Jaime Gavilán Martínez (born 12 May 1985) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. He amassed

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totals of 203 games and 11 goals over the course of 12 seasons, representing mainly in the competition

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and Getafe.

Club career

Valencia

Born in

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, Gavilán was a Valencia CF youth product. He made his first-team – and

– debut one month shy of his 18th birthday, playing 12 minutes in a 0–1 away defeat against

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on 19 April 2003. He also spent two full seasons with the reserves, in the

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. Gavilán was gradually breaking into the main squad after two loans ( CD Tenerife – second level – and

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

), even though he had to battle for that position with the gifted (although tremendously injury-prone)

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. However, after the arrival of new boss

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in November 2007, he was deemed surplus to requirements and was loaned again to Getafe, until the end of the season; the previous campaign, he suffered a serious knee

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injury which kept him out of action for a period of six months. In his second spell with the

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outskirts side, Gavilán appeared prominently during half a season, netting in a 2–1 home win over

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on 16 March 2008. He was also part of the team's quarter-final run in the

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, playing in three matches, all as a starter.

Getafe

On 15 July 2008, Gavilán signed a four-year deal with Getafe, thus losing all ties to Valencia. During his first full season he was an everpresent midfield fixture and, on 12 April 2009, he scored the game's only goal in an important win at

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. In 2009–10, Gavilán featured in 27 league games (no goals) as Getafe qualified for the second time ever for Europe, after finishing in sixth position. On 6 March 2011, in the last minutes of the first half of a 0–2 away defeat against

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, he suffered the same injury to his knee, being sidelined for the rest of the campaign.

Levante

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Gavilán joined fellow top division club

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in June 2014, signing a two-year contract with an option to extend for a further year. On 30 January 2015, after appearing in only six competitive matches, he severed his link.

Abroad

After a brief spell in Greece with Platanias FC, Gavilán signed for

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side

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on 18 June 2015. Subsequently, he represented South Korea's

Suwon FC Suwon FC ( ko, 수원 FC; Hanja: 水原 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based Suwon that competes in the K League 1, the top division of South Korea. They play their home games at Suwon Stadium. History Early years: semi-profe ...

before returning to India with Chennaiyin FC.

Alcorcón

On 6 July 2018, 33-year-old Gavilán returned to Spain after agreeing to a two-year contract with AD Alcorcón in the second division. On 9 July of the following year, after appearing in only eight league matches, he terminated his contract.

Sanse

On 10 August 2019

announced, that they had signed Gavilán.

International career

In the run up to the

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, Luis Aragonés called up Gavilán to a Spain senior team get-together, however he was ultimately not part of the squad at the finals and never earned a full cap.

Club statistics

Honours

Club

;Chennaiyin *

: 2017–18

International

;Spain U19 * UEFA European Under-19 Championship:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

;Spain U16 *

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

;Spain U20 * FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gavilan, Jaime 1985 births Living people Footballers from Valencia (city) Spanish footballers Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Valencia CF players CD Tenerife players Getafe CF footballers Levante UD footballers AD Alcorcón footballers UD San Sebastián de los Reyes players Super League Greece players Platanias F.C. players Indian Super League players ATK (football club) players Chennaiyin FC players K League 1 players Suwon FC players Spain youth international footballers Spain under-21 international footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in India Expatriate footballers in South Korea Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in South Korea