Javi Bonilla

Javi Bonilla
Personal information
Full name	Javier Bonilla Sevillano
Date of birth	25 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Soria, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left back, winger
Team information
Current team	Numancia
Number	3
Youth career
	Numancia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2013	Numancia B
2011–2015	Numancia
2015	Aiginiakos
2015–2016	Leioa
2016–2017	Pontevedra
2017–2019	Mallorca
2019	Ibiza
2019–2023	Gimnàstic
2023–	Numancia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024

Javier "Javi" Bonilla Sevillano (born 25 October 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays as either a left back or a left winger for Numancia.

Club career

Born in Soria, Castile and León, Bonilla began his career with hometown club CD Numancia, making his senior debut with the reserves in the 2008–09 season. On 7 February 2011 he made his debut with the first team, in a 0–4 away defeat against RC Celta de Vigo in the Segunda División.^[1]

In his second appearance with the main squad, on 16 May 2012, Bonilla was handed a start, and scored the third goal in a 3–1 win at Hércules CF.^[2]^[3] On 27 January 2015, after featuring in only one competitive match during the campaign, he moved abroad and signed for Greek Football League side Aiginiakos FC,^[4] returning home on 27 August to SD Leioa of Segunda División B.^[5]

In his first and only season for the Basques, Bonilla scored in the first leg of their 5–2 aggregate win over CD Olímpic de Xàtiva in the relegation play-off.^[6] On 10 June 2016, he moved to fellow league team Pontevedra CF.^[7]

Bonilla continued competing in the third division in the following years, representing RCD Mallorca (where he achieved promotion in 2018), UD Ibiza and Gimnàstic de Tarragona.^[8]

^ "El Celta muestra su pegada y se coloca en ascenso directo" [Celta show pace and reach direct promotion zone]. Marca (in Spanish). 7 February 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
^ "Bonilla: "Al acabar el partido no sabía como celebré el gol"" [Bonilla: "At the end of the game i did not know how i celebrated the goal"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
^ "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "Palanca se va a Australia y Bonilla a Grecia" [Palanca goes to Australia and Bonilla to Greece] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
^ "El agredeño Javier Bonilla ficha por el Leioa de Segunda B" [Ágreda-born Javier Bonilla signs for Leioa in Segunda B]. Heraldo de Soria (in Spanish). 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^ "El Leioa se agarra con fuerza a la vida" [Leioa hold on for dear life]. El Correo (in Spanish). 22 May 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
^ "El Pontevedra cubre su lateral izquierdo con Javier Bonilla" [Pontevedra cover their left flank with Javier Bonilla]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "Javi Bonilla s'incorpora a la disciplina grana" [Javi Bonilla joins the grana squad] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.