:Javier Yubero

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| name = Javier Yubero

| image =

| fullname = Francisco Javier Yubero Solanilla

| birth_date = {{birth date|1972|1|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Irun, Spain

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|9|22|1972|1|21|df=y}}

| death_place = San Sebastián, Spain

| height = {{height|m=1.82|precision=0}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Dumboa Eguzki

| years1 = 1990–1992

| years2 = 1992–1993

| years3 = 1993–1994

| years4 = 1994–1995

| years5 = 1995–1998

| years6 = 1998–1999

| years7 = 1999–2001

| years8 = 2001–2002

| years9 = 2002

| years10 = 2003

| clubs1 = San Sebastián

| clubs2 = Real Sociedad

| clubs3 = Betis

| clubs4 = Mérida

| clubs5 = Eibar

| clubs6 = Rayo Vallecano

| clubs7 = Amurrio

| clubs8 = Zamora

| clubs9 = Lanzarote

| clubs10 = Torredonjimeno

| caps1 = 34

| caps2 = 35

| caps3 = 1

| caps4 = 0

| caps5 = 56

| caps6 = 4

| caps7 = 24

| caps8 = 26

| caps9 = 3

| caps10 = 6

| totalcaps = 189

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| totalgoals = 0

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Francisco Javier Yubero Solanilla (21 January 1972 – 22 September 2005) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in Irun, Gipuzkoa, Yubero made his professional debut with Real Sociedad in 1991–92, playing in one game. In the following season, he won the battle for first-choice with another youth graduate of the club, Alberto, and was the undisputed starter as the Basques finished 13th in La Liga.[https://www.naiz.eus/fr/hemeroteca/gara/editions/gara_2013-12-09-06-00/hemeroteca_articles/esnaola-y-yubero-dos-realistas-en-la-porteria-betica?slug=esnaola-y-yubero-dos-realistas-en-la-porteria-betica Esnaola y Yubero, dos realistas en la portería bética (Esnaola and Yubero, two Real men in Betis' goal)]; Gara, 9 December 2013 (in Spanish)

Subsequently, Yubero's career went downhill, with unassuming spells at Real Betis and CP Mérida in the second division. He settled in the same level with SD Eibar, and did appear in 39 matches in his third year but, after a move to Rayo Vallecano, again featured very rarely.

Yubero would play until early 2003, in divisions three and four. As he was with amateur side Torredonjimeno CF, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which forced him to quit the game at 31; two years later, he succumbed to the disease.[http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/09/22/obituarios/1127413940.html Yubero, ex portero de Primera División (Yubero, former First Division goalkeeper)]; El Mundo, 24 September 2005 (in Spanish)