Jairo Morillas | |
Fullname: | Jairo Morillas Rivero |
Birth Date: | 2 July 1993 |
Birth Place: | Gilena, Spain |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Hibernians |
Clubnumber: | 9 |
Youthclubs1: | Sevilla |
Years1: | 2009–2010 |
Caps1: | 26 |
Goals1: | 6 |
Years2: | 2010–2013 |
Caps2: | 38 |
Goals2: | 7 |
Years3: | 2013–2015 |
Caps3: | 60 |
Goals3: | 26 |
Years4: | 2014–2018 |
Caps4: | 3 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs5: | → Girona (loan) |
Caps5: | 24 |
Goals5: | 6 |
Years6: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs6: | → Numancia (loan) |
Caps6: | 18 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Years7: | 2018–2019 |
Caps7: | 2 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2019–2020 |
Caps8: | 10 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Years9: | 2020–2021 |
Caps9: | 19 |
Goals9: | 3 |
Years10: | 2021–2022 |
Caps10: | 14 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Years11: | 2022 |
Caps11: | 13 |
Goals11: | 2 |
Years12: | 2022– |
Caps12: | 13 |
Goals12: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 14:04, 14 April 2023 (UTC) |
Jairo Morillas Rivero (born 2 July 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Hibernians as a striker.
Born in Gilena, Seville, Andalusia, Morillas graduated from Sevilla FC's youth setup, and made his debuts as a senior with the C-team in the 2009–10 campaign in Tercera División, aged only 16. He was promoted to the reserves in 2010, spending several seasons in Segunda División B.
On 3 July 2013 Morillas signed a two-year deal with RCD Espanyol, being assigned to the B-side also in the third level.[1] He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 31 August of the following year, replacing Paco Montañés in the 79th minute of a 1–2 home loss against his former side Sevilla.[2]
Morillas scored his first professional goal on 17 December, netting the game's winner in a home success against Deportivo Alavés, for the season's Copa del Rey.[3] On 8 July 2015 he signed a new three-year deal with the Pericos, until 2018,[4] and was loaned to Girona FC in Segunda División late in the month.[5]
On 6 July 2016, Jairo was loaned to CD Numancia also in the second level, for one year.[6] In April of the following year, he suffered an injury in the Achilles tendon, being sidelined for nearly a year.[7]
On 15 July 2018, Morillas signed with J1 League side V-Varen Nagasaki as a free agent after leaving Espanyol.[8]