Jonathan Javier Goya (born 14 March 1989) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

Deportivo Riestra Deportivo Riestra Asociación de Fomento Barrio Colón, also known as Deportivo Riestra, is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. The club is mainly focused on football, with the senior squad currently playing in Primera B Nacional, the s ...

Career

Goya's career in senior football got underway in 2008 with

. He scored ten goals in one hundred and forty-three appearances for the club between 2008 and 2014, with the club winning the 2013–14

Primera D Metropolitana The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the fifth division of the Argentine football league system. Made up of 11 clubs from Buenos Aires Province, the league is the only one that remains amateur. The other league at level five is the Torneo ...

title to gain a place in

Primera C Metropolitana The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area (Gr ...

; where he appeared eighteen times. His first appearance in

Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires. ...

arrived on 23 February 2015, as he appeared for fifty minutes of a win over Villa San Carlos; he was substituted off for Daniel Caputo. Thirty-three appearances occurred that season, though three ended prematurely after the defender received a red card in each match. Goya's first goal at that level came against Talleres in the

2016–17 Primera B Metropolitana The 2016-17 Argentine Primera B Metropolitana was the 118th season of the third tier of football in Argentina. The season began on 26 August and will end in May 2017. Nineteen teams will compete in the league. League table Deportivo Morón is th ...

, in a campaign which ended with promotion to

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...

for 2017–18. One goal in eleven fixtures arrived in the second tier, as the club were relegated following a points deduction. After one further season with the club, Goya left in July 2019 to Almirante Brown. However, a year later, in June 2020, he returned to

Career statistics

Honours

Deportivo Riestra *

: 2013–14

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goya, Jonathan 1989 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Primera D Metropolitana players Primera C Metropolitana players Primera B Metropolitana players Primera Nacional players Deportivo Riestra players Club Almirante Brown footballers