Javier Bellido
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Bellido Plaza | ||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CD Padura | |||
| 1984–1985 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1988 | Bilbao Athletic | 64 | (4) |
| 1988–1989 | Eibar | 28 | (4) |
| 1989–1991 | Elche | 61 | (3) |
| 1991–2001 | Compostela | 337 | (25) |
| Total | 490 | (36) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Javier Bellido Plaza (born 9 March 1966 in Bilbao, Biscay) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
He played 353 matches in Segunda División games during 11 seasons (24 goals) in representation of four teams, also appearing for Compostela in La Liga.
Football career
A product of Athletic Bilbao's famous Lezama youth academy, Bellido spent the majority of his career at SD Compostela, where he earned the nickname 'The wall of San Lázaro'.[1] Previously, he spent five seasons in the second division with Bilbao Athletic (two years), SD Eibar and Elche CF (two), and started his ten-year spell with the Galicians in the same level.
In the 1997–98 campaign, in spite of Compos' relegation from La Liga after four years, Bellido scored seven league goals, second-best in the squad. He retired in June 2001 at the age of 35, after the team's demotion to division three.
References
- ↑ "Un Compos de Primera" [Primera Compos] (in Spanish). Míticos del Balompié. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
External links
- Javier Bellido at BDFutbol