Javi Galán

Nationality

Spain

Born

1994-11-19

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

70 kg (154 lb)

Javier Galán Gil (born 19 November 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays a left-back, left wing-back or left winger for La Liga club Celta. Career Early career Born in Badajoz, Extremadura, Galán represented CD San Roque Badajoz, CP Don Bosco and CP Flecha Negra as a youth. On 20 June 2013, after scoring 12 goals for the latter's Juvenil A squad, he moved to CD Badajoz. Galán made his senior debut on 15 September 2013, playing the last 30 minutes in a 1–0 home win against CD Solana for the Regional Preferente championship. He scored his first senior goal fourteen days later, netting the last in a 4–1 home routing of EF Emérita Augusta. Galán helped the Blanquinegros in their promotion to Tercera División during his first campaign.