Full name Javier Galán Gil Playing position Years Team Weight 70 kg | Place of birth Badajoz, Spain Number 29 Height 1.72 m Current team Córdoba CF | |
Date of birth (1994-11-19) 19 November 1994 (age 22) | ||
Javier "Javi" Galán Gil (born 19 November 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Córdoba CF B as a left winger.
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Club career
Born in Badajoz, Extremadura, Galán represented CP Flecha Negra as a youth. On 20 June 2013, after scoring 12 goals for the club's Juvenil A squad, he moved to CD Badajoz.
Galán made his senior debut on 15 September 2013, playing the last 30 minutes in a 1–0 home win against CD Solana for the Regional Preferente championship. He scored his first senior goal fourteen days later, netting the last in a 4–1 home routing of EF Emérita Augusta.
Galán helped the Blanquinegros in their promotion to Tercera División during his first campaign, and added a career-best 11 goals in his second. On 9 July 2015 he joined Córdoba CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth tier.
Galán made his professional debut on 12 October 2016, starting as a left back in a 2–1 Copa del Rey away win against Cádiz CF. He made his Segunda División debut on 4 December, starting in a 2–1 win at CF Reus Deportiu.
On 12 December 2016, Galán renewed his contract until 2020. Five days later he scored his first professional goal, netting the first in a 2–1 win at Real Oviedo.
Personal life
Galán is physically likened to England international forward Wayne Rooney, with his nickname being Rooney during his time at Flecha Negra and Badajoz.