Javier de Pedro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Javier de Pedro Falque | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Logroño, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Antiguoko | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | Real Sociedad B | 48 | (12) |
| 1993–2004 | Real Sociedad | 304 | (45) |
| 2004 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | Perugia | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | IFK Göteborg | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | Ergotelis | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Burgos | 5 | (0) |
| 2007 | Vera | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 364 | (57) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | Spain U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 1998–2003 | Spain | 12 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Francisco Javier "Javi" de Pedro Falque (born 4 August 1973 in Logroño, La Rioja) is a Spanish retired footballer.
He played as a left midfielder, mainly with Real Sociedad, and possessed a thunderous left-foot shot. He also played professionally in four other countries.
De Pedro represented Spain at the 2002 World Cup.
A product of Real Sociedad's youth system, de Pedro first appeared with the main squad on 7 November 1993, subbing in in a 1–3 home defeat against UE Lleida. Subsequently he became an essential element with the La Liga side, creating opportunities and scoring alike: in the 2002–03 season he contributed with 29 games and three goals as the Basques finished in second position, trailing eventual champions Real Madrid by only two points.
De Pedro joined Blackburn Rovers in mid-June 2004, after he had been refused a move to Southampton the previous year, playing out undetermined the remaining season of his contract. He made his debut for his new team on 14 August in a 1–1 Premier League home draw against West Bromwich Albion, before being substituted by Tugay Kerimoğlu for the second half of the match.
On 31 January 2005, in the last day of the campaign's winter transfer window, de Pedro was released by Blackburn on a free transfer and signed for Perugia Calcio, where he played only a few matches before joining Swedish club IFK Göteborg, thanks to the presence of former Real Sociedad teammate Håkan Mild, now their director of football; he left after only a few days due to personal reasons, in December.
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