Javier 'Javi' Cantero de la Puente (born 22 January 1988) is a Spanish

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who plays as a left back.

Club career

Born in Granada,

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, Cantero graduated from

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league s ...

's youth academy, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2007–08 season, in Segunda División B. On 22 July 2009 he signed for Atlético Madrid, but again featured solely for

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also in the third level. On 6 August 2012, Cantero moved to fellow league side Real Oviedo. After featuring regularly for the

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during his only season, he moved abroad for the first time, joining

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Enosis Neon Paralimni FC Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club ( el, Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou'', "Youth Union of Paralimni"), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the fir ...

. Cantero returned to Spain on 23 July 2014, signing for Segunda División club

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Es ...

. He played his first match as a professional on 24 August, featuring 90 minutes in the 0–0 home draw against CD Lugo. He scored his only league goal the following 16 May, but in a 2–3 home loss to

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. Released in June 2016, Cantero subsequently joined

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

.Ubay Luzardo y Javi Cantero, firmados e inscritos (Ubay Luzardo and Javi Cantero, signed up and registered)
El Desmarque, 19 August 2016 (in Spanish)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantero, Javi 1988 births Living people Footballers from Granada Spanish footballers Association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players RCD Espanyol B footballers Atlético Madrid B players Real Oviedo players CD Mirandés footballers Recreativo de Huelva players Burgos CF footballers CD Ebro players Cypriot First Division players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Spain youth international footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus