Athletic Club, commonly known as just Athletic domestically and often as Athletic Bilbao or just Bilbao abroad, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain. They are known as Los Leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés, which was named after Saint Mammes, an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. Mammes pacified the lions and was later made a saint. The team plays its home matches at the San Mamés Stadium. Its home colours are red and white-striped shirts with black shorts.
Football is the most popular sport in Spain, with 61% of the population interested in it. Spain has some of the most influential teams in Europe as well as many players and teams registered in all categories. Moreover, football is the sport that interests the majority of Spanish people (48%) and a total of 67% of the population said they were fans of or had a liking for a particular club.
Elgoibar is an industrial town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain. Located in a valley, it is traversed by the Deba river. Elgoibar is nicknamed the "capital city of the Machine tool".
Zumarraga is a municipality and industrial town in Gipuzkoa province of the Basque Country autonomous community of northern Spain, approximately 35 miles (56 km) by road southwest of San Sebastián and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Idiazabal. As of 2018 the municipality had a population of 9834 people. The Urola river flows through the vicinity. It is the birthplace of Miguel López de Legazpi, conquistador who explored the Pacific Islands and the East Indies, and of Iñaki Urdangarín, the husband of Infanta Cristina of Spain.
Itziar Esparza Pallarés is a former freestyle swimmer from Spain, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. On both occasions she didn't reach the final in the 400m and 800m Freestyle.
Amar en tiempos revueltos, is a Spanish television period soap opera that originally ran on La 1 of Televisión Española for seven seasons, from 27 September 2005 to 16 November 2012, set in the times of the Spanish civil war and Francoist Spain.
Deba is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain. The town centre is right on the sea, and the municipal district includes a series of country villages, such as Itziar, Lastur and Elorriaga.
Zuhaitz Gurrutxaga Loiola is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender.
Maite Lizaso Campos is a Spanish former football midfielder who played for Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao in the Primera División.
The Basque Country women's football team is considered the national team of the Basque Country greater region. It is organised by the Basque Football Federation. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore it is only allowed to play friendly matches.
Itziar is a female Basque given name, derived from Our Lady of Itziar, near San Sebastian and the France-Spain border. Notable people with the name include:
Aritz Elustondo Irribarria is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a right-back but also as a central defender for La Liga club Real Sociedad.
Itziar Ituño Martínez is a Basque Spanish actress, who performs in her native Basque language as well as in Spanish. She is best known for her role as Inspector Raquel Murillo in the Spanish television series La Casa de Papel.
Raquel Murillo is a fictional character in the Netflix series Money Heist and Berlin, portrayed by Itziar Ituño. She was an inspector for the National Police Corps who was put in charge of the investigation before she was forced to resign for failing to stop the robbery at the Royal Mint. Later she joined the group of robbers to rob the Bank of Spain.
Gurruchaga is a Spanish form of Basque surname Basque: Gurrutxaga. Notable people with the surname include:
Amar es para siempre is a long-running Spanish television period soap opera that originally ran on Antena 3 for twelve seasons, from 14 January 2013 to 6 March 2024, with the plot occurring between October 1960 and September 1984. It is the resumption of Televisión Española's Amar en tiempos revueltos.
Ane Etxezarreta Ayerbe is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Real Sociedad.
Itziar Gastearena Artola is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Granada.
Itziar Pinillos Moreno is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or wing back for Liga F club Madrid CFF.
Itziar Castro i Rivadulla was a Spanish actress known mainly for her role as Gоya Fernández in Locked Up and participating in films such as Champions or Skins, for which she was nominated to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.
