Javi Bonilla

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Javi Bonilla
Personal information
Full name Javier Bonilla Sevillano
Date of birth (1990-10-25) 25 October 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth Soria, Spain
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Left back, winger
Youth career
Numancia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013 Numancia B 136 (14)
2011–2015 Numancia 35 (2)
2015 Aiginiakos 8 (0)
2015–2016 Leioa 33 (1)
2016–2017 Pontevedra 36 (7)
2017–2019 Mallorca 37 (3)
2019 Ibiza 15 (1)
2019–2023 Gimnàstic 114 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Javier "Javi" Bonilla Sevillano (born 25 October 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays as either a left back or a left winger.

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Club career

Born in Soria, Castile and León, Bonilla began his career with hometown club CD Numancia, making his senior debut with the reserves in the 2008–09 season. On 7 February 2011 he made his debut with the first team, in a 0–4 away defeat against RC Celta de Vigo in the Segunda División. [1]

In his second appearance with the main squad, on 16 May 2012, Bonilla was handed a start, and scored the third goal in a 3–1 win at Hércules CF. [2] [3] On 27 January 2015, after featuring in only one competitive match during the campaign, he moved abroad and signed for Greek Football League side Aiginiakos FC, [4] returning home on 27 August to SD Leioa of Segunda División B. [5]

In his first and only season for the Basques, Bonilla scored in the first leg of their 5–2 aggregate win over CD Olímpic de Xàtiva in the relegation play-off. [6] On 10 June 2016, he moved to fellow league team Pontevedra CF. [7]

Bonilla continued competing in the third division in the following years, representing RCD Mallorca (where he achieved promotion in 2018), UD Ibiza and Gimnàstic de Tarragona. [8]

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References

  1. "El Celta muestra su pegada y se coloca en ascenso directo" [Celta show pace and reach direct promotion zone]. Marca (in Spanish). 7 February 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. "Bonilla: "Al acabar el partido no sabía como celebré el gol"" [Bonilla: "At the end of the game i did not know how i celebrated the goal"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. "Palanca se va a Australia y Bonilla a Grecia" [Palanca goes to Australia and Bonilla to Greece] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  5. "El agredeño Javier Bonilla ficha por el Leioa de Segunda B" [Ágreda-born Javier Bonilla signs for Leioa in Segunda B]. Heraldo de Soria (in Spanish). 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. "El Leioa se agarra con fuerza a la vida" [Leioa hold on for dear life]. El Correo (in Spanish). 22 May 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  7. "El Pontevedra cubre su lateral izquierdo con Javier Bonilla" [Pontevedra cover their left flank with Javier Bonilla]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  8. "Javi Bonilla s'incorpora a la disciplina grana" [Javi Bonilla joins the grana squad] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.