Place of birth Pamplona, Spain Name Javier Flano Career start 2005 Years Team Weight 72 kg | Number 2 Height 1.77 m Playing position Role Footballer Siblings Miguel Flano | |
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Full name Javier Flano Bezunartea Date of birth (1984-08-19) 19 August 1984 (age 31) Current team CD Mirandes (#2 / Defender) | ||
Javier 'Javi' Flaño Bezunartea (born 19 August 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CA Osasuna as a defender. Mainly a right back, he can also play in the centre.
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He represented Spain up to under-23 level, and spent most of his career with Osasuna.
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Club career
A product of hometown CA Osasuna's youth system, Flaño was born in Pamplona, and he made his debut with the first team in a La Liga 2–1 home win against Villarreal CF on 28 August 2005, going on to finish his first season with 31 games played. Aged only 17, he began playing regularly with the B-team in the third division.
The following campaign, Flaño remained an important fixture with the Navarrese, scoring his first goal on 10 December 2006 in a 3–0 home win over RCD Mallorca and adding another seven appearances in the club's semi-final run in the UEFA Cup (plus both legs in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round against Hamburger SV).
From 2007 onwards, twin brother Miguel became an undisputed starter while Javier only managed rare first-team appearances. Released in June 2009, he joined CD Numancia on a free transfer for two years, as the Soria side had just been relegated from the top flight; he appeared in 40 second level matches in his second season – 39 starts – in a final comfortable midtable position.
On 22 July 2014, following one-year spells in the second tier with Elche CF and CD Mirandés, Flaño returned to his first club, where his brother was still playing. On 7 June of the following year, in the last round of the campaign and with the team needing one point to avoid a second consecutive relegation, he scored a last-minute header for a 2–2 draw at CE Sabadell FC.
In 2015–16, Flaño started in 37 of his 38 league appearances to help Osasuna return to the top division after a two-year absence. In the early stages of the following season, both siblings suffered a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament on their left knee, being sidelined for several months.
Personal life
Flaño's twin brother, Miguel, is also a footballer and a defender. Both were groomed at Osasuna.