home success over Recreativo de Huelva.[4]

On 31 May 2015, Eraso scored a hat-trick in a 5–2 away routing of FC Barcelona B.[5] On 1 July he returned to Athletic, now being assigned to the main squad in La Liga.[6]

Eraso made his official debut for Athletic on 30 July 2015, starting and scoring both goals in a 2–0 win against Inter Baku PIK at the San Mamés Stadium for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[7]

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

References

  1. ↑ Releases in Bilbao Athletic; Athletic Bilbao, 19 June 2013
  2. ↑ Leganés, próximo destino para Javi Eraso (Leganés, next stop for Javi Eraso); Mundo Deportivo, 21 July 2013 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Borja Lázaro firma el primer triunfo pepinero con su 'hat trick' (Borja Lázaro gives the pepineros their first win with his 'hat-trick'); Marca, 7 September 2014 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ El 'Lega' cierra con triunfo un año inolvidable y hunde al Decano ('Lega' ends an unforgettable year with triumph and sinks the Dean); Marca, 21 December 2014 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ El filial se despide de Segunda (The reserves say goodbye to Segunda); Marca, 31 May 2015 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Contrato de Javier Eraso (Javier Eraso's contract); Athletic Bilbao, 1 July 2015 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ "Eraso arranca con el pie derecho en Bilbao" [Eraso starts off on the right foot in Bilbao] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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