Javier Camuñas

Javier Camuñas

Personal information
Full name	Javier Camuñas Gallego
Date of birth	(1980-07-17) 17 July 1980
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder / Striker
Youth career
	Real Madrid
	Leganés
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Atlético Pinto	33	(4)
2000–2002	Rayo Vallecano B
2001–2002	→ Getafe (loan)	43	(8)
2002–2004	Rayo Vallecano	18	(0)
2003–2004	→ Ciudad Murcia (loan)	40	(8)
2004–2007	Xerez	115	(19)
2007–2009	Recreativo	71	(15)
2009–2011	Osasuna	67	(7)
2011–2013	Villarreal	27	(1)
2012–2013	→ Deportivo La Coruña (loan)	23	(1)
Total		437	(63)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Javier Camuñas Gallego (born 17 July 1980) is a Spanish retired 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 155/27 in Segunda División, mainly with Xerez.

Football career

After starting out with modest local Club Atlético de Pinto, Madrid-born Camuñas switched to neighbours Rayo Vallecano, first representing its B-side then being loaned to another team from the capital, Getafe CF (by that time in the third division).

He 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 Alavés. Rayo finished the campaign last and Camuñas went on to have four steady years in the second level, with Ciudad de Murcia and Xerez CD, scoring 18 league goals in his final two combined.

Having been acquired by top level's Recreativo de Huelva for 2007–08, Camuñas was one of the Andalusia side's most important players as it barely avoided top division relegation. He played in all the matches save – one 28 of those complete – and netted on five occasions.

In the following season Camuñas scored even more (ten), but Recre finished last. In late August 2009, he signed a three-year contract with top-tier club CA Osasuna; an everpresent figure in his first year, he netted his first goal on 24 January 2010, against former side Xerez (2–1 away triumph).

Camuñas was again an automatic first-choice for Osasuna in 2010–11. On 30 January 2011 he scored the game's only goal in a home win against Real Madrid, which he had represented as a youth.

On 19 July 2011, Camuñas signed with Villarreal CF for three years. He struggled to gain playing time in his first season, also suffering physical problems throughout the campaign. On 5 February 2012 he scored his first official goal for the Yellow Submarine, the winner in a 2–1 success at Sevilla FC for the club's first away win of the campaign, which eventually ended in relegation after twelve years.

External links

• Javier Camuñas profile at BDFutbol
• Javier Camuñas at Soccerway