Javier_Castañeda

Javier Castañeda

Javier Castañeda

Spanish footballer

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castañeda and the second or maternal family name is López.

Javier Castañeda López (born 5 October 1955) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender.

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Club career

Born in Madrid, Castañeda spent six years with Real Madrid's reserves, the last two in the Segunda División.[2][3] In the summer of 1980 he moved into La Liga and joined CA Osasuna, making his debut in the competition on 7 September in a 1–0 home win against UD Las Palmas[4] and finishing his first season with 27 appearances as they finished in 11th position.

In the following ten seasons, Castañeda rarely missed a game for the Navarrese, going on to play a club-record 350 in the top division (342 as a starter, 30,090 minutes of play).[5] He retired in June 1991 at the age of 35, having also appeared in four complete matches in the 1985–86 UEFA Cup with his main team.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Javier Castañeda at WorldFootball.net
  2. [2]
    Martínez de Zuñiga, Uxue (16 December 2007). ""El Real Madrid nos hizo futbolistas y nos formó"" ["Real Madrid made us footballers and developed us"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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    Fornieles, Raquel (19 January 2009). "Castañeda: "Un escándalo"" [Castañeda: "Outrageous"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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    Martínez de Zúñiga, Javier (8 September 1980). "1–0: Osasuna debutó ganando" [1–0: Osasuna had winning debut]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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    Ciordia, Fernando; Zuza, Santiago (29 November 2008). "Castañeda: "Mi alegría es haberlos jugado completos"" [Castañeda: "My joy is having played those to completion"]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  6. [6]
    Saldise, Javier (6 November 2015). "30 años del primer adiós en Europa" [30th anniversary of the first European goodbye]. Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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