Javier Yubero

Javier Yubero
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Javier Yubero Solanilla
Date of birth	21 January 1972
Place of birth	Irun, Spain
Date of death	22 September 2005 (aged 33)
Place of death	San Sebastián, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Dumboa Eguzki
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1992	San Sebastián
1992–1993	Real Sociedad
1993–1994	Betis
1994–1995	Mérida
1995–1998	Eibar
1998–1999	Rayo Vallecano
1999–2001	Amurrio
2001–2002	Zamora
2002	Lanzarote
2003	Torredonjimeno
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Javier Yubero Solanilla (21 January 1972 – 22 September 2005) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in Irun, Gipuzkoa, Yubero made his professional debut with Real Sociedad in 1991–92, playing in one game. In the following season, he won the battle for first-choice with another youth graduate of the club, Alberto, and was the undisputed starter as the Basques finished 13th in La Liga.^[1]

Subsequently, Yubero's career went downhill, with unassuming spells at Real Betis and CP Mérida in the second division. He settled in the same level with SD Eibar, and did appear in 39 matches in his third year but, after a move to Rayo Vallecano, again featured very rarely.^[1]

Yubero would play until early 2003, in divisions three and four. As he was with amateur side Torredonjimeno CF, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which forced him to quit the game at 31; two years later, he succumbed to the disease.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Esnaola y Yubero, dos realistas en la portería bética (Esnaola and Yubero, two Real men in Betis' goal); Gara, 9 December 2013 (in Spanish)
^ Yubero, ex portero de Primera División (Yubero, former First Division goalkeeper); El Mundo, 24 September 2005 (in Spanish)

External links

Javier Yubero at BDFutbol

[GARA-1] Esnaola y Yubero, dos realistas en la portería bética (Esnaola and Yubero, two Real men in Betis' goal); Gara, 9 December 2013 (in Spanish)

[2] Yubero, ex portero de Primera División (Yubero, former First Division goalkeeper); El Mundo, 24 September 2005 (in Spanish)

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