Iñaki Descarga
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| Iñaki Descarga | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Iñaki Descarga Retegui | |
| Date of birth | August 25, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Irún, Spain | |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 81⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Real Unión | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Youth career | ||
| Real Unión | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995–1996 1996–1999 1996–1999 1999–2000 2000–2008 2008–2009 2009– |
Real Unión Osasuna B Osasuna SD Eibar Levante UD Legia Warsaw Real Unión |
100 (3) 9 (0) 37 (0) 216 (9) 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Iñaki Descarga Retegui (born August 25, 1976 in Irún, Basque Country) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Real Unión, in the Spanish second division.
Mainly a central defender, he can also operate as right back.
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[edit] Football career
After an insignificant stint with CA Osasuna (then in the second division) and a season with neighbours SD Eibar (same category), Descarga played eight seasons with Levante UD, where he would be one of the side's most influential players and club captain, helping it achieve two promotions to the first division. Descarga's first top level match came on November 13, 2004, in a 0–1 loss at Deportivo de La Coruña, with Levante being relegated on the last matchday.
Following the Valencian Community's outfit severe financial crisis during 2007–08, Descarga was one of many players who would leave, joining Legia Warszawa in August 2008. There, he teamed up with another Osasuna graduate, Iñaki Astiz.
Descarga made his Legia debut on September 2, 2008 in a match against Polonia Warsaw (1–1). In the Polish league, he first appeared on the 13th, against Arka Gdynia (2–2).[1]
In July 2009, he signed with his first club, Real Unión of Irún, freshly promoted to the second division.
[edit] Match-fixing controversy
On December 3, 2008, Spanish regional TV channel Popular TV del Mediterráneo released a recording of a telephone conversation between Levante's president, Julio Romero, and club defender Descarga, in which the latter admitted that a certain number of his teammates had accepted a bribe to lose a June 17, 2007 match against Athletic Bilbao. The Basque team won 2-0 and Celta de Vigo was instead relegated.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Legia Warszawa - Arka Gdynia" (in Polish). Official website of Legia Warsaw. http://www.legia.com/www/index.php?mec=603. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ Alleged match-fixing in Athletic-Levante two seasons ago (Spanish)
[edit] External links
- Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- Futbolme profile (Spanish)
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