Jon Pacheco

Jon Pacheco
Pacheco training with Real Sociedad in 2021
Personal information
Full name Jon Pacheco Dozagarat
Date of birth (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth Elizondo, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
Number 16
Youth career
Baztán
2013–2018 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Real Sociedad C 19 (0)
2019–2022 Real Sociedad B 34 (0)
2020– Real Sociedad 67 (1)
2025–2026 → Alavés (loan) 22 (0)
International career‡
2018 Spain U17 1 (0)
2018–2019 Spain U18 10 (0)
2019–2020 Spain U19 4 (0)
2019 Spain U20 5 (0)
2022–2023 Spain U21 15 (0)
2024 Spain U23 4 (0)
2024– Basque Country 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisTeam
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up2023 Georgia–RomaniaTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 September 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 August 2024

Jon Pacheco Dozagarat (born 8 January 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Sociedad.

Club career

Born in Elizondo, Navarre, Pacheco joined Real Sociedad's youth setup in 2013, aged 12, from CD Baztán. He made his senior debut with the C-team on 8 December 2018, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 0–0 Tercera División away draw against CD Basconia.

Pacheco was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B ahead of the 2019–20 campaign, and signed a contract until 2025 on 30 August 2019. He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 29 June of the following year, starting in a 2–1 away loss against Getafe CF.

Ahead of the 2021–22 season, Real Sociedad director of football Roberto Olabe announced that Pacheco and Sanse teammate Robert Navarro were promoted to the main squad. He scored his first goal in the top tier on 31 March 2024, netting the winner in a 1–0 away win over Deportivo Alavés.

On 25 August 2025, Pacheco moved to Alavés on loan for one year.

International career

Pacheco represented Spain at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 levels, playing in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 October 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Sociedad C 2018–19 Tercera Federación 190———190
Real Sociedad B 2018–19 Segunda División B 10———10
2019–20 Segunda División B 200———200
2020–21 Segunda División B 110———110
2021–22 La Liga 2 20———20
Total 340———340
Real Sociedad 2019–20 La Liga 100000—10
2020–21 La Liga 100000—10
2021–22 La Liga 1003030—160
2022–23 La Liga 1703050—250
2023–24 La Liga 2313050—311
2024–25 La Liga 1403051—221
2026–27 La Liga 100010—20
Total 67112019100982
Alavés (loan) 2025–26 La Liga 22030——250
Career total 1421150191001762
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 21 March 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 202440
Total40

Honours

Spain U21

Spain U23

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jon Pacheco". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Djaló conquista San Mamés y Bielsa la lía" [Djaló conquers San Mamés and Bielsa the mess] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Pacheco, el nuevo guardián del Baztán" [Pacheco, the new guardian of Baztán] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Basconia 0–0 Real Sociedad C" (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Hasta 2025" [Until 2025] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Mata, me llamo Jaime Mata" [Mata, my name is Jaime Mata] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Pacheco y Navarro suben al primer equipo y buscan salida a Sagnan" [Pacheco and Navarro promote to the first team and they seek a way out to Sagnan] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Jon Pacheco joins Deportivo Alavés on loan". Real Sociedad. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Al Europeo sub-17" [To the European under-17] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Jon Pacheco at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  11. ↑ England 1-0 Spain: James Trafford saves last-gasp penalty as England win dramatic UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Ben Southby, TNT Sports, 9 July 2023
  12. ↑ Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2024.