Xavi Roca
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Francesc Xavier 'Xavi' Roca Mateo (born 19 January 1974) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back.
Club career
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Roca joined FC Barcelona's academy at 16. He spent three professional seasons as captain of their reserves in the Segunda División,[1] and his input with the first team consisted of 90 minutes in La Liga in a 2–2 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña on 26 May 1996;[2] additionally, for two consecutive years, he was loaned to CD Logroñés and CD Toledo in the second division.[3][4]
Released in summer 1999, Roca remained in the second tier with Villarreal CF.[5] He was first-choice in his first season as the club returned to the top flight after one year,[6] then totalled 50 games over the next two as they managed to stay afloat.
Roca signed a two-year contract with top-division RCD Espanyol on 24 May 2002.[7] He left after only one and two competitive appearances, returning to division two with Rayo Vallecano on a three-year deal.[8]
Before retiring at the age of 36, Roca competed in the lower leagues and his native region, with CE L'Hospitalet, CE Sabadell FC and CE Europa.[9][10] He also spent one year in the New Zealand Football Championship with Auckland City FC,[11] where he suffered a serious knee injury in his debut.[12]
Subsequently, Roca worked as sporting director at Sabadell,[13][10] AEK Larnaca FC (Cypriot First Division)[14][15] and Panathinaikos FC (Super League Greece).[16][17]
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