Jaime Mata

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Jaime Mata
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Mata with Girona in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jaime Mata Arnaiz [1]
Date of birth (1988-10-24) 24 October 1988 (age 35) [1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker, winger
Team information
Current team
Getafe
Number 7
Youth career
1998–2000 Tres Cantos
2000–2007 Galáctico Pegaso
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Pegaso B
2008–2010 Galáctico Pegaso 42 (17)
2010–2012 Rayo Vallecano B 37 (9)
2010Socuéllamos (loan) 20 (9)
2010–2011Móstoles (loan) 37 (25)
2012–2014 Lleida Esportiu 70 (29)
2014–2016 Girona 76 (19)
2016–2018 Valladolid 67 (38)
2018– Getafe 158 (33)
International career
2019 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:46, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Jaime Mata Arnaiz (born 24 October 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Getafe CF as a striker or a winger.

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Club career

Born in Madrid, Mata finished his youth career with local Galáctico Pegaso, making his senior debut with the reserves in 2007. After appearing with the main squad in Tercera División, he moved to neighbouring Rayo Vallecano in December 2009, being immediately loaned to UD Socuéllamos in the same level. [2] [3]

Mata was subsequently loaned to CD Móstoles of the same league in August 2010, in a season-long deal. [4] He returned to Rayo in summer 2011, being assigned to the B team in the Segunda División B. [3]

On 5 July 2012, Mata signed for Lleida Esportiu also in the third division. [5] After scoring 32 goals over two seasons, he moved to Segunda División after agreeing to a two-year deal with Girona FC. [6]

Mata played his first match as a professional on 24 August 2014, starting in a 1–0 home win against Racing de Santander. [7] He scored his first goal six days later, the winner in a 2–1 away victory over AD Alcorcón. [8]

On 11 June 2015, in the first leg of the promotion playoffs' semi-finals, Mata scored a brace in a 3–0 away defeat of Real Zaragoza. [9] On 30 June 2016, after again being knocked out in the playoffs, he signed a two-year contract with Real Valladolid also of the second tier. [10]

Mata scored a career-best 36 goals in his second season at the Estadio José Zorrilla, notably netting a hat-trick in a 5–1 away rout of Lorca FC on 19 May 2018. [11] [12] [13] On 2 July, he signed a three-year contract with La Liga club Getafe CF as a free agent, [14] making his debut in the competition on 24 August at the age of 29 years and ten months in a 2–0 home win against SD Eibar where he played 79 minutes. [15]

Mata scored his first top-flight goal on 1 October 2018, the equaliser in a 1–1 away draw with RC Celta de Vigo. [16] In the following year, he scored braces against Deportivo Alavés, Celta and SD Huesca, being also named the competition's best player for the month of February. [17]

On 17 October 2020, Mata scored a penalty in a 1–0 victory over FC Barcelona, the club's first against that opponent since 2011. [18] He totalled 14 league goals in his first season [19] and 11 in the second, [20] but featured more often than not as a winger in his later years; after manager José Bordalás's departure in May 2021 and until his return in April 2023, he struggled to get playing time. [21]

International career

On 15 March 2019, Mata was called up by Spain national team manager Luis Enrique for two UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Norway and Malta. [22] He won his first cap against the former, after coming on as an 89th-minute substitute for Álvaro Morata in the 2–1 win in Valencia. [23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 January 2024 [24] [25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Copa del Rey ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rayo Vallecano B 2011–12 Segunda División B 379379
Lleida Esportiu 2012–13 Segunda División B3414004 [lower-alpha 1] 33817
2013–14 Segunda División B3615424 [lower-alpha 1] 04417
Total702942838231
Girona 2014–15 Segunda División 3810102 [lower-alpha 1] 24112
2015–16 Segunda División389003 [lower-alpha 1] 0419
Total761910528221
Valladolid 2016–17 Segunda División28531316
2017–18 Segunda División3933204 [lower-alpha 1] 24535
Total673851427641
Getafe 2018–19 La Liga 3414423816
2019–20 La Liga3411007 [lower-alpha 2] 34114
2020–21 La Liga33520355
2021–22 La Liga22123244
2022–23 La Liga18120201
2023–24 La Liga17120191
Total158331257317741
Career total408128281073177454146
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [26]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 201910
Total10

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