Javier Villena

Javier Villena
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Javier Mulero Villena
Date of birth	17 August 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1988	Barcelona Amateur
1987–1990	Barcelona Atlètic
1990–1991	Real Burgos
1991–1994	Real Mallorca
1994–2000	Compostela
2000–2001	Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Javier Mulero Villena (born 17 August 1966) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a centre back. He began his career with Barcelona, but never played for the first team. He went on to make 156 appearances in La Liga over six seasons for Real Burgos, Real Mallorca and Compostela, scoring four goals.^[1]

Career

Villena was born in Barcelona, capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and began his career with local giants FC Barcelona. He made his first appearances for the C team, Barcelona Amateur, during the 1985–86 season, in which they were relegated from Segunda División B. However, he was a key part of the side that won promotion at the first attempt the following year as winners of their Tercera División group. In 1987–88 he began playing for the B team, Barcelona Atlètic, in the Segunda División, with whom he also suffered relegation in 1988–89. He was never included in the first team squad, and left Barcelona in 1990 to join newly promoted La Liga side Real Burgos.^[1]

Villena made his top flight debut on 2 September in the first match of the season, as Burgos hosted Cádiz at Estadio El Plantío. He played the full 90 minutes as the hosts ran out 1–0 winners.^[2] After just one season with Burgos, he joined top division rivals Real Mallorca ahead of the 1991–92, at the end of which they were relegated. He continued to play with Mallorca for a further two seasons in the Segunda División, before returning to La Liga with newly promoted Compostela in 1994. He played for Compostela throughout their four-year stay in the top flight, before they were relegated in 1997–98 after losing a playoff.^[1]

Villena stayed with Compostela in the second tier for another two seasons, and then joined Gimnàstic de Tarragona in Segunda División B in 2000. He helped Nàstic earn promotion in what turned out to be his only season at the club, before retiring in 2001 as he approached his 35th birthday.^[1]

Honours

Barcelona Amateur

Tercera División: 1986–87

Career statistics

As of 10 March 2021^[1]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona Amateur	1985–86	Segunda División B	7	0	–		–		7	0
	1986–87	Tercera División	36	3	–		–		36	3
	1987–88	Segunda División B	33	6	4	1	–		37	7
	Total		76	9	4	1	0	0	80	10
Barcelona Atlètic	1987–88	Segunda División	2	0	0	0	–		2	0
	1988–89	Segunda División	34	3	5	0	–		39	3
	1989–90	Segunda División B	34	11	4	0	–		38	11
	Total		70	14	9	0	0	0	79	14
Real Burgos	1990–91	La Liga	36	0	4	0	–		40	0
Real Mallorca	1991–92	La Liga	21	0	2	0	–		23	0
	1992–93	Segunda División	27	4	7	0	1^[1]	0	35	4
	1993–94	Segunda División	36	0	2	0	–		38	0
	Total		84	4	11	0	1	0	96	4
Compostela	1994–95	La Liga	27	1	4	0	–		31	1
	1995–96		39	3	6	0	–		45	3
	1996–97		23	0	3	0	–		26	0
	1997–98		10	0	1	0	2^[2]	0	13	0
	1998–99	Segunda División	5	0	3	0	–		8	0
	1999–2000	Segunda División	25	1	6	0	–		31	1
	Total		129	5	23	0	2	0	154	5
Gimnàstic de Tarragona	2000–01	Segunda División B	22	1	–		–		22	1
Career total			417	33	51	1	3	0	471	34

1.^ Appearance in the 1992–93 Segunda División promotion playoff

2.^ Appearances in the 1997–98 La Liga relegation playoff

References

^ a b c d e "Villena". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ "Matches Villena". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

External links

Javier Villena at BDFutbol
Javier Villena at WorldFootball.net

[BDF-1] "Villena". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

[2] "Matches Villena". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 March 2021.