{{short description|Spanish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Vallejo|Mellado|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jaime Vallejo | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Jaime Vallejo Mellado | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|5|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Cintruenigo, Navarre|Tudela]], Spain | height = 1.79m | position = [[Left-back]] | currentclub = [[CD Eldense|Eldense]]<br/>(on loan from [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]]) | clubnumber = 23 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[CD Corellano|Corellano]] | youthyears2 = 2017–2021 | youthclubs2 = [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]] | years1 = 2021–2025 | clubs1 = [[Deportivo Aragón|Zaragoza B]] | caps1 = 99 | goals1 = 8 | years2 = 2025– | clubs2 = [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]] | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = → [[CD Eldense|Eldense]] (loan) | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 1 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = 30 November 2025 | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Jaime Vallejo Mellado''' (born 18 May 2002) is a Spanish [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[right-back]] for [[CD Eldense]], on loan from [[Real Zaragoza]].
==Career== Born in [[Tudela, Navarre|Tudela]], [[Navarre]], Vallejo joined [[Real Zaragoza]]'s youth categories in 2017, from [[CD Corellano]]. He made his senior debut with [[Deportivo Aragón|the reserves]] on 21 March 2021, starting in a 0–0 [[Tercera División]] away draw against [[SD Huesca B]].
Vallejo scored his first senior goal on 14 November 2021, netting the B's second in a 3–0 [[Tercera División RFEF]] home win over [[Atlético Monzón]], and was a regular starter for the side during [[2021–22 Tercera División RFEF|the season]] as they achieved promotion to [[Segunda Federación]]. In April 2024, he suffered a [[knee]] injury during a match for the B-side.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realzaragoza.com/noticias/todo-nuestro-carino-a-jaime-vallejo-que-ha-sufrido-una-lesion-de-larga-duracion|title=Todo nuestro cariño a Jaime Vallejo, que ha sufrido una lesión de larga duración|trans-title=All our love to Jaime Vallejo, who has suffered a long-term injury|publisher=Real Zaragoza|language=es|date=19 April 2024|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref>
On 30 July 2024, Vallejo renewed his contract with the ''Maños''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cartv.es/aragondeporte/nuestro-deporte/jaime-vallejo-renovado-con-el-deportivo-aragon|title=Jaime Vallejo, renovado con el Deportivo Aragón|trans-title=Jaime Vallejo, renewed with Deportivo Aragón|publisher=[[Aragón TV]]|language=es|date=30 July 2024|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref> He returned to action in January 2025,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/real-zaragoza/2025/02/01/hugo-carrillo-vallejo-estrenaran-citacion-113903811.html|title=Hugo Carrillo y Vallejo se estrenarán en la citación del Real Zaragoza|trans-title=Hugo Carrillo and Vallejo will debut in Real Zaragoza's list|publisher=[[El Periódico de Aragón]]|language=es|date=1 February 2025|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref> and made his first team debut on 7 February of that year, coming on as a late [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] for fellow youth graduate [[Adrián Liso]] in a 2–1 [[Segunda División]] away loss to [[Albacete Balompié]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/deportes/futbol/real-zaragoza/2025/02/10/el-otro-vallejo-dos-debuts-el-mismo-fin-de-semana-1798476.html|title=El otro Vallejo, dos debuts el mismo fin de semana|trans-title=The other Vallejo, two debuts the same weekend|publisher=[[Heraldo de Aragón]]|language=es|date=10 February 2025|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref>
On 4 August 2025, Vallejo was loaned to [[Primera Federación]] side [[CD Eldense]] for one year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realzaragoza.com/noticias/acuerdo-con-el-eldense-para-la-cesion-de-jaime-vallejo|title=Acuerdo con el Eldense para la cesión de Jaime Vallejo|trans-title=Agreement with Eldense for the loan of Jaime Vallejo|publisher=Real Zaragoza|language=es|date=5 August 2025|accessdate=5 August 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{BDFutbol|403711}} *{{Soccerway|jaime-vallejo-mellado/638080}}
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