Jokin Esparza Explained

Jokin Esparza
Fullname:Jokin Arcaya Esparza
Birth Date:15 June 1988
Birth Place:Pamplona, Spain
Height:1.77 m
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Osasuna
Years1:2006–2008
Years2:2007–2011
Years3:2009
Years4:2010–2011
Years5:2011–2013
Years6:2013
Years7:2014
Years8:2014–2015
Years9:2015–2017
Years10:2017–2018
Years11:2018–2022
Clubs3:Huesca (loan)
Clubs4:Huesca (loan)
Clubs5:Huesca
Clubs9:Toledo
Clubs10:Mérida
Clubs11:Toledo
Caps1:66
Caps2:11
Caps3:16
Caps4:27
Caps5:42
Caps6:8
Caps7:6
Caps8:4
Caps9:59
Caps10:36
Caps11:97
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:1
Goals4:1
Goals5:3
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Goals9:3
Goals10:1
Goals11:11
Nationalyears1:2006
Nationalteam1:Spain U19
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:11:38, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Jokin Arcaya Esparza (born 15 June 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder.

Club career

Esparza was born in Pamplona, Navarre. After emerging through local CA Osasuna's youth academy, he made his La Liga debut on 17 June 2007 in a 1–2 home loss against Atlético Madrid.[1] He would only appear in five more matches for the first team in the following two seasons combined, however, which prompted a loan to Segunda División club SD Huesca in January 2009; he was relatively used during his first spell, as they retained their recently acquired status.

For the 2010–11 campaign, Esparza was again loaned to Huesca in a season-long move.[2] In August 2011, he signed a permanent deal with the Aragonese.[3]

In February 2013, Esparza joined Panathinaikos FC of the Superleague Greece, agreeing to a six-month contract.[4] In late May of the following year, after a brief spell back in his country with lowly Zamora CF, he moved to another Greek top flight side, Veria FC.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: El Atlético maquilla un nuevo fracaso en el Reyno de Navarra. Atlético disguise new shortcoming at the Reyno de Navarra. Marca. Spanish. 17 June 2007. 3 July 2014.
  2. News: Galán, Esparza y Óscar Vega, cedidos al Huesca. https://archive.today/20140707004825/http://www.diariodenavarra.es/20100702/deportes/galan-esparza-oscar-vega-cedidos-al-huesca.html?not=2010070202035711&dia=20100702. dead. 7 July 2014. Galán, Esparza and Óscar Vega, loaned to Huesca. Diario de Navarra. Spanish. 2 July 2010. 3 July 2014.
  3. News: Jokin Esparza ficha por el Huesca por dos temporadas. Jokin Esparza signs for Huesca for two seasons. Marca. Spanish. 18 August 2011. 3 July 2014.
  4. News: Jokin Esparza: "El Panathinaikos sigue siendo uno de los grandes europeos". Jokin Esparza: "Panathinaikos are still one of the greats in Europe". Marca. Spanish. 20 February 2013. 3 July 2014.
  5. Web site: Παίκτης της Βέροιας ο Jokin Arcaya Esparza. Jokin Arcaya Esparza a Veria player. Veria F.C. Greek. 28 May 2014. 3 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140602054650/http://www.veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/582-paiktis-tis-verias-o-jokin-arcaya-esparza. 2 June 2014. dead.