Javier Yubero Explained

Javier Yubero
Fullname:Francisco Javier Yubero Solanilla
Birth Date:21 January 1972
Birth Place:Irun, Spain
Death Place:San Sebastián, Spain
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Dumboa Eguzki
Years1:1990–1992
Years2:1992–1993
Years3:1993–1994
Years4:1994–1995
Years5:1995–1998
Years6:1998–1999
Years7:1999–2001
Years8:2001–2002
Years9:2002
Years10:2003
Clubs10:Torredonjimeno
Caps1:34
Caps2:35
Caps3:1
Caps4:0
Caps5:56
Caps6:4
Caps7:24
Caps8:26
Caps9:3
Caps10:6
Totalcaps:189
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Totalgoals:0

Francisco Javier Yubero Solanilla (21 January 1972 – 22 September 2005) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in Irun, Gipuzkoa, Yubero made his professional debut with Real Sociedad in 1991–92, playing in one game. In the following season, he won the battle for first-choice with another youth graduate of the club, Alberto, and was the undisputed starter as the Basques finished 13th in La Liga.[1]

Subsequently, Yubero's career went downhill, with unassuming spells at Real Betis and CP Mérida in the second division. He settled in the same level with SD Eibar, and did appear in 39 matches in his third year but, after a move to Rayo Vallecano, again featured very rarely.[1]

Yubero would play until early 2003, in divisions three and four. As he was with amateur side Torredonjimeno CF, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which forced him to quit the game at 31; two years later, he succumbed to the disease.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.naiz.eus/fr/hemeroteca/gara/editions/gara_2013-12-09-06-00/hemeroteca_articles/esnaola-y-yubero-dos-realistas-en-la-porteria-betica?slug=esnaola-y-yubero-dos-realistas-en-la-porteria-betica Esnaola y Yubero, dos realistas en la portería bética (Esnaola and Yubero, two Real men in Betis' goal)
  2. http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/09/22/obituarios/1127413940.html Yubero, ex portero de Primera División (Yubero, former First Division goalkeeper)