Javier María Vázquez López (born 24 September 2000), known as Javi Vázquez, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Portuguese side

Torreense Sport Clube União Torreense is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its association football section, founded in Torres Vedras in 1917, as Sport União Torreense. History It participated six times in the Portuguese Liga (last in 1991–92 ...

Club career

Born in

Alcalá de Guadaíra Alcalá de Guadaíra () is a town located approximately 17 km southeast of Seville, Spain, Seville, Spain; in recent years the expansion of Seville has meant that Alcalá has become a suburb of that city. Alcalá used to be known as ''Alcal� ...

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, Vázquez represented

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

as a youth. He made his senior debut with the C-team on 15 April 2018, starting and scoring the opener in a 2–0

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

home win against Atlético Onubense. On 6 May 2018, aged only 17, Vázquez made his professional debut with the reserves by starting in a 0–1 away loss against

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

in the

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. He made his first-team debut on 1 November, starting in a 0–0 away draw against

CF Villanovense Club de Fútbol Villanovense is a Spanish football team based in Villanueva de la Serena, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1992 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Romero Cuerda'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. ...

, 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 ...

. On 15 January 2021, Vázquez was transferred to

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side

UD Ibiza Unión Deportiva Ibiza is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in the town of Ibiza (town), Ibiza, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 2015, it pla ...

, and helped in their first-ever promotion to the second tier at the end of the season. On 30 January 2022, after being rarely used, he was loaned to

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

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until June.

Career statistics

Personal life

Vázquez's father

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was also a footballer. A

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, he was also groomed at Sevilla. His older brother

works as an analyst for

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, while his younger brother Manolo plays as a

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for Sevilla's youth A team.

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* * * 2000 births People from Alcalá de Guadaíra Footballers from the Province of Seville Living people Men's association football defenders Spanish men's footballers Spain men's youth international footballers Sevilla FC C players Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC players UD Ibiza players Racing de Santander players CD Lugo players S.C.U. Torreense players Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Liga Portugal 2 players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-defender-stub