Jokin Esparza

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arcaya and the second or maternal family name is Esparza.
Jokin Esparza
Personal information
Full name Jokin Arcaya Esparza
Date of birth (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 36)
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)
2009 → Huesca (loan) 16 (1)
2010–2011 → Huesca (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)

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

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.