Maite Zubieta

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Maite Zubieta
Personal information
Full name Maite Zubieta Aranbarri
Date of birth (2004-05-28) 28 May 2004 (age 19) [1]
Place of birth Busturia, Spain [2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Athletic Club
Number 16
Youth career
2018–2019 Athletic Club
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Athletic Club C 10 (1)
2020–2023 Athletic Club B 59 (2)
2022– Athletic Club 26 (0)
International career‡
2019 Spain U17 1 (0)
2020 Spain U16 1 (0)
2021–2023 Spain U19 17 (0)
2022– Spain U20 6 (0)
2022– Basque Country 1 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Winner 2022 Costa Rica
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner 2022 Czech Republic
Winner 2023 Belgium
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 December 2023

Maite Zubieta Aranbarri [lower-alpha 1] (born 28 May 2004) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder or central defender for Athletic Club.

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Club career

Zubieta joined Athletic Club's academy aged 14. After progressing through the ranks (one season in the 'cadet' youth team, half a season with the newly-formed C-team before being assigned to the B-team, two further seasons there), she made her professional debut as a late substitute in a Liga F fixture against Madrid CFF in December 2022, aged 18, [3] and her first start six weeks later in a defeat away to Alhama CF. On the back of her performances she was officially promoted from the reserves to the senior squad in May 2023, and signed a contract extension running to 2025. [4] [5] During her debut campaign she was mostly used in her preferred role of central midfield, but at the beginning of the 2023–24 Liga F season she became a regular starter as a central defender, with Athletic enduring an ongoing injury crisis in that position. [6] [7]

International career

Having had minimal opportunities to play for younger age groups due to restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zubieta made her debut for Spain at under-19 level in October 2021 against Portugal. She became a regular in the team and was a member of the squads which won the 2022 Euros in the Czech Republic followed by the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica [4] (alongside clubmates Ane Elexpuru and Clara Pinedo). [8] [9] She was still young enough to take part in the 2023 U-19 Euros in Belgium and again returned home with a gold medal, [10] this time accompanied by fellow Athletic players Jone Amezaga and Sara Ortega. [11]

She has also been selected for the unofficial Basque Country women's national football team which plays only occasionally, making her first appearance in December 2022 against Chile. [12]

Honours

Spain U19

Spain U20

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References

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zubietaand the second or maternal family name is Aranbarri.
  1. ↑ Maite Zubieta at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Zubieta". BDFutbol. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Maite Zubieta, la mejor deportista 2022" [Maite Zubieta, the best athlete 2022]. Deia (in Spanish). 8 January 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 "El Athletic renueva el contrato de Maite Zubieta por dos temporadas" [Athletic renews the contract of Maite Zubieta for two seasons]. EITB (in Spanish). 29 May 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Maite Zubieta extends contract until 2025, Athletic Club, 29 May 2023
  6. ↑ Carlos Zaballa (7 September 2023). "Ane Elexpuru y Maite Zubieta dan el salto definitivo en el Athletic" [Ane Elexpuru and Maite Zubieta make the decisive jump to Athletic]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Carlos Zaballa (18 September 2023). "El nuevo Athletic de David Aznar" [David Aznar's new Athletic]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Carlos Zaballa (29 August 2022). "Elexpuru, Zubieta y Pinedo se proclaman campeonas del mundo Sub-20" [Elexpuru, Zubieta and Pinedo are proclaimed Under-20 world champions]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  9. ↑ San Mamés tribute for our World U-20 and European U-19 champions, Athletic Bilbao, 3 September 2022
  10. ↑ Spain retain trophy for fifth Under-19 EURO title, UEFA, 30 July 2023
  11. ↑ Endika Río (30 July 2023). "Ortega, Zubieta y Amezaga volverán a Bilbao como campeonas" [Ortega, Zubieta y Amezaga return to Bilbao as champions]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "La Euskal Selekzioa logra una contundente victoria ante Chile (3-0)" [The Basque Selection achieves a resounding victory against Chile (3-0)]. EITB (in Spanish). 21 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "2022 Women's U19 EURO: Road to the title". UEFA.com. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Spain win 2023 Women's U19 EURO: At a glance". UEFA.com. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Paralluelo propels Spain to revenge and glory". FIFA.com. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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