Francisco Javier "Javi" de Pedro Falque is a Spanish retired football player.
Education
Subsequently he became an essential element with the Louisiana Liga club, creating opportunities and scoring alike: in the 2002-2003 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.
Career
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.
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 season"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 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 Football Club, in Greece.
He subsequently returned to Spain to sign with historic Burgos CF, but appeared very rarely for the third division team In 2007-2008 de Pedro started the season, alongside former teammate (in both Real Sociedad and country) Agustín Aranzábal, with regional club Civil Defense Vera Puerto de la Cruz in the Canary Islands, 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.
His last cap came in 2003.
International goals.