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{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{family name hatnote|De Pedro|Falque|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Javi de Pedro
| image = 
| caption =
| fullname = Francisco Javier de Pedro Falque
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|8|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Logroño]], Spain
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1982–1989 | youthclubs1 = [[Antiguoko]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://antiguoko.org/club-jugadores-relevantes/|title=Jugadores relevantes|trans-title=Relevant players|publisher=Antiguoko KE|language=Spanish|accessdate=16 July 2017}}</ref>
| youthyears2 = 1989–1992 | youthclubs2 = [[Real Sociedad cantera|Real Sociedad]]
| years1 = 1992–1994 | clubs1 = [[Real Sociedad B]] | caps1 = 48 | goals1 = 12
| years2 = 1993–2004 | clubs2 = [[Real Sociedad]] | caps2 = 304 | goals2 = 45
| years3 = 2004 | clubs3 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2005 | clubs4 = [[Perugia Calcio|Perugia]] | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2005–2006 | clubs5 = [[IFK Göteborg]] | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2006 | clubs6 = [[Ergotelis F.C.|Ergotelis]] | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2006–2007 | clubs7 = [[Burgos CF|Burgos]] | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2007 | clubs8 = [[CD Vera (Tenerife)|Vera]] | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 364 | totalgoals = 57
| nationalyears1 = 1991 | nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-18 football team|Spain U18]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1994–1996 | nationalteam2 = [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain U21]] | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1998–2003 | nationalteam3 = [[Spain national football team|Spain]] | nationalcaps3 = 12 | nationalgoals3 = 2
| nationalyears4 = 1995–2001 | nationalteam4 = [[Basque Country national football team|Basque Country]] | nationalcaps4 = 7 | nationalgoals4 = 2
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996 Spain]]|}}
}}
'''Francisco Javier "Javi" de Pedro Falque''' (born 4 August 1973) is a Spanish retired [[Association football|footballer]].

He played as a [[Midfielder#Wide midfielder|left midfielder]], mainly with [[Real Sociedad]], and possessed a thunderous left-foot shot.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://real-sociedad.diariovasco.com/noticias/2010-10-11/zurda-derecha-hierro-20101011.html|title=Javier de Pedro, de zurda de oro a derecha de hierro|trans-title=Javier de Pedro, from golden lefty to iron right|publisher=[[El Diario Vasco]]|language=Spanish|date=11 October 2010|accessdate=30 June 2017|archive-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830005619/http://real-sociedad.diariovasco.com/noticias/2010-10-11/zurda-derecha-hierro-20101011.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://real-sociedad.diariovasco.com/noticias/201612/20/gica-craioveanu-real-sociedad-zurda-javi-20161220125533.html|title=Gica Craioveanu: "La zurda de Javi de Pedro no era caviar, era beluga"|trans-title=Gica Craioveanu: "Javi de Pedro's left was not caviar, it was beluga"|publisher=El Diario Vasco|language=Spanish|date=20 December 2016|accessdate=30 June 2017}}</ref> He also played professionally in four other countries.

De Pedro represented [[Spain national football team|Spain]] at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]].

==Club career==
De Pedro was born in [[Logroño]], [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]]. A product of [[Real Sociedad]]'s youth system, he first appeared with the main squad on 7 November 1993, coming on as a [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] 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 La Liga|2002–03 season]] he contributed with 29 games and three goals as the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basques]] finished in second position, trailing eventual champions [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] by only two points; in [[2003–04 UEFA Champions League|the subsequent edition]] of the [[UEFA Champions League]], he scored a late consolation goal after coming on as a [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] in a 2–4 defeat away to [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus FC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2003/matches/round=1712/match=1056836/postmatch/report/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027041548/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2003/matches/round=1712/match=1056836/postmatch/report/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2017|title=Flying start sees Juve home|publisher=UEFA|date=21 October 2003|accessdate=25 July 2017}}</ref>

De Pedro joined [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in mid-June 2004, after he had been refused a move to [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] the previous year, playing out the remaining season of his contract undeterred.<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/kind=2/newsid=194256.html De Pedro bound for Blackburn]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}; UEFA, 16 June 2004</ref> He made his debut for his new team on 14 August in a 1–1 [[Premier League]] home draw against [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], before being replaced by [[Tugay Kerimoğlu]] for the second half of the match.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/3553166.stm Blackburn 1–1 West Brom]; [[BBC Sport]], 14 August 2004</ref>

On 31 January 2005, in the last day of [[2004–05 FA Premier League|the campaign]]'s winter [[transfer window]], de Pedro was released by Blackburn on a [[Free transfer (football)|free transfer]]<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/4223797.stm Blackburn release winger De Pedro]; BBC Sport, 31 January 2005</ref> 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 for personal reasons, in December.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Afterwards, de Pedro would only play some exhibition matches with [[Ergotelis F.C.]] from the [[Football League (Greece)]]. He subsequently returned to Spain to sign with [[Burgos CF]], but appeared very rarely for the [[Segunda División B]] team.

De Pedro started 2007–08, alongside former Real Sociedad and Spain teammate [[Agustín Aranzábal]], with regional club [[CD Vera (Tenerife)|CD Vera]] in the [[Canary Islands]],<ref>[http://www.eldia.es/2007-08-11/jornada/jornada38.htm 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 (Canary Islands)|El Día]], 11 August 2007 (in Spanish)</ref> 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 a coaching qualification.

==International career==
Having made his debut with [[Spain national football team|Spain]] on 23 September 1998 in a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Russia national football team|Russia]] in [[Granada]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1998/09/24/pagina-2/406292/pdf.html|title=Camacho debuta con épica|trans-title=Camacho has epic debut|work=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|language=Spanish|date=24 September 1998|accessdate=22 July 2013}}</ref> de Pedro appeared at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], where he played in all the matches as a starter. His last [[Cap (sport)|cap]] came in 2003.

De Pedro also played for the [[Basque Country national football team|Basque Country regional team]], scoring against [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] and [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1999/12/30/pagina-15/428054/pdf.html|title=Amunike juega los noventa minutos|trans-title=Amunike plays the ninety minutes|work=Mundo Deportivo|language=Spanish|date=30 December 1999|accessdate=20 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2000/12/30/pagina-2/666742/pdf.html|title=Se hizo justicia|trans-title=Justice was done|work=Mundo Deportivo|language=Spanish|date=30 December 2000|accessdate=20 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2001/12/30/pagina-28/1443121/pdf.html|title=3–2: Victoria trabajada de Euskadi|trans-title=3–2: Hard-earned win for Euskadi|work=Mundo Deportivo|language=Spanish|date=30 December 2001|accessdate=20 May 2018}}</ref>

===International goals===
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4427|title=De Pedro|publisher=European Football|accessdate=1 September 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 18 November 1998 || [[Stadio Arechi|Arechi]], [[Salerno]], [[Italy]] || {{fb|ITA}} || 1–'''1''' || 2–2 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || 30 April 2003 || [[Vicente Calderón Stadium|Vicente Calderón]], [[Madrid]], Spain || {{fb|ECU}} || '''1'''–0 || 4–0 || Friendly
|}

==Personal life==
In November 2009, de Pedro was arrested for driving under the influence and with an expired driver's licence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavozlibre.com/noticias/ampliar/18059/javi-de-pedro-el-declive-de-una-estrella|title=Javi de Pedro: la imagen del declive de una estrella|trans-title=Javi de Pedro: the picture of a star's downfall|publisher=La Voz Libre|language=Spanish|date=11 November 2009|accessdate=30 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In January 2018, he was arrested for [[domestic violence]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/deportes/2018/01/08/actualidad/1515392444_713681.html|title=Detenido el exjugador de la Real Javier de Pedro por agredir a su pareja|trans-title=Former Real player Javier de Pedro arrested for assaulting his partner|work=[[El País]]|language=Spanish|date=8 January 2018|accessdate=20 May 2018}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Spain U21'''
*[[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]: Runner-up [[1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orgullobianconero.vavel.com/2013/06/18/italia-ya-gano-un-europeo-a-espana-en-el-1996/|title=Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996|trans-title=Italy have already won European Championships against Spain in 1996|publisher=Orgullo Bianconero|language=Spanish|date=18 June 2013|accessdate=13 November 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113165559/http://www.orgullobianconero.vavel.com/2013/06/18/italia-ya-gano-un-europeo-a-espana-en-el-1996/|archivedate=13 November 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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