Yuma (footballer)

Yuma
Personal information
Full name Javier Monsálvez Carazo
Date of birth (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rayo OKC
Number 24
Youth career
1994–2004 Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Rayo B
2005–2011 Rayo Vallecano 62 (1)
2005–2006 → Fuenlabrada (loan) 31 (0)
2011–2012 Salamanca 24 (0)
2012–2013 Ontinyent 27 (0)
2013–2014 Puerta Bonita 29 (0)
2016– Rayo OKC 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2016.


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

Javier Monsálvez Carazo (born 8 October 1985), commonly known as Yuma, is a Spanish footballer who plays for American club Rayo OKC as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Yuma finished his graduation with local Rayo Vallecano, making his senior debuts with the reserves in 2004–05, in Tercera División. In the same season, he also appeared with the main squad in Segunda División B and, in the 2005 summer, he was loaned to CF Fuenlabrada also in the third level.[1]

Yuma returned to Rayo in 2006, but struggled to appear regularly for the side, only contributing with 20 starts in two years combined and being promoted in the second). On 3 September 2008, he made his professional debut, playing 55 minutes in a 1–3 away success against SD Huesca for the season's Copa del Rey. His Segunda División debut came ten days later, in a 2–1 home win over Deportivo Alavés.[2]

After appearing sparingly in the following two seasons (being restricted due to injuries), Yuma left the Franjirrojos in June 2011.[1] He signed with UD Salamanca shortly after, returning to the third division.[3]

Yuma continued to appear in the third level in the following years, representing Ontinyent CF[4] and CD Puerta Bonita.[5] On 24 March 2016, the 30-year-old moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a contract with North American Soccer League club Rayo OKC.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Es la hora de partir para Yuma (Time to leave for Yuma); Rayo Herald, 9 June 2011 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Vallecas tiene pinta de convertirse en un feudo inexpugnable (It looks like Vallecas it will be an impregnable stronghold); Marca, 13 September 2008 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ La UDS anuncia el fichaje de Yuma (UDS announces Yuma's signing) Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.; Salamanca 24 Horas, 2 August 2011 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Yuma ficha por el Ontinyent CF (Yuma signs for Ontinyent CF); El Adelanto, 13 September 2012 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Yuma, nuevo ‘bombazo’ del Puerta Bonita (Yuma, new 'bomb' of Puerta Bonita); El Gol de Madriz, 7 August 2013 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Rayo OKC confirms signing of Spanish midfielder Yuma; Rayo OKC, 24 March 2016
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