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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. ==Club career== 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 club, creating opportunities and scoring alike: in the 2002–03 season he contributed with 29 games and three goals as the Basque 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.〔(De Pedro bound for Blackburn ); UEFA.com, 16 June 2004〕 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.〔(Blackburn 1–1 West Brom ); BBC Sport, 14 August 2004〕 On 31 January 2005, in the last day of the season's winter transfer window, de Pedro was released by Blackburn on a free transfer〔(Blackburn release winger De Pedro ); BBC Sport, 31 January 2005〕 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 the club's director of football; he left after only a few days due to personal reasons, in December. Afterwards, de Pedro would only play some exhibition matches with second-tier side Ergotelis FC, in Greece. He subsequently returned to Spain to sign with historic Burgos CF, but appeared very rarely for the third division team. In 2007–08 de Pedro started the season, alongside former teammate (in both Real Sociedad and country) Agustín Aranzábal, with regional club CD Vera Puerto de la Cruz in the Canary Islands,〔(El CD Vera de las "estrellas" se presentó ayer sin la más brillante, Javier De Pedro ("Star"-studded CD Vera presented yesterday without the most shining, Javier De Pedro ); El Día, 11 August 2007 〕 but was dismissed by the team's coach due to a lack of commitment. He retired from football after this experience, and subsequently focused on getting the trainer degree. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Javier de Pedro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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