Aitor Ocio
 Ocio as an Athletic player |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Aitor Ocio Carrión | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitoria, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alavés | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1998 | Aurrerá | 65 | (3) |
| 1998–1999 | Eibar | 29 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Albacete | 34 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Osasuna | 14 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Athletic Bilbao | 33 | (1) |
| 2003–2007 | Sevilla | 64 | (3) |
| 2007– | Athletic Bilbao | 62 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Spain U16 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Aitor Ocio Carrión (born 28 November 1976) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, as a central defender.
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[edit] Club career
Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Ocio made his debuts in La Liga with CA Osasuna during 2000–01, after second division spells with SD Eibar and Albacete Balompié, then came to prominence with Basque side Athletic Bilbao.
He would then join Sevilla FC on a three-year deal,[1] playing a somewhat important part on a squad that won four titles (one Spanish Cup, two UEFA Cups and one UEFA Super Cup) in two seasons. During his four-year spell, he was the Andalusian's vice-captain, behind Javi Navarro, and had a best personal output of 23 matches and two goals during 2005–06.
In mid-July 2007, Ocio returned to Bilbao,[2] playing 27 matches during his first season, as the Basques finished mid-table. He produced similar numbers in the following, adding a rare goal at former club Osasuna, albeit in a 1–2 away defeat, in which he was also sent off,[3] one of five ejections he collected in his first two years combined.
Ocio also begun the 2009–10 campaign in the starting XI. However, after an injury suffered in early October 2009, he missed the rest of the season, with Athletic finishing eighth, adding just five official games in the following year also due to persistent physical problems, but renewing his contract on 23 May 2011.[4]
35-year old Ocio was deemed surplus to requirements at Athletic in 2011–12 after the appointment of manager Marcelo Bielsa, alongside teammates Koikili and Iban Zubiaurre. He remained with the team however.[5]
[edit] Honours
- Sevilla
[edit] Personal
Ocio had a relationship with model Laura Sánchez, with whom he had a daughter, Naia, born 1 August 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ Ocio heads south to Sevilla; UEFA.com, 9 July 2003
- ^ Aitor Ocio cumple "un sueño" con su regreso al Athletic cuatro años después (Aitor Ocio fulfills "dream" returning to Athletic four years later); 20 Minutos, 14 July 2007 (Spanish)
- ^ Osasuna 2 - Athletic Club 1; Official website
- ^ Aitor Ocio renueva por una temporada (Aitor Ocio renews for one season); Marca, 23 May 2011 (Spanish)
- ^ Koi, entre los ocho leones descartados por el argentino (Koi, amongst eight Lions deemed surplus to requirements by Argentine); El Mundo Deportivo, 14 July 2011 (Spanish)
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