Aimar Moratalla Botifoll (born 11 January 1987), known simply as Aimar, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional divisions ...

club

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Club career

Born in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor,

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, Aimar made his senior debut with

EC Granollers Esport Club Granollers is a football team based in Granollers in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1913, it plays in the Tercera División RFEF – Group 5. Its stadium is Municipal Carrer Girona with a capacity of 2,500. Season ...

in the

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on 29 October 2006, in a 1–0 away win against UE Cornellà. He signed for

CF Peralada Club de Futbol Peralada is a Spanish football team based in Peralada, in Province of Girona of the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1915, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at ''Municipal de Peralada ...

of the same league in 2007, and joined

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

side

CD Banyoles Club Esportiu Banyoles is a Spanish football club based in the city of Banyoles, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1913, it plays in ''Tercera División'', holding home games at '' Estadi Nou Municipal'', which has a capacity of ...

in July 2008. In summer 2009, Aimar moved to

UE Llagostera C.F. Badalona Futur Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Badalona, Province of Barcelona, Barcelona, in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. Founded in 1947, it currently plays ...

, recently promoted to the fourth tier. In 2011, after the club's promotion to

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, he renewed his contract, but struggled to appear regularly due to a

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. Aimar featured sparingly during the 2013–14 season, as Llagostera reached

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for the first time ever. He played his first match as a professional on 23 August 2014, starting the 2–0 away loss to

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

. He scored his only goal in the competition on 7 February of the following year, the game's only in a home victory over Recreativo de Huelva. Safe for a brief spell in the Finnish Veikkausliiga with Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, Aimar continued to play in the Catalan lower leagues. On 27 January 2022, he signed with

club UE Olot, winning promotion to

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at the end of the campaign.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aimar Moratalla 1987 births Living people People from Vallès Oriental Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Barcelona Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football central defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Segunda Federación players Tercera Federación players CF Damm players EC Granollers players CF Peralada players CE Banyoles players CF Badalona Futur players UE Cornellà players CE Europa footballers UE Olot players Veikkausliiga players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Finland