Javier "Javi" Martínez Calvo (born 22 December 1999) is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a winger for

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in ) is a Spanish football league teams, Spanish professional football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the men’s te ...

Club career

Born in

Ólvega Ólvega is a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. , the municipality had a population of 3,749 inhabitants. Villages *Muro de Ólvega Muro, a word meaning wall in the Spanish, Portuguese Italian, Esperanto and ...

Soria Soria () is a municipality and a Spanish city, located on the Douro river in the east of the autonomous community of Castile and León and capital of the province of Soria. Its population is 38,881 ( INE, 2017), 43.7% of the provincial populatio ...

Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...

, Martínez represented

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team's ...

as a youth. On 2 November 2016, aged only 16, he made his senior debut with the reserves by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2

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home loss against

Racing de Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing de Ferrol, is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in , holding home games at '' E ...

. On 8 September 2017, Martínez extended his contract until 2022. He scored his first senior goal nine days later, netting his team's first in a 2–2 draw at

CD Lealtad Club Deportivo Lealtad de Villaviciosa (English: Loyalty Sporting Club of Villaviciosa) is a Spanish football team based in Villaviciosa, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1916, it plays in , holding home games at ''Les Caley ...

. Martínez made his professional debut on 31 May 2019, replacing goalscorer Xisco in a 3–2 away success over

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...

in the

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, as his side was already promoted. His

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debut occurred on 19 July of the following year, as he replaced fellow youth graduate Kike Barja late into a 2–2 home draw against

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

. Martínez scored his first professional goal on 17 January 2021, netting the opener in a 2–0 away win over

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

, for the season's

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

. His first goal in the main category occurred on 21 April, as he again netted the opener in a 3–1 success over

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol, S. A. D. (; ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF or simply Valencia, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top tier of the Spani ...

also at the

El Sadar Stadium Estadio El Sadar (; known as ''Estadio Reyno de Navarra'' from 2005 to 2011, ) is a Soccer-specific stadium, football stadium in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. The stadium holds 23,516 people. It was built in 1967 and is the home of CA Osasuna, Osasuna ...

. On 1 September 2022, Martínez was loaned to

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

in the second division, for one year. The following 31 January, he moved to fellow league team

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

also in a temporary deal. On 23 August 2023, Martínez returned to Huesca on loan for the 2023–24 season. Back to Osasuna in July 2024, he only featured in one league match before terminating his link on 8 January 2025; hours later, he was announced at

on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Osasuna *

: 2018–19

References

External links

Osasuna profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Javi 1999 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Soria Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CA Osasuna B players CA Osasuna players Albacete Balompié players SD Huesca footballers SD Eibar footballers Spain men's youth international footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen