Javier del Pino González (born 10 July 1980) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He spent the better part of his 18-year career with Numancia (11 seasons), appearing in 298 competitive matches and scoring 49 goals.Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
Club career Del Pino was born in Madrid. An Atlético Madrid academy graduate, he managed to appear once for the first team whilst they were in the Segunda División, playing five minutes in a 4–2 home win against Real Murcia CF on 6 April 2002.Dani enciende la luz del Atlético (Dani lights up light of Atlético); El Mundo, 6 April 2002 (in Spanish)
After three seasons with Xerez CD (also in the second tier), del Pino moved to CD Numancia, where he was important in helping the club to return to the top flight in 2008 after a three-year absence. He made his La Liga debut on 31 August of that year at the age of 28 years and one month, coming on as a substitute against FC Barcelona in a 1–0 home win.Numancia 1–0 Barcelona ; ESPN Soccernet, 31 August 2008 The team were eventually relegated after ranking second-bottom, and he scored a career-best nine goals the following campaign – best in the squad – but the Sorians failed to regain their lost status.Javi del Pino renueva por una temporada con el CD Numancia (Javi del Pino renews with CD Numancia for one season); Heraldo de Soria, 17 April 2015 (in Spanish)
On 1 June 2016, del Pino announced he would retire at the end of the season.Del Pino anuncia su retirada como futbolista del CD Numancia (Del Pino announces his retirement as a CD Numancia footballer); CD Numancia, 1 June 2016 (in Spanish) His last appearance occurred three days later at the age of 35, a 2–0 home victory over already relegated Albacete Balompié."Oh Capitán, mi Capitán", Del Pino se despide con victoria ("Oh Captain, my Captain", Del Pino says goodbye with win); Vavel, 5 June 2016 (in Spanish)
Honours Numancia Segunda División: 2007–08El Numancia, campeón de Segunda división (Numancia, Second division champions); Marca, 1 June 2008 (in Spanish)
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