Jaime Mata

Jaime Mata Arnaiz (born 24 October 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Getafe CF as a striker or a winger.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mata and the second or maternal family name is Arnaiz.
Jaime Mata
Mata with Girona in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jaime Mata Arnaiz[1]
Date of birth (1988-10-24) 24 October 1988[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker, winger
Team information
Current team
 Getafe
Number 7
Youth career
1998–2000 Tres Cantos
2000–2007 Galáctico Pegaso
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Pegaso B
2008–2010 Galáctico Pegaso 42 (17)
2010–2012 Rayo Vallecano B 37 (9)
2010 → Socuéllamos (loan) 20 (9)
2010–2011 → Móstoles (loan) 37 (25)
2012–2014 Lleida Esportiu 70 (29)
2014–2016 Girona 76 (19)
2016–2018 Valladolid 67 (38)
2018– Getafe 149 (32)
International career
2019 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:09, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Madrid, Mata finished his youth career with local Galáctico Pegaso, making his senior debut with the reserves in 2007. After appearing with the main squad in Tercera División, he moved to neighbouring Rayo Vallecano in December 2009, being immediately loaned to UD Socuéllamos in the same level.[2][3]

Mata was subsequently loaned to CD Móstoles of the same league in August 2010, in a season-long deal.[4] He returned to Rayo in summer 2011, being assigned to the B team in the Segunda División B.[3]

On 5 July 2012, Mata signed for Lleida Esportiu also in the third division.[5] After scoring 32 goals over two seasons, he moved to Segunda División after agreeing to a two-year deal with Girona FC.[6]

Mata played his first match as a professional on 24 August 2014, starting in a 1–0 home win against Racing de Santander.[7] He scored his first goal six days later, the winner in a 2–1 away victory over AD Alcorcón.[8]

On 11 June 2015, in the first leg of the promotion playoffs' semi-finals, Mata scored a brace in a 3–0 away defeat of Real Zaragoza.[9] On 30 June 2016, after again being knocked out in the playoffs, he signed a two-year contract with Real Valladolid also of the second tier.[10]

Mata scored a career-best 36 goals in his second season at the Estadio José Zorrilla, notably netting a hat-trick in a 5–1 away rout of Lorca FC on 19 May 2018.[11][12][13] On 2 July, he signed a three-year contract with La Liga club Getafe CF as a free agent,[14] making his debut in the competition on 24 August at the age of 29 years and ten months in a 2–0 home win against SD Eibar where he played 79 minutes.[15]

Mata scored his first top-flight goal on 1 October 2018, the equaliser in a 1–1 away draw with RC Celta de Vigo.[16] In the following year, he scored braces against Deportivo Alavés, Celta and SD Huesca, being also named the competition's best player for the month of February.[17]

On 17 October 2020, Mata scored a penalty in a 1–0 victory over FC Barcelona, the club's first against that opponent since 2011.[18] He totalled 14 league goals in his first season[19] and 11 in the second,[20] but featured more often that not as a winger in his later years; after manager José Bordalás's departure in May 2021 and until his return in April 2023, he struggled to get playing time.[21]

International career

On 15 March 2019, Mata was called up by Spain national team manager Luis Enrique for two UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Norway and Malta.[22] He won his first cap against the former, after coming on as an 89th-minute substitute for Álvaro Morata in the 2–1 win in Valencia.[23]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 June 2023[24][25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rayo Vallecano B 2011–12 Segunda División B 379——00379
Lleida Esportiu 2012–13 Segunda División B 341400—4[lower-alpha 1]33817
2013–14 Segunda División B 361542—4[lower-alpha 1]04417
Total 70294200838231
Girona 2014–15 Segunda División 381010—2[lower-alpha 1]24112
2015–16 Segunda División 38900—3[lower-alpha 1]0419
Total 76191000528221
Valladolid 2016–17 Segunda División 28531——316
2017–18 Segunda División 393320—4[lower-alpha 1]24535
Total 67385100427641
Getafe 2018–19 La Liga 341442——3816
2019–20 La Liga 3411007[lower-alpha 2]3—4114
2020–21 La Liga 33520——355
2021–22 La Liga 22123——244
2022–23 La Liga 18120——201
Total 14132105730015840
Career total 391127261073177435145
  1. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[26]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 201910
Total10

References
  1. "Mata" (in Spanish). Getafe CF. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. "El Socuéllamos contrata a Lui" [Socuéllamos sign Lui]. ABC (in Spanish). 2 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. Martínez, Antonio (16 March 2019). "El 'Socu' tiene su trocito en la Selección española gracias a Jaime Mata" ['Socu' are part of the Spain national team thanks to Jaime Mata] (in Spanish). Lanza Digital. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  4. "El C.D. Móstoles continúa su puesta a punto sobre los campos "Iker Casillas"" [C.D. Móstoles continue with preparations in "Iker Casillas" camps] (in Spanish). Móstoles. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. "El Lleida Esportiu incorpora al davanter centre Jaime Mata" [Lleida Esportiu add centre forward Jaime Mata] (in Catalan). Lleida Esportiu. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. Danés, Jordi (18 June 2014). "El delantero Jaime Mata ya es el primer fichaje del Girona" [Forward Jaime Mata is already Girona's first signing]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. "Un gol de Felipe Sanchón le basta al Girona" [A goal from Felipe Sanchón is enough for Girona]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 August 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  8. "El Girona remonta el partido en diez minutos" [Girona complete comeback in ten minutes]. Marca (in Spanish). 30 August 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  9. Ballesteros, Cristian (11 June 2015). "El Girona Mata en La Romareda" [Girona Kill ("Mata" in English) at La Romareda]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  10. "Mata, primer delantero para el nuevo Pucela" [Mata, first forward for the new Pucela] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  11. Pérez Baraja, Jesús (3 April 2018). "Mata, con cifras de hace 30 años" [Mata, with numbers from 30 years ago]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  12. "Jaime Mata se reafirma en el liderato con un triplete" [Jaime Mata consolidates first place with a triple]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  13. "Mata alarga su cuenta y sentencia la presencia del Valladolid en promoción" [Mata extends his tally and confirms Valladolid's presence in promotion] (in Spanish). Eurosport. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  14. "Mata es azulón" [Mata is blue] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  15. Rincón, Jaime (24 August 2018). "Getafe ease to victory over an Eibar side without bite". Marca. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  16. Rodríguez, Ángel (1 October 2018). "Jaime ya 'mata' en Primera" [Jaime already 'kills it' (pun on his surname) in Primera]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  17. "Jaime Mata, LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for February". La Liga. 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  18. Allen, William (17 October 2020). "Getafe 1–0 Barcelona: Mata scores from spot as Barça beaten". Diario AS. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  19. "Jaime Mata vuelve a 'morder' y a sonreir" [Jaime Mata 'bites' and smiles again]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 March 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  20. "10 – Getafe are one of the three LaLiga teams to see two of their players scoring 10 goals this season (Ángel Rodríguez and Jaime Mata, 10 each) alongside Alavés (Lucas Pérez, 11, and Joselu, 10) and Barcelona (Leo Messi, 21, and Luis Suárez, 13). Top". Twitter. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  21. María, Iñaki (4 June 2023). "Jaime Mata a la imagen y semejanza de Pepe Bordalás" [Jaime Mata just like Pepe Bordalás] (in Spanish). Legal Sport. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  22. "OFFICIAL | Call-up for the first two EURO Qualifier matches". Royal Spanish Football Federation. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  23. "Spain edges Norway 2–1 in first Euro 2020 qualifier". Associated Press. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  24. Jaime Mata at BDFutbol
  25. Jaime Mata at Soccerway
  26. "Jaime Mata". European Football. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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