Jairo Morillas

Jairo Morillas
Personal information
Full name	Jairo Morillas Rivero
Date of birth	2 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Gilena, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Hibernians
Number	9
Youth career
	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	Sevilla C
2010–2013	Sevilla B
2013–2015	Espanyol B
2014–2018	Espanyol
2015–2016	→ Girona (loan)
2016–2017	→ Numancia (loan)
2018–2019	V-Varen Nagasaki
2019–2020	Badajoz
2020–2021	Ebro
2021–2022	CF Salamanca
2022	UE Cornellà
2022–	Hibernians
International career
2011	Spain U18
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:04, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Jairo Morillas Rivero (born 2 July 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Hibernians as a striker.

Club career

Born in Gilena, Seville, Andalusia, Morillas graduated from Sevilla FC's youth setup, and made his debuts as a senior with the C-team in the 2009–10 campaign in Tercera División, aged only 16. He was promoted to the reserves in 2010, spending several seasons in Segunda División B.

On 3 July 2013 Morillas signed a two-year deal with RCD Espanyol, being assigned to the B-side also in the third level.^[1] He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 31 August of the following year, replacing Paco Montañés in the 79th minute of a 1–2 home loss against his former side Sevilla.^[2]

Morillas scored his first professional goal on 17 December, netting the game's winner in a home success against Deportivo Alavés, for the season's Copa del Rey.^[3] On 8 July 2015 he signed a new three-year deal with the Pericos, until 2018,^[4] and was loaned to Girona FC in Segunda División late in the month.^[5]

On 6 July 2016, Jairo was loaned to CD Numancia also in the second level, for one year.^[6] In April of the following year, he suffered an injury in the Achilles tendon, being sidelined for nearly a year.^[7]

On 15 July 2018, Morillas signed with J1 League side V-Varen Nagasaki as a free agent after leaving Espanyol.^[8]