Javier Calleja

Javier Calleja
Calleja managing Villarreal in 2018
Personal information
Full name Javier Calleja Revilla
Date of birth (1978-05-12) 12 May 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Oviedo (manager)
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Real Madrid C 60 (11)
1998 Almería 3 (0)
1998–1999 Alcalá
1999–2000 Onda 29 (17)
1999–2006 Villarreal 124 (9)
2006–2009 Málaga 104 (5)
2009–2012 Osasuna 46 (1)
Total 366 (43)
International career
1993 Spain U16 1 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2017 Villarreal (youth)
2017 Villarreal B
2017–2018 Villarreal
2019–2020 Villarreal
2021 Alavés
2022–2024 Levante
2024– Oviedo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Javier Calleja Revilla (born 12 May 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a left midfielder, currently manager of Real Oviedo.

He amassed La Liga totals of 192 matches and nine goals over one decade, mainly with Villarreal (six seasons) and Osasuna (three). He also represented Málaga in the competition, in a professional career which lasted 16 years.

Calleja later managed Villarreal, his first stint being in 2017.