Javier Eraso

Javier Eraso
Eraso with Leganés in 2019
Personal information
Full name Javier Eraso Goñi
Date of birth (1990-03-22) 22 March 1990 (age 36)
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Osasuna
2005–2008 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Basconia 22 (1)
2009–2013 Bilbao Athletic 108 (11)
2013–2015 Leganés 81 (16)
2015–2017 Athletic Bilbao 23 (2)
2017–2022 Leganés 109 (4)
2022–2023 Akritas Chlorakas 34 (6)
2023–2024 Amorebieta 23 (2)
Total 400 (42)
International career
2015–2018 Basque Country 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Javier Eraso Goñi (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ eˈɾaso]; born 22 March 1990) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Eraso graduated from Athletic Bilbao's youth setup, and started playing as a senior in the 2008–09 season with Basconia, in the Tercera División. One year later, he was promoted to the reserves in the Segunda División B.

On 19 June 2013, Eraso was released by the Lions and joined Leganés also of the third division the following month. He appeared in 42 games during the campaign, as the Madrid club was promoted to Segunda División after a ten-year absence.

Eraso played his first match as a professional on 7 September 2014, starting in a 3–1 home win against Mallorca. He scored his first goal in the second tier on 21 December, the last in 2–0 home victory over Recreativo de Huelva.

On 31 May 2015, Eraso scored a hat-trick in a 5–2 away rout of Barcelona B. He returned to Athletic on 1 July, now being assigned to the first team in La Liga.

Eraso made his official debut for Athletic on 30 July 2015, starting and scoring both goals in a 2–0 win against Inter Baku at the San Mamés Stadium in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. He netted his first top-flight goal on 13 February of the following year, equalising an eventual 4–2 away loss to Real Madrid.

Eraso returned to Leganés on 24 July 2017, with the side now competing in the top division. He went on to make 215 competitive appearances over two spells at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque, being relegated in 2019–20.

On 4 July 2022, Eraso moved abroad for the first time in his career, with the 32-year-old signing a two-year contract with Cypriot First Division newcomers Akritas Chlorakas. On 12 July of the following year, he returned to Spain and its second tier after agreeing to a deal at Amorebieta.

Eraso announced his retirement in July 2024.

International career

Eraso did not earn any caps for Spain at any level. He did feature for the unofficial Basque Country regional team.

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eraso". Diario AS. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Martínez de Zúñiga, Uxue (12 May 2020). "Tajonar, la cantera de España" [Tajonar, Spain's youth system]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Releases in Bilbao Athletic". Athletic Bilbao. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Leganés, próximo destino para Javi Eraso" [Leganés, next stop for Javi Eraso]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 July 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  5. 1 2 Rodrigálvarez, Eduardo (14 August 2015). "Eraso, un volcán risueño" [Eraso, smiling volcano]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Borja Lázaro firma el primer triunfo pepinero con su 'hat trick'" [Borja Lázaro gives the pepineros their first win with his 'hat-trick']. Marca (in Spanish). 7 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "El 'Lega' cierra con triunfo un año inolvidable y hunde al Decano" ['Lega' end an unforgettable year with triumph and sink the Dean]. Marca (in Spanish). 21 December 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "El filial se despide de Segunda" [The reserves say goodbye to Segunda]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 May 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Contrato de Javier Eraso" [Javier Eraso's contract] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Cuenca, Nika (30 July 2015). "Eraso arranca con el pie derecho en Bilbao" [Eraso starts off on the right foot in Bilbao]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Real Madrid 4–2 Bilbao". BBC Sport. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Eraso, uno de los héroes del ascenso a Segunda, vuelve a casa" [Eraso, one of the heroes of promotion to Segunda, returns home] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  13. ↑ Martín, Francisco Javier (29 May 2022). "Butarque se vuelca en la despedida a Javi Eraso del Leganés" [Butarque all over the place in Javi Eraso's goodbye to Leganés]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  14. ↑ Lechuga, Juan Ignacio (19 July 2020). "El Leganés muere en la orilla y desciende a Segunda por primera vez en su historia" [Leganés die on the shore and are relegated to Segunda for the first time in their history] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  15. ↑ Martín, Francisco Javier (4 July 2022). "Javi Eraso, de leyenda del Leganés a estrella del Akritas de Chipre" [Javi Eraso, from legend of Leganés to star of Akritas from Cyprus]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "Javier Eraso, experiencia para el centro del campo" [Javier Eraso, experience for the midfield] (in Spanish). SD Amorebieta. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  17. ↑ Martín, Francisco Javier (11 July 2024). "Javi Eraso se retira del fútbol" [Javi Eraso retires from football]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  18. ↑ "Catalunya 0–1 Euskal Selekzioa" [Catalonia 0–1 Basque XI] (in Spanish). Basque Football Federation. 26 December 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  19. ↑ Besa, Ramón (18 August 2015). "Un soberbio Athletic le gana la Supercopa al Barça" [Superb Athletic win Supercup to Barça]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2022.