Jokin Esparza

Jokin Esparza
Personal information
Full name	Jokin Arcaya Esparza
Date of birth	15 June 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Osasuna
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	Osasuna B
2007–2011	Osasuna
2009	→ Huesca (loan)
2010–2011	→ Huesca (loan)
2011–2013	Huesca
2013	Panathinaikos
2014	Zamora
2014–2015	Veria
2015–2017	Toledo
2017–2018	Mérida
2018–2022	Toledo
International career
2006	Spain U19
	*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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.

External links[edit]

Jokin Esparza at BDFutbol
Jokin Esparza at Futbolme (in Spanish)
Jokin Esparza at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
Jokin Esparza at Soccerway

[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.

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