Urko Vera
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Urko Vera Mateos | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Barakaldo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Osasuna | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Santutxu | ||
| 1997–1999 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 2001–2003 | Lezama | ||
| 2003–2006 | Santutxu | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2007 | Santutxu | ? | (8) |
| 2007–2008 | Laudio | ? | (10) |
| 2008–2009 | Portugalete | ? | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | Eibar B | ? | (14) |
| 2010 | Eibar | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Lemona | 18 | (13) |
| 2011 | Bilbao Athletic | 7 | (1) |
| 2011 | Athletic Bilbao | 5 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Hércules | 31 | (11) |
| 2012–2013 | Ponferradina | 14 | (2) |
| 2013 | Alcorcón | 7 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Eibar | 31 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | Mirandés | 38 | (17) |
| 2015 | Jeonbuk Hyundai | 6 | (0) |
| 2016– | Osasuna | 12 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2016. | |||
Urko Vera Mateos (born 14 May 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CA Osasuna as a centre forward.
Football career
Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, Vera played mostly amateur football until the age of 23, having represented Basque giants Athletic Bilbao as a youth from ages 10–12. During his spell at SD Lemona, he received part of his wage by taking the team's kits to the laundry.[1]
In the last minutes of the 2011 January transfer window, after impressing with Lemona in Segunda División B (the club was coached by legendary Athletic player Aitor Larrazábal), Vera was acquired by the Lions, signing a one 1/2-year contract and initially being assigned to the reserve side, Bilbao Athletic.[2] He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 5 February, coming on as a substitute for Iker Muniain for the final 15 minutes of a 3–0 home win against Sporting de Gijón.[3]
On 14 March 2011, again appearing from the bench, Vera scored his first goal for Athletic Bilbao, heading home in injury time in a 2–2 draw at Getafe CF.[4] After being released he resumed his career in Segunda División, representing five clubs in just four years, including CD Mirandés[5] for which he netted 20 times in all competitions.[6][7]
Vera moved to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC in the K League Classic in late July 2015.[8] On 10 January of the following year, he returned to his country and joined CA Osasuna in the second level.[9]
References
- ↑ Urko Vera, de mileurista al cielo (Urko Vera, from mileurista to the sky); El Mundo, 16 March 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Urko Vera ficha por el Athletic hasta 2012 (Urko Vera signs with Athletic until 2012); Canal Athletic, 26 January 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Easy for Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 5 February 2011
- ↑ Vera rescues point for Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 14 March 2011
- ↑ El Mirandés ficha a Urko Vera y Aitor Fernández (Mirandés signs Urko Vera and Aitor Fernández); Mundo Deportivo, 13 August 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ Un triplete de Urko Vera mete al Mirandés en la tercera fase (Three from Urko Vera send Mirandés to third stage); Diario AS, 10 September 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ Los goles de la Liga Adelante tienen pasaporte español (Liga Adelante goals have a Spanish passport); La Liga, 9 June 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ 루이스-우르코 베라,'전북의 새 외국인 선수' (Luiz Henrique-Urko Vera, 'Jeonbuk Hyundai's new foreign players'); Osen, 26 July 2015 (Korean)
- ↑ Urko Vera y Manuel, nuevos jugadores de Osasuna (Urko Vera and Manuel, new players of Osasuna); Osasuna's official website, 10 January 2016 (Spanish)
External links
- Athletic Bilbao profile
- Urko Vera profile at BDFutbol
- Urko Vera profile at Soccerway
- Urko Vera – K League stats at kleague.com
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