One of the many good news for Málaga this season is the resurrection of one of the footballers who, in his origins, aimed to be a great figure in Spanish football. It's about Jairo Samperio.
Although it seems that he has been playing all his life the one from Cabezón de la Sal (Cantabria) is only 27 years old. What happens is that debuted almost 10 years ago in the First Division. Foe with Racing on 8-27-2011 in a match at Mestalla against Valencia that ended 4-3 for the locals. It was a crazy match where Roberto Soldado scored four goals, one of them on his own goal. Jairo dazzled a few days later in a duel against Real Madrid that ended 0-0. The racinguista coach was Héctor Cúper.
His brilliant performances launched him into the lower categories of the National Team and the agendas of the best teams in Spain in potential and budget. Among them, Málaga.
Juanmi assignment and the preferential option.
In the 2012-13 season Juanmi was loaned to the racinguistas by Málaga in exchange for a preferential option to sign Jairo. Surely, this player would have reached La Rosaleda. But after the golden age of the Champions League came the skinny cows. Divestment, outright player sales, budget cuts and an explosion in mismanagement by the Al Thani. The rest they already know. Jairo finally went to Sevilla who paid three million euros for his transfer.
Injuries and career in Germany
In this new stage his problems and bad fortune began with injuries that did not stop after making the leap to German football, first with Mainz 05 and then in Hamburg, with a stage interspersed with Las Palmas in the 2017-18 campaign where he played eleven games.
Starting from scratch at La Rosaleda
Jairo accepted Málaga's proposal, aware of the circumstances in which the entity found itself with a salary limit that only allowed the minimum salary to be paid (it is around 78,500 euros in the Second Division). It was like a new beginning because he was coming off a remarkable period of inactivity after his most recent injury with Hamburg. And although it has cost him, each game that passes has brought him closer to that previous version that dazzled. He showed it last Sunday by giving Caye Quintana a golden assist that made it 2-0 against Albacete. Jairo has already accumulated 1125 minutes spread over 25 games, 12 of them as a starter playing both on the right and on the left.
Throughout his career he has played a total of 185 games. Racing, Sevilla, Mainz, Hamburg and now Malaga have seen him develop his talent. Jairo has a valid contract with the Malaga team until June 30, 2022. Another success of the sports director, Manolo Gaspar.