Jairo Morillas

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Jairo Morillas
Personal information
Full name Jairo Morillas Rivero
Date of birth (1993-07-02) 2 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Gilena, Spain
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Ciudad de Lucena
Youth career
Sevilla
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Sevilla C 26 (6)
2010–2013 Sevilla B 38 (7)
2013–2015 Espanyol B 60 (26)
2014–2018 Espanyol 3 (0)
2015–2016Girona (loan) 24 (6)
2016–2017Numancia (loan) 18 (2)
2018–2019 V-Varen Nagasaki 2 (0)
2019–2020 Badajoz 10 (1)
2020–2021 Ebro 19 (3)
2021–2022 CF Salamanca 14 (1)
2022 Cornellà 13 (2)
2022–2023 Hibernians 14 (0)
2023–2024 Puente Genil 24 (12)
2024– Ciudad de Lucena 6 (1)
International career
2011 Spain U18 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024

Jairo Morillas Rivero (born 2 July 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Ciudad de Lucena as a striker.

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Club career

Born in Gilena, Seville, Andalusia, Morillas graduated from Sevilla FC's youth setup, and made his debuts as a senior with the C-team in the 2009–10 campaign in Tercera División, aged only 16. He was promoted to the reserves in 2010, spending several seasons in Segunda División B.

On 3 July 2013 Morillas signed a two-year deal with RCD Espanyol, being assigned to the B-side also in the third level. [1] He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 31 August of the following year, replacing Paco Montañés in the 79th minute of a 1–2 home loss against his former side Sevilla. [2]

Morillas scored his first professional goal on 17 December, netting the game's winner in a home success against Deportivo Alavés, for the season's Copa del Rey. [3] On 8 July 2015 he signed a new three-year deal with the Pericos, until 2018, [4] and was loaned to Girona FC in Segunda División late in the month. [5]

On 6 July 2016, Jairo was loaned to CD Numancia also in the second level, for one year. [6] In April of the following year, he suffered an injury in the Achilles tendon, being sidelined for nearly a year. [7]

On 15 July 2018, Morillas signed with J1 League side V-Varen Nagasaki as a free agent after leaving Espanyol. [8]

On 30 January 2020, Morillas was announced at CD Ebro. [9]

On 29 January 2022, Morillas was announced at Cornellà. [10]

On 17 August 2022, Morillas was announced at Hibernians FC. [11]

References

  1. Espanyol "B", firma Jairo Morillas (Espanyol "B", Jairo Morillas signs) Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine ; esFutbol, 3 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. El Sevilla impone su oficio ante el Espanyol (Sevilla imposes their skill against Espanyol); Marca, 31 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  3. El Espanyol pasa sin forzar (Espanyol goes through without forcing it); Marca, 17 December 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. Jairo renova fins al 2018 (Jairo renews until 2018); RCD Espanyol, 8 July 2015 (in Catalan)
  5. Jairo Morillas, cedit al Girona (Jairo Morillas, loaned to Girona); RCD Espanyol, 29 July 2015 (in Catalan)
  6. Jairo Morillas, nuevo jugador del C. D. Numancia (Jairo Morillas, new player of C.D. Numancia); CD Numancia, 6 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  7. Jairo: "Daría todo por jugar un minuto" (Jairo: "I would give everything to play a minute"); Diario AS, 22 March 2018 (in Spanish)
  8. ハイロ モリージャス選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ [Jairo Morillas completes transfer to V-Varen Nagasaki] (in Japanese). V-Varen Nagasaki. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. "Jairo Morillas se une a la disciplina arlequinada" [Jairo Morillas joins the harlequinade discipline]. cdebro.com (in Spanish).
  10. "BIENVENIDO, JAIRO MORILLAS" [WELCOME, JAIRO MORILLAS]. www.uecornella.cat (in Spanish).
  11. "ibernians sign Spanish forward Jairo Morillas". sport.timesofmalta.com (in Spanish).