Aimar Moratalla Botifoll (born 11 January 1987), known simply as Aimar, is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Sant Antoni de Vilamajor Sant Antoni de Vilamajor () is a village in the comarca of Vallès Oriental in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spa ...

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, Aimar made his senior debut with

EC Granollers Esport Club Granollers is a football team based in Granollers in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1913, it plays in the . Its stadium is Municipal Carrer Girona with a capacity of 2,500. Season to season ---- * 1 season in Se ...

in the regional leagues on 29 October 2006, in a 1–0 away win against

UE Cornellà Unió Esportiva Cornellà, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S. A. D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951 it plays in , holding home gam ...

. He signed for

CF Peralada Club de Futbol Peralada is a Spanish football team based in Peralada, in Province of Girona of the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1915, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Municipal de Peralada'' with a capacity of 1,500 seats. ...

of the same league in 2007, and joined

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side CD Banyoles in July 2008. In summer 2009, Aimar moved to

UE Llagostera C.F. Badalona Futur Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Badalona, Province of Barcelona, Barcelona, in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. Founded in 1947, it currently plays ...

, recently promoted to the fourth tier. In 2011, after the club's promotion to

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, he renewed his contract, but struggled to appear regularly due to a

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. Aimar featured sparingly during the 2013–14 season, as Llagostera reached

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for the first time ever. He played his first match as a professional on 23 August 2014, starting the 2–0 away loss to

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. He scored his only goal in the competition on 7 February of the following year, the game's only in a home victory over

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Huelva, Andalucia, Spain. Founded on 23 December 1889, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play in , holding home ...

. Safe for a brief spell in the Finnish

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with

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, Aimar continued to play in the Catalan lower leagues. On 27 January 2022, he signed with

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''La Liga'', ''Segunda División'', and its fellow semi-professional divisions '' Primera Federación'' and ''Segunda F ...

club

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, winning promotion to

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at the end of the campaign.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aimar Moratalla 1987 births Living people People from Vallès Oriental 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Barcelona Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football central defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Segunda Federación players Tercera Federación players CF Damm players EC Granollers players CF Peralada players CE Banyoles players Som Maresme FC players UE Cornellà players CE Europa footballers UE Olot players UE Tona players Veikkausliiga players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Finland