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My Take
Javier Manjarín is a name that sparks real nostalgia for 1990s La Liga, when speed alone could make a winger thrilling to watch. Spending years at Sporting Gijón and Deportivo, sustaining a seventeen-year career, and earning a Spain cap at Euro 1996 is no small feat for a 171 cm forward whose game was built on pace. I respect players like him who succeed not through physical dominance but through one elite attribute pushed to its limit. He belongs to an era of Spanish football I miss, where flair and directness mattered more than tactical systems.
Overview
Javier Manjarín Pereda (born 31 December 1969) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward. In a 17-year senior career, with speed as his main attribute, he played mainly for Sporting de Gijón (four seasons) and Deportivo de La Coruña (six), also competing in Mexico in his later years. A Spain international in the mid-to-late 90s, Manjarín represented the country at Euro 1996.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Javier Manjarín
- Name (Japanese)
- ハビエル・マンハリン
- Reading
- はびえる・まんはりん
- Born
- December 31, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rooster
- Origin
- Gijón, Asturias, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 171 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.