Andoni Gorosabel

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Andoni Gorosabel
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Gorosabel with Real Sociedad in 2021
Personal information
Full name Andoni Gorosabel Espinosa
Date of birth (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Arrasate, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 2
Youth career
–2010 Aretxabaleta
2010–2014 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Real Sociedad C 34 (1)
2014–2015 → Beasain (loan) 33 (1)
2016–2017 → Real Unión (loan) 29 (1)
2017–2018 Real Sociedad B 23 (1)
2017–2023 Real Sociedad 114 (0)
2023–2024 Alavés 37 (1)
2024– Athletic Bilbao 11 (0)
International career‡
2024– Basque Country [2] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024

Andoni Gorosabel Espinosa (born 4 August 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao.

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Club career

Real Sociedad

Born in Arrasate, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, [3] Gorosabel represented UD Aretxabaleta and Real Sociedad as a youth, appearing in the UEFA Youth League in 2013. [4] On 11 July 2014, after finishing his formation, he was loaned to SD Beasain in Tercera División, [5] making his senior debut during the season.

Upon returning, Gorosabel was assigned to farm team Berio FT, also in the fourth tier. On 9 July 2016, he was loaned to Segunda División B side Real Unión for one year. [6]

On 16 June 2017, Gorosabel renewed his Real Sociedad contract until 2019 and was promoted to the reserves, also competing in the third level. [7] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 21 September, starting in a 3–0 away loss against Levante UD. [8]

On 5 December 2017, Gorosabel renewed his contract until 2021, [9] and spent the remainder of the campaign as a second-choice to Álvaro Odriozola, overtaking longtime incumbent Carlos Martínez. In July 2018, as both Odriozola and Martínez left, he was definitely promoted to the main squad. [10]

In March 2022, he reached the milestone of 100 appearances for Real Sociedad. [11]

Alavés

On 11 August 2023, Gorosabel signed a one-year deal with Deportivo Alavés, newly-promoted to the top tier. [12] A regular starter for the club, he scored his first professional goal on 10 March 2024, netting the winner in a 1–0 home success over Rayo Vallecano.

Athletic Bilbao

On 19 June 2024, Athletic Bilbao announced the signing of Gorosabel on a four-year contract. [13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 February 2025 [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Unión (loan) 2016–17 Segunda División B 291———291
Real Sociedad B 2017–18 Segunda División B231——2 [a] 0251
Real Sociedad 2017–18 La Liga 20102 [b] 0—50
2018–19 7000——70
2019–20 1405 [c] 0——190
2020–21 320106 [b] 01 [d] 0400
2021–22 320206 [b] 0—400
2022–23 270305 [b] 0—350
Total1140120190101460
Alaves 2023-24 La Liga36110––371
Athletic Bilbao 2024–25 La Liga110105 [b] 000170
Career total2133140240302543
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Includes appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey final (played in 2021)
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

Honours

Real Sociedad

References

  1. ↑ "Sanse profile: Andoni Gorosabel". Real Sociedad de Fútbol. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Djaló conquista San Mamés y Bielsa la lía" [Djaló conquers San Mamés and Bielsa the mess] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mondragón, una 'fábrica' de defensas txuriurdines" [Mondragón, a 'factory' of txuriurdin defenders] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Gorosabel, fiabilidad criada en la UDA" [Gorosabel, reliability raised at UDA] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "El Sanse al completo, en acción" [Sanse completed, up and running] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Tena y Gorosabel, cedidos al Real Unión" [Tena and Gorosabel, loaned to Real Unión] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Renueva con la Real" [Renews with Real] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Levante 3–0 Real Sociedad: Chema anota el gol de la jornada" [Levante 3–0 Real Sociedad: Chema scores the goal of the round] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "La Real Sociedad renueva a Andoni Gorosabel hasta 2021" [Real Sociedad renew Andoni Gorosabel until 2021] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Gorosabel: "Soy lateral y lo primero es defender, aunque me gusta jugar al ataque"" [Gorosabel: "I am a full back and the main goal is to defend, but I like going forward"] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Gorosabel expresa su deseo tras cumplir 100 partidos con la Real" [Gorosabel expresses his wish after completing 100 games with Real] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Andoni Gorosabel, seguridad y experiencia para la defensa del Deportivo Alavés" [Andoni Gorosabel, safeness and experience for the defense of Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Andoni Gorosabel joins Athletic Club". Athletic Bilbao. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  14. ↑ Andoni Gorosabel at BDFutbol
  15. ↑ "Athletic Club 0-1 Real Sociedad: result, summary, goal". AS.com. 4 April 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  16. ↑ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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