Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iker Guarrotxena Vallejo | ||
Date of birth | 6 December 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mumbai City | ||
Number | 34 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2003 | Arenas Getxo | ||
2003–2011 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Basconia | 29 | (10) |
2012–2016 | Bilbao Athletic | 92 | (22) |
2014–2015 | → Tenerife (loan) | 20 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Mirandés | 40 | (9) |
2017–2018 | Cultural Leonesa | 33 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Pogoń Szczecin | 30 | (5) |
2018–2020 | Pogoń Szczecin II | 4 | (2) |
2020–2021 | Volos | 21 | (1) |
2021 | Western United | 22 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Logroñés | 38 | (14) |
2022–2023 | Goa | 20 | (11) |
2023–2024 | Real Murcia | 10 | (2) |
2024– | Mumbai City | 6 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:00, 2 March 2024 (UTC) |
Iker Guarrotxena Vallejo (born 6 December 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Indian Super League club Mumbai City.
Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Guarrotxena joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2002, aged nine. Notably, his uncle, Endika Guarrotxena, had also played for Bilbao, having made 113 appearances for the club's senior team from 1980 to 1987. [1] Iker made his senior debut with CD Basconia in the 2011–12 season, in the Tercera División. In the 2012 summer, he was promoted to the reserves in the Segunda División B.
On 1 August 2014, Guarrotxena moved to Segunda División's CD Tenerife in a season-long loan deal. [2] He played his first match as a professional on the 24th, starting in a 0–1 away loss against SD Ponferradina. [3]
Guarrotxena returned to the B-side for the 2015–16 season, with the club also in the second tier. On 7 June 2016, after suffering relegation, he was released by the Lions. [4]
On 12 July 2016, Guarrotxena signed a two-year deal with CD Mirandés, also in the second tier. [5]
Roughly one year later, after Mirandes suffered relegation, he moved to fellow league team Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa. [6]
On 4 August 2018, Guarrotxena moved to Pogoń Szczecin in the Polish Ekstraklasa, signing a three-year deal with the club. [7]
On 2 January 2020, Greek Super League club Volos officially announced the signing of Guarrotxena on a free transfer. [8]
On 14 January 2021, A-League club Western United FC officially announced that Guarrotxena had signed on a one-year deal with the club. [9]
In June 2022, Guarrotxena moved to Indian Super League, after signing with Peña who managed FC Goa. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win against Jamshedpur FC. [10] On 8 July 2023, Guarrotxena mutually terminated his Goa contract a year before its expiry, citing personal reasons for his early departure. [11]
On June 7 2023, Real Murcia CF confirmed that Guarrotxena had signed for the club on a one-year deal, until the end of the 2023-24 season. [12]
Following the early termination of his Real Murcia CF contract, Guarrotxena was snapped up by Mumbai City FC on a 6-month deal until the end of the 2023-24 season. [13] He made his debut for the club off the bench in the 56th minute, at home against Jamshedpur FC in an eventual 2-3 loss. [14] Guarrotxena scored his first goal for The Islanders away against East Bengal in the 24th minute of the match, picking up an Alberto Noguera pass and turning to score into the bottom corner. [15]
He is the nephew of retired footballer Endika, who also came through the ranks at Athletic Bilbao and won trophies with the club in the 1980s. [1]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Basconia | 2011–12 | Tercera División | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 10 | |
Bilbao Athletic | 2012–13 | Segunda División B | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 6 | |
2013–14 | Segunda División B | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 11 | ||
2015–16 | Segunda División | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 5 | ||
Total | 92 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 22 | ||
Tenerife (loan) | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |
Mirandés | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | 41 | 10 | |
Cultural Leonesa | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |
Pogoń Szczecin | 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 5 | |
2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | ||
Pogoń Szczecin II | 2018–19 | III liga | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | III liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 2 | ||||
Volos | 2019–20 | Super League Greece | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 16 | 3 | |
2020–21 | Super League Greece | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | ||
Western United | 2020–21 | A-League | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | |
Logroñés | 2021–22 | Primera División RFEF | 38 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 14 | |
Goa | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | — | 23 | 13 | |
Real Murcia | 2023–24 | Primera Federación | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 2 | |
Mumbai City | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 359 | 80 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 372 | 85 |
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