Jokin Esparza

Jokin Arcaya Esparza (born 15 June 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder.

Jokin Esparza
Personal information
Full name Jokin Arcaya Esparza
Date of birth (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Osasuna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Osasuna B 66 (0)
2007–2011 Osasuna 11 (0)
2009Huesca (loan) 16 (1)
2010–2011Huesca (loan) 27 (1)
2011–2013 Huesca 42 (3)
2013 Panathinaikos 8 (0)
2014 Zamora 6 (0)
2014–2015 Veria 4 (0)
2015–2017 Toledo 59 (3)
2017–2018 Mérida 36 (1)
2018–2022 Toledo 97 (11)
International career
2006 Spain U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:38, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Esparza was born in Pamplona, Navarre. After emerging through local CA Osasuna's youth academy, he made his La Liga debut on 17 June 2007 in a 1–2 home loss against Atlético Madrid.[1] He would only appear in five more matches for the first team in the following two seasons combined, however, which prompted a loan to Segunda División club SD Huesca in January 2009; he was relatively used during his first spell, as they retained their recently acquired status.

For the 2010–11 campaign, Esparza was again loaned to Huesca in a season-long move.[2] In August 2011, he signed a permanent deal with the Aragonese.[3]

In February 2013, Esparza joined Panathinaikos FC of the Superleague Greece, agreeing to a six-month contract.[4] In late May of the following year, after a brief spell back in his country with lowly Zamora CF, he moved to another Greek top flight side, Veria FC.[5]

References

  1. "El Atlético maquilla un nuevo fracaso en el Reyno de Navarra" [Atlético disguise new shortcoming at the Reyno de Navarra]. Marca (in Spanish). 17 June 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  2. "Galán, Esparza y Óscar Vega, cedidos al Huesca" [Galán, Esparza and Óscar Vega, loaned to Huesca]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. "Jokin Esparza ficha por el Huesca por dos temporadas" [Jokin Esparza signs for Huesca for two seasons]. Marca (in Spanish). 18 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. "Jokin Esparza: "El Panathinaikos sigue siendo uno de los grandes europeos"" [Jokin Esparza: "Panathinaikos are still one of the greats in Europe"]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. "Παίκτης της Βέροιας ο Jokin Arcaya Esparza" [Jokin Arcaya Esparza a Veria player] (in Greek). Veria F.C. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
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