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
Place of birth Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Real Madrid C 60 (11)
1998 Almería 3 (0)
1998–1999 Alcalá 22 (8)
1999–2000 Onda 29 (17)
1999–2006 Villarreal 124 (9)
2006–2009 Málaga 104 (6)
2009–2012 Osasuna 46 (1)
Total 388 (52)
International career
1993 Spain U16 1 (0)
Managerial career
2017 Villarreal B
2017–2018 Villarreal
2019–2020 Villarreal
2021 Alavés
2022–2024 Levante
2024–2025 Oviedo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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.