Unai Albizua

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Unai Albizua
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Albizua (right) with Leganés in 2016
Personal information
Full name Unai Albizua Urquijo
Date of birth (1989-01-18) 18 January 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Laudio/Llodio, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2003–2008 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 Basconia 60 (1)
2010–2013 Bilbao Athletic 96 (1)
2013–2015 Athletic Bilbao 4 (0)
2014–2015 → Tenerife (loan) 28 (0)
2015–2016 Leganés 22 (0)
2016–2017 UCAM Murcia 39 (0)
2017–2019 Cultural Leonesa 24 (0)
2019 Ibiza 11 (0)
2019–2020 UCAM Murcia 9 (0)
2020–2021 Stade Lausanne Ouchy 23 (0)
2021–2022 Cornellà 13 (0)
2022–2023 Orihuela 30 (1)
2023–2024 Portugalete 14 (0)
Total373(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Unai Albizua Urquijo (born 18 January 1989) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

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Club career

Born in Laudio/Llodio, Álava, Basque Country, Albizua joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 2003. He played three full seasons with the reserves in the Segunda División B, captaining them to the 2013 playoffs after a third-place finish in his last. [1]

Albizua was promoted to the first team prior to the beginning of the 2013–14 campaign. [2] On 3 November 2013, he made his La Liga debut, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute in a 2–0 away loss against Atlético Madrid after replacing the injured Aymeric Laporte. [3] [4]

On 15 July 2014, Albizua was loaned to Segunda División club CD Tenerife. [5] Roughly one year later, he moved to CD Leganés of the same league after cutting ties with Athletic. [6]

On 28 July 2016, Albizua signed for UCAM Murcia CF. [7] The following 11 July, he joined Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa still in the second tier. [8]

On 17 August 2021, after one year in the Swiss Challenge League with FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy, [9] [10] the 32-year-old Albizua returned to Spain and signed with UE Cornellà of the newly-formed Primera División RFEF. [11]

References

  1. ↑ Martín, Asís (14 September 2013). "Unai Albizua se lleva el trofeo al mejor cachorro 2012/13 de 'La Cantera de Lezama'" [Unai Albizua takes trophy for best 2012/13 puppy from 'La Cantera de Lezama'] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "El Athletic hace ficha del primer equipo al central Albizua" [Athletic include stopper Albizua in first team] (in Spanish). Canal Athletic. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "More home comforts for Atletico". ESPN FC. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Zubieta, Jon (4 June 2014). "Unai Albizua, un valor aún desconocido" [Unai Albizua, an asset still unknown]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Albizua's transfer". Athletic Bilbao. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Unai Albizua, fuerza y carácter de Primera" [Unai Albizua, strength and character from Primera] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Albizua, nuevo jugador del UCAM Murcia CF" [Albizua, new player of UCAM Murcia CF] (in Spanish). UCAM Murcia. 28 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Alta Unai Albizua Urkijo "Albizua Urkijo"" [Unai Albizua Urkijo "Albizua Urkijo" in] (in Spanish). Cultural Leonesa. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Un défenseur espagnol pour rugir au SLO" [A Spanish defender to roar at SLO] (in French). FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy. 11 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  10. ↑ Davet, Matthias (21 April 2021). "Stade Lausanne-Ouchy renoue avec le succès devant son public" [Stade Lausanne-Ouchy return to winning ways in front of their faithful]. Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Bienvenido, Unai Albizua" [Welcome, Unai Albizua] (in Spanish). UE Cornellà. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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