Javier "Javi" Ros Añón (born 16 February 1990) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a midfielder for

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish football team based in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with ...

Club career

Born in Pamplona,

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, Ros played his youth football with

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

. Being signed at the age of only 12, he travelled regularly by taxi from

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to the club's training facilities, until eventually moving to a school in

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."Estuve cuatro años viniendo a Zubieta tres días por semana desde Tudela" ("For four years i came to Zubieta three days a week, from Tudela")
; Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 22 July 2012 (in Spanish) He made his senior debut in the 2008–09 season, appearing for the reserves in the

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and suffering relegation. Ros made his first appearance for the first team on 23 May 2009, coming on as a substitute for another youth graduate,

Markel Bergara Markel Bergara Larrañaga (born 5 May 1986) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He spent the better part of his career with Real Sociedad, appearing in 212 competitive matches and scoring four goals ...

, in the early stages of a 1–0 away win against UD Salamanca. As the

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had no chance to promote from

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from that moment onwards, he started in the last four games of the campaign, renewing his contract until 2014 at its closure. In late January 2010, Ros was loaned to neighbouring SD Eibar in the third tier. Subsequently, he returned to Real Sociedad, going on to be a very important midfield unit for the B's over two full seasons, still in division three. On 19 August 2012, Ros made his first appearance in La Liga, playing 12 minutes in a 5–1 loss at FC Barcelona. He finished his first season with the main squad with just seven competitive appearances, totalling 161 minutes of action. Ros scored his first goal for Real Sociedad on 18 December 2013, opening the scoring in a 4–0 home rout of Algeciras CF in the

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of the Copa del Rey (5–1 on aggregate). His second came on 16 January of the following year for the same competition, the only in the tie against Villarreal CF to qualify his team to the quarter-finals. On 19 July 2014, Ros joined second-division club

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract. In January 2016, again as a free agent, he moved to Real Zaragoza of the same league. A regular starter in his first seasons, Ros lost his starting spot midway through 2019–20, and suffered a

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injury which kept him out for six months in December 2020. On 30 January 2022, he was loaned to SD Amorebieta also of the second tier for six months.

Personal life

Ros was the fifth of seven brothers and sisters, Mikel being his twin. His older sibling

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was also a footballer and a midfielder, spending the vast majority of his professional career in the third division and also representing Real Sociedad B and Eibar.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ros, Javi 1990 births Living people Spanish twins Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Pamplona Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Real Sociedad B footballers Real Sociedad footballers SD Eibar footballers RCD Mallorca players Real Zaragoza players SD Amorebieta footballers CD Badajoz players CF Rayo Majadahonda players