Javier Tarantino

Francisco Javier Tarantino Uriarte (born 26 June 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tarantino and the second or maternal family name is Uriarte.
Javier Tarantino
Personal information
Full name Francisco Javier Tarantino Uriarte[1]
Date of birth (1984-06-26) 26 June 1984[1]
Place of birth Bermeo, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1995–1996 Bermeo
1996–2002 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Basconia 28 (2)
2003–2004 Bilbao Athletic 38 (1)
2004–2006 Athletic Bilbao 3 (0)
2005 → Numancia (loan) 15 (1)
2006 → Numancia (loan) 14 (0)
2006–2007 Numancia 22 (0)
2007–2008 Alavés 22 (0)
2008–2011 Albacete 84 (3)
2011–2013 Tenerife 63 (0)
2013–2015 Cartagena 44 (2)
2015–2017 Sestao 38 (0)
2017–2019 Bermeo 5 (0)
Total 376 (9)
International career
2000–2001 Spain U16 10 (0)
2001 Spain U17 4 (0)
2002–2003 Spain U19 2 (0)
2005–2006 Spain U21 2 (0)
2005 Spain U23 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He amassed Segunda División totals of 142 games and three goals over six seasons, with Numancia, Alavés and Albacete. In La Liga, he appeared for Athletic Bilbao and Numancia.

Club career

Born in Bermeo, Biscay, Tarantino joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 1996, aged 12. He then proceeded to move up the ranks, appearing for the farm team in the Tercera División and the reserves in the Segunda División B.[2]

Tarantino was loaned to CD Numancia midway through 2004–05, making his La Liga debut with that club.[3] His first match in the competition occurred on 30 January 2005, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 home loss against Real Madrid;[4] at the end of the season – where he scored once in another home defeat, this time against Racing de Santander (3–2)[5]– his team was relegated.

Tarantino returned to Athletic for the 2005–06 campaign. He was sent off twice in only three games,[6][7] and eventually was again loaned to Numancia, with the Soria side now in the Segunda División[3] where he spent the following five years,[8] also representing Deportivo Alavés and Albacete Balompié.[9][2]

From 2011 onwards, Tarantino took his game to the third tier, starting with CD Tenerife.[10][11][12]

Honours

Spain U16

Spain U23

References
  1. Javier Tarantino at AS.com (in Spanish)
  2. "Cachorros que jugaron en el Albacete" [Pups who played for Albacete] (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  3. "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  4. Llamas, Fernando (30 January 2005). "El Real Madrid se sujeta con pinzas en Los Pajaritos" [Real Madrid need tweezers at Los Pajaritos]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. Movilla, Fede (21 March 2005). "El Racing apuntala la permanencia con su victoria en Soria" [Racing are all but saved with win in Soria]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  6. "El Sevilla activa la alerta roja en el Athletic (0–1)" [Sevilla activate red alert at Athletic (0–1)]. Diario Siglo XXI (in Spanish). 16 October 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  7. Ros, Cayetano (11 December 2005). "El Valencia choca con el muro de Clemente" [Valencia crash into Clemente's wall]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  8. Chamarro, F. A. (7 July 2006). "Sietes y Pablo Lago llegan a Soria y sigue Tarantino" [Sietes and Pablo Lago arrive in Soria and Tarantino remains]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  9. "El Albacete anuncia la contratación del defensa vasco Javier Tarantino" [Albacete announce signing of Basque defender Javier Tarantino]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 July 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  10. "El CD Tenerife ficha a Javier Tarantino" [CD Tenerife sign Javier Tarantino]. Canarias7 (in Spanish). 29 June 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  11. Muñoz, Rubén (11 March 2015). ""El equipo de mi pueblo es más profesional que el Cartagena"" ["My hometown club is more professional than Cartagena"]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  12. Sainz, Javier (1 August 2017). "El Bermeo ilusiona a Tarantino" [Bermeo put hunger in Tarantino]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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