Aitor Tornavaca Fernández

Aitor
Personal information
Full name Aitor Tornavaca Fernández
Date of birth (1976-03-24) 24 March 1976
Place of birth Vitoria, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Llanes
Youth career
Aurrerá
1993–1994 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1994–1997 Sporting B 88 (10)
1995–2000 Sporting Gijón 18 (2)
1997–1998 → Leganés (loan) 19 (2)
1998–1999 → Levante (loan) 33 (1)
2000–2002 Jaén 60 (1)
2002–2004 Eibar 59 (5)
2004–2012 Recreativo 278 (11)
2012–2013 Avilés 36 (1)
2014– Llanes ? (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2015.

† Appearances (goals)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Tornavaca and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Aitor Tornavaca Fernández (born 24 March 1976), known simply as Aitor, is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Llanes mainly as a left midfielder.

He amassed Segunda División totals of 328 games and 16 goals over the course of 11 seasons, representing five clubs mainly Recreativo de Huelva. He added 106/5 in La Liga, where he appeared for Recreativo and Sporting de Gijón.

Football career

Aitor was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country. During his early career he played almost exclusively in Segunda División, representing Sporting de Gijón, CD Leganés, Levante UD, Real Jaén and SD Eibar[1] and moving to Recreativo de Huelva for the 2004–05 campaign;[2] with the first club he played two La Liga games, scoring against Real Valladolid in a 4–2 home win on 29 October 1995.[3]

At Recre Aitor was an undisputed first-choice from the start, being instrumental in the Andalusian side's 2006 promotion and also a regular in the top level (never appeared in less than 31 league matches during his eight-year spell). He also played several matches as a left back.[4]

On 12 July 2012, after three seasons in division two and 294 official games for Recreativo, 36-year-old Aitor returned to Asturias and joined Real Avilés in Segunda División B, signing a two-year contract[5] but retiring at the end of his first, following which he immediately joined the club's coaching staff.[6]

On 14 June 2014 Aitor returned to active, signing for lowly CD Llanes of Tercera División.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Aitor (Jaén), nuevo refuerzo armero" [Aitor (Jaén), new armero signing] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 16 July 2002. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Aitor Tornavaca ficha por dos años con el Recreativo" [Aitor Tornavaca signs for two years with Recreativo] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 May 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "El Sporting remonta dos veces" [Sporting comes back from behind twice] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 30 October 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Aitor Tornavaca, el viajero del tiempo" [Aitor Tornavaca, the time traveller] (in Spanish). Historias de Segunda. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Aitor Tornavaca es del Avilés" [Aitor Tornavaca joins Avilés] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Aitor Tornavaca deja el balón por la pizarra" [Aitor Tornavaca leaves football for chalkboard] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Aitor Tornavaca vuelve a los terrenos de juego al fichar por el Llanes" [Aitor Tornavaca returns to the pitches after signing for Llanes] (in Spanish). Huelva 24. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "El Ceares, Llanes, Tuilla y Urraca refuerzan sus plantillas para la próxima campaña" [Ceares, Llanes, Tuilla and Urraca bolster squads for the following campaign] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

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