Javier Mandaluniz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Mandaluniz Renteria | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | SD Logroñés | 41 | (0) |
| 2015 | Gimnástica de Torrelavega | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Somozas | 55 | (0) |
| 2017 | Mérida | 13 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | FC Jumilla | 19 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Ponferradina | 17 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | JD 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.
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]