Javier Mandaluniz

Javier Mandaluniz
Personal information
Full name Javier Mandaluniz Renteria
Date of birth (1987-01-15) 15 January 1987
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1997–2005 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Basconia 35 (0)
2006–2009 Bilbao Athletic 17 (0)
2007 → Lleida (loan) 0 (0)
2009–2012 Real Sociedad B 33 (0)
2013–2014 Logroñés 41 (0)
2015 Gimnástica Torrelavega 0 (0)
2015–2017 Somozas 55 (0)
2017 Mérida 13 (0)
2017–2018 Jumilla 19 (0)
2018–2019 Ponferradina 17 (0)
2019–2020 Somorrostro 11 (0)
2020–2021 Urduliz 23 (0)
2021 Leioa 21 (0)
Total 285 (0)
International career
2003–2005 Spain U17 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Javier Mandaluniz Renteria (born 15 January 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Mandaluniz joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system and was later promoted to the reserve team.[1] In the 2007–08 season, he was loaned to Lleida. In the 2008–09 season he returned to Bilbao where he played eight matches for the B-side.[2]

In June 2009, Mandaluniz was released by Athletic Bilbao.[3] A month later, he signed for Real Sociedad B in the Tercera División, who were looking for a goalkeeper after the departure of Urtzi Iturrioz.[4] In the 2009–10 season, he was called up to Real Sociedad first team several times after Asier Riesgo was injured, but he didn't play any matches.[5][6]

In 2013, he joined SD Logroñés in the Segunda División B, after six months without a team.[7] In the summer of 2015, after left Gimnástica de Torrelavega, he signed for Segunda División B club Somozas, where he played more than fifty games and conceded second-fewest goals in Group I of Segunda División B.[8][9]

From 2017 to 2021, Mandaluniz played for several clubs in Tercera División before he announced his retirement.[10] After his retirement, he worked as a goalkeeping coach for SD Eibar.[11]

International career

Mandaluniz was called up by coach Juan Santisteban to participate in the 2003 Under-17 World Cup and 2004 UEFA European Under-17.[1][12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Un gol de oro mete a los sub'17 en la final del Mundial -". www.elmundo.es. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mandaluniz | Jugador: Portero | Athletic Club Website Oficial". www.athletic-club.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Libano y Oinatz las bajas más sorprendentes del Bilbao Athletic". aupaAthletic.com: El punto de reunión de los aficionados del Athletic Club en Internet (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  4. ↑ PPLL (6 July 2009). "Javier Mandaluniz, del Athletic, viene al Sanse". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Ramajo, Roberto (11 May 2010). "Riesgo se pierde lo que queda de temporada". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  6. ↑ SA, Baigorri Argitaletxea (16 December 2015). "«Desde que salí de la Real no había tenido un año tan bueno»". GARA (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  7. ↑ ""It was very hard to see the transfer market close and not have a team to play for." - GARA". gara.naiz.eus. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Labarga, Nacho (24 March 2016). "Mandaluniz, el cerrojo 'renacido' que aúpa al Somozas". Marca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "El cerrojo del Somozas es de Bilbao". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 21 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Baraja, Jon (21 November 2020). "El portero del Urduliz, Javier Mandaluniz, echa el cerrojo". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Inicio competición equipos inferiores SD Eibar". www.sdeibar.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  12. ↑ beltrán, javier (22 January 2019). "Mandaluniz: «Soy más conocido fuera de Bizkaia que aquí»". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2025.
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