Real Madrid’s former soccer player Javier Dorado has died this Thursday at age 48. He was sick of cancer since 2022. Talavera de la Reina had been with health problems for some time and had to undergo a marrow transplant, donated by her sister, last year. Dorado, who retired in 2012 when he was in the ranks of Atlético Baleares, also played in Mallorca, Rayo and Sporting.
Dorado began his football career at Real Madrid, with which he debuted in 1999 in a Copa del Rey match against Valencia, where the whites lost 6-0. It was not until February 20, 2000 when he premiered in a League match in the First Division, also against Valencia, he lowered the orders of Vicente del Bosque. In Madrid he played seven games and more than 400 minutes on the grass. That same year, the Manchego.
After his departure from Real Madrid he was ceded in Salamanca and Sporting, until he was transferred in 2002 to Rayo Vallecano, where he spent a year. He returned to the Asturian team in which he remained three seasons and left for Mallorca in 2006, where he also played three seasons. Finally, he would end at Atlético Baleares, a club where he hung his boots.
From the White Entity they have issued a statement regretting the death of the former soccer player. “Real Madrid, its president and its Board of Directors deeply regret the death of Javier Dorado, Canterano and player of our first team between 1999 and 2000. Real Madrid wants to express their condolences and love to their relatives, their peers, to all their loved ones and all the clubs of which he was part,” says the note. The Mallorca have also lamented the loss of gold.
