Javier Armas

Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-11
Weight:
168
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
La Coruna, Spain

2023 (Senior): Selected by Atlanta United in the second round of the MLS SuperDraft ... United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American ... All-Pac-12 First Team ... United Soccer Coaches All-Region honoree ... Started all 20 matches he played ... Recorded four assists on the year ... Played 90 minutes or more on 14 occasions.

2022 (Junior): All-Pac-12 Second Team ... Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll ... Started the first 11 matches of the year, before missing the remainder of the season due to injury ... Scored a pair of goals at Denver, including the game-winner on his way to Pac-12 Player of the Week honors ... Helped the Beavers hold three clean sheets in his appearances.

2021 (Sophomore): Started 14 of the 16 games he appeared in … Scored the Beavers’ sole goal at San Diego State that secured a share of the Pac-12 title on Nov. 4 … Scored one of OSU’s goals that led to a 2-0 victory over St. John’s (NY) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 21) … Posted two assists and six points on the season … Logged a season high of 110 minutes on three occasions, including against Clemson in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 4) ... Named to the Fall Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

2020 (Sophomore): Started all 14 matches he played, scoring two goals and recording three assists ... Scored vs. UCLA on Feb. 27 ... Found the net March 20 vs. San Diego State ... Played 90 minutes on 10 occasions.

2019 (Freshman): Appeared in 16 matches, making 12 starts … Recorded one assist on the season, providing a helper at Washington on Oct. 13 … Played at least 90 minutes nine times.

Before Oregon State: Played nine years for Real Club Deportiva de la Coruna, winning multiple league titles … Scored 12 goals in the 2018-19 season, starting all 28 matches he played … Helped his club finish fifth in the Honor Division Group 1 in 2018-19.

Personal: Son of Francisco Javier Armas Angulo and Ana Isabel Pastor Cao … Has two brothers, Miguel and Daniel … Enjoys tennis, basketball, traveling and watching TV … Favorite athletes are Lionel Messi and Rafael Nadal … Hopes to become a professional soccer player or to go into a sport-related business … Chose Oregon State because “I value that people here were willing to trust in me.”