On 31 January 2011, Javito returned to his country and joined La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña.El Deportivo confirma el fichaje de Javito, del Aris (Deportivo confirm signing of Aris' Javito); Diario AS, 31 January 2011 (in Spanish) He would not make one single appearance during his four-month spell due to bureaucratic problems, which included the lack of his signature in the document sent to FIFA,De la imposibilidad de que Javito debutara al caso Vecindario (From Javito not making debut to the Vecindario affair); La Voz de Galicia, 8 February 2012 (in Spanish)El futuro del Deportivo se queda en el aire (Deportivo future in the air); Marca, 22 May 2011 (in Spanish) with the Galicians eventually being relegated.
