Asier Etxaburu

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Asier Etxaburu
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Etxaburu with Real Unión in 2018
Personal information
Full name Asier Etxaburu Diz
Date of birth (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Ondarroa, Spain
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Zamora
Number 16
Youth career
2004–2007 Athletic Bilbao
2007–2009 Aurrerá Ondarroa
2009–2010 Eibar
2010–2013 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Basconia 55 (6)
2015–2018 Vitoria 91 (18)
2015 Eibar 0 (0)
2018–2020 Real Unión 55 (7)
2020–2022 Amorebieta 44 (5)
2022–2023 Talavera 9 (1)
2023 Portugalete 13 (3)
2023– Zamora 29 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2024

Asier Etxaburu Diz (born 7 April 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Zamora as a winger.

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Club career

Born in Ondarroa, Biscay, Basque Country, Etxaburu joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2004. Released in 2007, he subsequently represented CD Aurrerá Ondarroa and SD Eibar before returning to Athletic in 2010 along with his twin brother Jon, a striker. [1] [2] Part of the Juvenil A team which played in the 2012-13 NextGen Series and were runners-up in the 2013 Copa del Rey Juvenil, [3] he made his debut as a senior with the farm team CD Basconia in Tercera División, in 2013.

After two seasons at Basconia, on 8 June 2015 Etxaburu was released by the Lions [4] and subsequently joined Eibar's reserve team CD Vitoria, but spent the whole pre-season with the main squad. [5] He made his first team debut on 16 December, starting in a 4–0 Copa del Rey home routing of SD Ponferradina. [6]

On 10 July 2018, Etxaburu signed for Real Unión in Segunda División B. [7] On 20 July 2020, he moved to fellow league team SD Amorebieta, [8] and was a regular starter as the club achieved a first-ever promotion to Segunda División.

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References

  1. "Jon y Asier Etxaburu fichan por el Athletic" [Jon and Asier Etxaburu sign for Athletic] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. "Etxaburu: Jon Etxaburu Diz". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. "El Madrid gana la Copa juvenil veinte años después" [Madrid win the 'Copa Juvenil' after 20 years] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. "Dismissals in CD Basconia". Athletic Bilbao. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  5. "Barrenetxea y Etxaburu harán la pretemporada con el Eibar" [Barrenetxea and Etxburu will make the pre-season with Eibar] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  6. "El Eibar se agarra a la Copa" [Eibar holds on to the cup] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  7. "El Real Unión ficha a Asier Etxaburu" [Real Unión sign Asier Etxaburu] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  8. "Asier Etxaburu, nuevo futbolista del Amorebieta" [Asier Etxaburu, new footballer of Amorebieta] (in Spanish). SD Amorebieta. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.