Javier 'Javi' Cantero de la Puente (born 22 January 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left back.
Club career Born in Granada, Andalusia, Cantero graduated from RCD Espanyol's youth academy, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2007–08 season, in Segunda División B. On 22 July 2009 he signed for Atlético Madrid,El Atlético de Madrid "B" ficha Cantero, procedente del Espanyol (Atlético de Madrid "B" sign Cantero, from Espanyol) ; Join Futbol, 22 July 2009 (in Spanish) but again featured solely for the B-team also in the third level.
On 6 August 2012, Cantero moved to fellow league side Real Oviedo.El Oviedo cuenta con tres nuevos refuerzos (Oviedo have three new additions) ; La Nueva España, 6 August 2012 (in Spanish) After featuring regularly for the Asturians during his only season, he moved abroad for the first time, joining Cyprus' Enosis Neon Paralimni FC.El ENP de Chipre acuerda el fichaje de Javi Cantero (Cyprus' ENP agree to signing of Javi Cantero) ; Nuevo Fútbol, 17 August 2013 (in Spanish)
Cantero returned to Spain on 23 July 2014, signing for Segunda División club CD Mirandés.Javier Cantero nuevo fichaje del CDM (Javier Cantero new signing of CDM) ; CD Mirandés, 23 July 2014 (in Spanish) He played his first match as a professional on 24 August, featuring 90 minutes in the 0–0 home draw against CD Lugo.Mirándés y Lugo abren la temporada sin intensidad (Mirándés and Lugo open season without intensity); El Correo Gallego, 24 August 2014 (in Spanish) He scored his only league goal the following 16 May, but in a 2–3 home loss to FC Barcelona B.La salvación deberá esperar (Survival must wait); Diario de Burgos, 17 May 2015 (in Spanish)
Released in June 2016, Cantero subsequently joined Recreativo de Huelva.Ubay Luzardo y Javi Cantero, firmados e inscritos (Ubay Luzardo and Javi Cantero, signed up and registered); El Desmarque, 19 August 2016 (in Spanish)
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