Javier Dorado

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Javier Dorado

| image =

| full_name = Francisco Javier Dorado Bielsa{{cite web|url=https://www.cope.es/emisoras/illes-balears/baleares/mallorca/deportes-mallorca/noticias/memoria-javier-dorado-20250227_3104184.html|title=En memoria de Javier Dorado|trans-title=In memory of Javier Dorado|publisher=Cadena COPE|first=Jordi|last=Jiménez|language=es|date=27 February 2025|access-date=28 February 2025}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1977|2|17|df=y}}{{WorldFootball.net|dorado}}

| birth_place = Talavera de la Reina, Spain

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|2|27|1977|2|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Palma de Mallorca, Spain

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Left-back

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Real Madrid

| years1 = 1996–1997 | clubs1 = Real Madrid C | caps1 = 30 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1997–1999 | clubs2 = Real Madrid B | caps2 = 46 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1999–2002 | clubs3 = Real Madrid | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2000–2001 | clubs4 = → Salamanca (loan) | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2001–2002 | clubs5 = → Sporting Gijón (loan) | caps5 = 34 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2002–2003 | clubs6 = Rayo Vallecano | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2003–2006 | clubs7 = Sporting Gijón | caps7 = 112 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2006–2008 | clubs8 = Mallorca | caps8 = 2 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2011–2012 | clubs9 = Atlético Baleares | caps9 = 10 | goals9 = 0

| totalcaps = 280 | totalgoals = 4

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2000 | nationalteam1 = Spain U21 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Francisco Javier Dorado Bielsa (17 February 1977 – 27 February 2025) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career

Dorado was born in Talavera de la Reina, Province of Toledo. A youth product of La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid, he played two league matches for the first team during the 1999–2000 season, the first being a 1–1 away draw against Valencia CF on 20 February 2000;{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2000/02/21/deportes/951087601_850215.html|title=El Valencia le regala un punto al Madrid – El equipo de Cúper juega muy bien la primera parte, pero recula tanto en la segunda que Guti consigue empatar|trans-title=Valencia offer point to Madrid – Cúper's team plays excellent first half, but goes into their own half so much in the second that Guti manages to draw|newspaper=El País|first=Cayetano|last=Ros|language=es|date=21 February 2000|access-date=10 April 2017}} his competitive debut was also against Valencia, in a 6–0 loss in the Copa del Rey also at the Mestalla Stadium.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1999/06/10/pagina-19/418103/pdf.html|title=¡Vaya meneo!|trans-title=What a shakedown!|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Carlos|last=Urrutia|language=es|date=10 June 1999|accessdate=10 April 2017}} He was included in Real's 2000 FIFA Club World Championship squad,{{cite news|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/2021/01/31/nota/9608761/inolvidable-mundial-clubes-2000-necaxa-recordado-prensa-mexico/|title=El 'inolvidable' Mundial de Clubes 2000 del Necaxa de Álex Aguinaga y Agustín Delgado, recordado en la prensa de México|trans-title=The 'unforgettable' 2000 Club World Cup of Álex Aguinaga and Agustín Delgado's Necaxa, remembered by Mexican press|newspaper=El Universo|language=es|date=31 January 2021|access-date=9 December 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/archive/brazil2000/clubs/club=30504/players.html|title=Real Madrid|publisher=FIFA|access-date=24 March 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912071835/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/archive/brazil2000/clubs/club=30504/players.html|archive-date=12 September 2015}} where he missed one of the penalties in the third-place playoff that was lost to Club Necaxa following a shootout.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/12/99/world_club_championship/604240.stm|title=Mexican penalty kings depose Real|publisher=BBC News|date=14 January 2000|access-date=24 March 2020}} After that, he had Segunda División loan stints with UD Salamanca and Sporting de Gijón.{{cite news|url=https://www.elcomercio.es/deportes/futbol/201609/20/anos-dorado-20160920042413.html|title=Los años de oro de Dorado|trans-title=Dorado's golden years|newspaper=El Comercio|first=Víctor Manuel|last=Robledo|language=es|date=20 September 2016|access-date=9 December 2022}}

In 2002–03, Dorado returned to Madrid and the top flight, also playing as backup with Rayo Vallecano. The following campaign he returned to Gijón as the undisputed first-choice, going on to compete in the second tier a further three years.

In July 2006, Dorado joined RCD Mallorca on a one-year contract,{{cite news|url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/deportes/2006/07/29/habra-pique-sano-navarro-4425114.html|title="Habrá pique sano con Navarro"|trans-title="The rivalry with Navarro will be a healthy one"|newspaper=Diario de Mallorca|first=H.|last=Martín|language=es|date=29 July 2006|access-date=9 December 2022}} but would be virtually absent from the team's lineups during his spell, blocked by ex-FC Barcelona and future Spain international Fernando Navarro. He was released by the Balearic Islands club in July 2008 following an anterior cruciate ligament injury, with only seven competitive appearances to his credit.{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2007/06/16/mas_futbol/1181975233_850215.html|title="El Madrid es como un muerto que ha revivido"|trans-title="Madrid is like a dead man that has come to life"|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Carlos|last=Forjanes|language=es|date=16 June 2007|access-date=9 December 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2008/04/16/mas_futbol/1208327229_850215.html|title=Dorado no sabe aún si el club le quiere renovar|trans-title=Dorado still does not know if the club wants to renew with him|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Jordi|last=Jiménez|language=es|date=16 April 2008|access-date=9 December 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.lne.es/deportes/2008/07/18/mallorca-libera-lateral-izquierdo-dorado-21670230.html|title=El Mallorca libera al lateral izquierdo Dorado|trans-title=Mallorca release left-back Dorado|newspaper=La Nueva España|language=es|date=18 July 2008|access-date=9 December 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ultimahora.es/deportes/otros-deportes/2008/07/20/423931/segundo-ensayo-casa.html|title=Segundo ensayo 'en casa'|trans-title=Second test 'at home'|newspaper=Última Hora|first=Carlos|last=Román|language=es|date=20 July 2008|access-date=9 December 2022}}

Death

Dorado died on 27 February 2025 at the age of 48,{{cite web|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/news/club/announcements/comunicado-oficial-fallecimiento-de-javier-dorado-27-02-2025|title=Official announcement: Javier Dorado passes away|publisher=Real Madrid CF|date=27 February 2025|access-date=27 February 2025}} from leukemia.{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/2025/02/27/muere-javier-dorado-48-anos-exjugador-real-madrid-mallorca-rayo-sporting.html|title=Muere Javier Dorado a los 48 años: exjugador de Real Madrid, Mallorca, Rayo y Sporting|trans-title=Death of Javier Dorado at the age of 48: former player of Real Madrid, Mallorca, Rayo and Sporting|newspaper=Marca|first=Jesús|last=Mata|language=es|date=27 February 2025|access-date=28 February 2025}}