Unai Albizua

Unai Albizua
Personal information
Full name Unai Albizua Urquijo
Date of birth (1989-01-18) 18 January 1989
Place of birth Barakaldo, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Leganés
Number 4
Youth career
2003–2008 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2010 Basconia 60 (1)
2010–2013 Bilbao Athletic 97 (1)
2013–2015 Athletic Bilbao 4 (0)
2014–2015 → Tenerife (loan) 28 (0)
2015– Leganés 18 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 March 2016.

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

Unai Albizua Urquijo (born 18 January 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Leganés as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, Albizua joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 2003. He played three full seasons with the reserves in Segunda División B, captaining them to the 2013 playoffs after a third-place finish in his last.[1]

Albizua was promoted to the first team prior to the beginning of the 2013–14 campaign.[2] On 3 November 2013 he made his La Liga debut, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute in a 0–2 away loss against Atlético Madrid after replacing injured Aymeric Laporte.[3]

On 15 July 2014, Albizua was loaned to Segunda División club CD Tenerife.[4] Roughly one year later he moved to fellow league team CD Leganés, after rescinding with the Lions.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Unai Albizua se lleva el trofeo al mejor cachorro 2012/13 de 'La Cantera de Lezama'" [Unai Albizua takes trophy for best 2012/13 puppy from 'La Cantera de Lezama'] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "El Athletic hace ficha del primer equipo al central Albizua" [Athletic includes stopper Albizua in first team] (in Spanish). Canal Athletic. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "More home comforts for Atletico". ESPN FC. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Albizua’s transfer". Athletic's official website. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Unai Albizua, fuerza y carácter de Primera" [Unai Albizua, strength and character from Primera] (in Spanish). Leganés' official website. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, April 10, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.