Javier Yubero

Francisco Javier Yubero Solanilla (21 January 1972 – 22 September 2005) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Yubero and the second or maternal family name is Solanilla.
Javier Yubero
Personal information
Full name Francisco Javier Yubero Solanilla
Date of birth (1972-01-21)21 January 1972
Place of birth Irun, Spain
Date of death 22 September 2005(2005-09-22) (aged 33)
Place of death San Sebastián, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Dumboa Eguzki
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 San Sebastián 34 (0)
1992–1993 Real Sociedad 35 (0)
1993–1994 Betis 1 (0)
1994–1995 Mérida 0 (0)
1995–1998 Eibar 56 (0)
1998–1999 Rayo Vallecano 4 (0)
1999–2001 Amurrio 24 (0)
2001–2002 Zamora 26 (0)
2002 Lanzarote 3 (0)
2003 Torredonjimeno 6 (0)
Total 189 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Born in Irun, Gipuzkoa, Yubero made his professional debut with Real Sociedad in 1991–92, playing in one game. In the following season, he won the battle for first-choice with another youth graduate of the club, Alberto, and was the undisputed starter as the Basques finished 13th in La Liga.[1]

Subsequently, Yubero's career went downhill, with unassuming spells at Real Betis and CP Mérida in the second division. He settled in the same level with SD Eibar, and did appear in 39 matches in his third year but, after a move to Rayo Vallecano, again featured very rarely.[1]

Yubero would play until early 2003, in divisions three and four. As he was with amateur side Torredonjimeno CF, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which forced him to quit the game at 31; two years later, he succumbed to the disease.[2]

References
  1. Esnaola y Yubero, dos realistas en la portería bética (Esnaola and Yubero, two Real men in Betis' goal); Gara, 9 December 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. Yubero, ex portero de Primera División (Yubero, former First Division goalkeeper); El Mundo, 24 September 2005 (in Spanish)
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