Iker Aldai

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Iker Aldai
Personal information
Full name Iker Aldai Igartua
Date of birth (2003-06-24) 24 June 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Getxo, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bilbao Athletic
(on loan from Eibar)
Youth career
Romo
Gatika  [ eu ]
Eibar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Vitoria 81 (7)
2023– Eibar 4 (0)
2024–2025 Eibar B 23 (1)
2025– → Bilbao Athletic (loan) 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2025

Iker Aldai Igartua (born 24 June 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender or a midfielder for Bilbao Athletic, on loan from SD Eibar.

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Club career

Born in Getxo, Biscay, Basque Country, [1] Aldai joined SD Eibar's youth setup from Gatika KT  [ eu ]. He made his senior debut with the farm team on 5 September 2021, starting in a 0–0 Tercera División RFEF away draw against Amurrio Club. [2]

Aldai scored his first senior goals on 16 March 2022, netting a brace for Vitoria in a 3–0 home win over Beti Gazte KJKE  [ eu ]. He was called up to the first team for the 2022 pre-season by manager Gaizka Garitano, [1] and made his professional debut on 12 February 2023, coming on as a late substitute for Matheus Pereira in a 3–0 Segunda División home loss against FC Cartagena. [3] In 2024, he was assigned to Eibar's B-team in Segunda Federación, after the partnership with Vitoria ended.

On 16 August 2025, Aldai was loaned to Primera Federación side Bilbao Athletic, for one year. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cubero, Ruiz Zeberio, Alday, Troncho, Yriarte y Martín harán la pretemporada con el primer equipo masculino" [Cubero, Ruiz Zeberio, Alday, Troncho, Yriarte and Martín will make the pre-season with the men's first team] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "El miedo a perder concluye con un empate" [The fear of losing end up with a draw] (in Spanish). Noticias de Álava. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "El Cartagena resucita en Ipurua... donde aún no había ganado nadie" [Cartagena is reborn at the Ipurua... where no one has won anything yet] (in Spanish). Marca. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Iker Aldai jugará cedido en el filial del Athletic Club con opción de compra" [Iker Aldai will play on loan in the reserve team of Athletic Club with a buyout clause] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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