Javier Ros

Javier "Javi" Ros Añón (born 16 February 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza as a midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ros and the second or maternal family name is Añón.
Javi Ros
Ros playing for Real Sociedad B in 2011
Personal information
Full name Javier Ros Añón
Date of birth (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Zaragoza
Number 10
Youth career
2002–2008 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Real Sociedad B 120 (17)
2009–2014 Real Sociedad 20 (0)
2010 → Eibar (loan) 16 (1)
2014–2016 Mallorca 36 (3)
2016– Zaragoza 131 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2020

Club career

Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Ros played his youth football with Real Sociedad. Being signed at the age of only 12, he travelled regularly by taxi from Tudela to the club's training facilities, until eventually moving to a school in San Sebastián.[1] He made his senior debut in the 2008–09 season, appearing for the reserves in Segunda División B and suffering team relegation.

On 23 May 2009, Ros made his first appearance for the first team, coming on as a substitute for another club youth graduate, Markel Bergara, in the early stages of a 1–0 away win against UD Salamanca.[2] As the Basques had no chance to promote from Segunda División from that moment onwards, he started in the last four games of the campaign, renewing his contract until 2014 at its closure.[3]

In late January 2010, Ros was loaned to neighbouring SD Eibar in the third level.[4] Subsequently, he returned to Real Sociedad, going on to be a very important midfield unit for the B's during two full seasons, still in division three.[5]

On 19 August 2012, Ros made his first appearance in La Liga, playing 12 minutes in a 1–5 loss at FC Barcelona.[6] He finished his first season with the main squad with just seven official appearances, totalling 161 minutes of action.

Ros scored his first goal for Real Sociedad on 18 December 2013, opening the scoring in a 4–0 home routing of Algeciras CF for the campaign's Copa del Rey (5–1 on aggregate).[7] His second came on 16 January of the following year for the same competition, as he netted the only in the tie against Villarreal CF to qualify his team to the quarter-finals.[8]

On 19 July 2014, Ros joined second level club RCD Mallorca on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract.[9]

Personal life

Ros was the fifth of seven brothers and sisters, Mikel being his twin. His older sibling Iñigo was also a footballer and a midfielder, spending the vast majority of his professional career in the third division and also representing Real Sociedad B and Eibar.[1]

References
  1. "Estuve cuatro años viniendo a Zubieta tres días por semana desde Tudela" ("For four years i came to Zubieta three days a week, from Tudela") Archived 4 January 2013 at Archive.today; Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 22 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  2. "La Real vence por la mínima al Salamanca (0–1)" [Real beat Salamanca by the odd goal (0–1)] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. El tudelano era... de Rente (From Tudela...no from Rente); El Diario Vasco, 1 June 2009 (in Spanish)
  4. El Eibar cierra los fichajes con la llegada de Javi Ros (Eibar close roster with the arrival of Javi Ros); El Correo, 23 January 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. La cantera de Zubieta es inagotable (Zubieta's youth system is never-ending) Archived 30 January 2013 at Archive.today; Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 15 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. "Messi bags brace for five-goal Barca". ESPN Soccernet. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  7. "Claro triunfo y a octavos (4–0)" [Clear win and to the last-16 (4–0)] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  8. Una venganza Real (Royal vengeance); Marca, 16 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. "El RCD Mallorca incorpora a Javier Ros" [RCD Mallorca add Javier Ros] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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