Jito (footballer)

Jito
Personal information
Full name	Juan José Silvestre Cantó
Date of birth	2 March 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Meridiana Torre Baró
1990–1998	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1999	Barcelona C
1999–2000	Oviedo B
2000–2001	Palamós
2001	Almería
2001–2002	Lorca Deportiva
2002–2003	Cartagonova
2003–2004	Gavà
2004–2005	Figueres
2005–2006	Sant Andreu
2006	Orihuela
2006–2007	Portuense
2007–2009	Girona
2009–2010	Cultural Leonesa
2010–2012	Alavés
2012–2013	Eibar
2013–2016	Sestao
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan José Silvestre Cantó (born 2 March 1980), commonly known as Jito, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker.

Club career[edit]

Jito was born in Barcelona, Catalonia. A veteran of 15 Segunda División B seasons, scoring 143 goals for a host of clubs,^[1] his professional input consisted of 22 Segunda División matches and three goals for Girona FC in 2008–09.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In August 2016, after three years in the third tier with Sestao River Club, Jito retired at the age of 36.^[5]^[6]

^ Pérez, José Manuel (24 October 2013). "Entrevista a Jito Silvestre: el 'diez' llega a cien" [Interview to Jito Silvestre: the 'ten' makes it to one hundred] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "El Girona acaba con la imbatibilidad del Hércules" [Girona end Hércules' unbeaten streak]. Sport (in Spanish). 17 November 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "1–0: Un solitario gol del Girona deja al Sevilla Atlético en la última posición de la tabla" [1–0: Girona lone goal leaves Sevilla Atlético last in table]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 29 November 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "El Girona salva un punto ante el Albacete" [Girona rescue one point against Albacete]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 14 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Las Llanas no volverá a celebrar los goles de Jito" [Las Llanas will not celebrate Jito's goals again] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Jito cuelga las botas" [Jito hangs up boots] (in Spanish). Sestao River. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}