Jorge Galán Anaut (born 22 January 1989) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Pamplona Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above ...

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

, Galán made his professional – and

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– debut for hometown's

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El Sa ...

on 23 September 2009, in a game at

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

: replacing

Carlos Aranda Carlos Reina Aranda (born 27 July 1980) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward. He amassed La Liga totals of 169 games and 28 goals over 11 seasons after emerging from Real Madrid's youth academy, representin ...

in the 70th minute, he scored the 2–1 winner in the next. He played a further 19 league matches during the season, all as a substitute. In mid-July 2010, a

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-loan deal was arranged for Galán, as he joined

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club

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in t ...

. He appeared in less than one third of the league matches for the

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ese during his spell, also failing to find the net in just 479 minutes of play. Galán signed for

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side

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

on 12 August 2011, on loan. He made his debut as a substitute two days later, in a 4–1 home victory against Hibernian. In late January 2012, after only five official appearances for the Killie, Galán returned to his country and joined, still owned by Osasuna,

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF ...

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. He continued competing in the third tier the following years, representing

Atlético Levante UD Atlético Levante Unión Deportiva is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake community. Founded in 1962, it is the reserve team of Levante UD, and for the 2022–23 season p ...

and again Unión.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galan, Jorge 1989 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Pamplona Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players CA Osasuna B players CA Osasuna players SD Huesca footballers Atlético Levante UD players Real Unión footballers Racing Rioja CF players Scottish Premier League players Kilmarnock F.C. players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland