Mikel Zarrabeitia (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikel Zarrabeitia Ipiña | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Galdakao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Amorebieta | |||
| 2009–2011 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 2011–2012 | Amorebieta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2022 | Amorebieta | 43 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Derio (loan) | ||
| 2014 | → Somorrostro (loan) | ||
| 2014–2015 | → Gernika (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Zamudio (loan) | 33 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | → Portugalete (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Zamudio (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Logroñés (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2023 | Somozas | 4 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Gernika | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023 | |||
Mikel Zarrabeitia Ipiña (born 20 July 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back.
Club career
[edit]Born in Galdakao, Biscay, Basque Country, Zarrabeitia joined Athletic Bilbao's Lezama academy in 2009, from SD Amorebieta. After leaving the Lions in 2011, he returned to his previous club and moved on loan to CD Derio in the regional leagues in 2012, after finishing his formation.
Upon returning, Zarrabeitia was assigned to the main squad of the Azules in Segunda División B for the 2013–14 season,[1] but featured rarely before moving on loan to JD Somorrostro in January 2014. In the following three years, he served loan stints at Tercera División sides Gernika Club, Zamudio SD[2] and Club Portugalete.[3]
On 13 January 2018, after failing to play a single minute for Amorebieta during the first half of the campaign, Zarrabeitia returned to Zamudio on loan until June.[4] He returned from loan in July 2018, and was mainly used as a backup to Aitor Aldalur as his side achieved a first-ever promotion to Segunda División in the 2020–21 campaign.
Zarrabeitia made his professional debut at the age of 28 on 25 September 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for Iker Bilbao in a 0–1 away loss against CD Leganés.[5] The following 24 January, after only two further league matches, he was loaned to Primera División RFEF side SD Logroñés for the remainder of the campaign.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "El Amorebieta de Leniz arranca con 17 futbolistas" [Leniz's Amorebieta start up with 17 footballers] (in Spanish). Deia. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Bordas, Josu Santamaría, Diego Simón y Ander Franco, al Gernika" [Bordas, Josu Santamaría, Diego Simón and Ander Franco, to Gernika] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Tres fichajes de peso para el Club Portugalete, procedentes de Zamudio y Sestao" [Three powerful signings for Club Portugalete, from Zamudio and Sestao] (in Spanish). Club Portugalete. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Vidas paralelas para Amorebieta y Leioa" [Parallel lifes for Amorebieta and Leioa] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Randjelovic firma la primera victoria del Leganés" [Randjelovic gets the first win of Leganés] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Cesión de Mikel Zarrabeitia" [Loan of Mikel Zarrabeitia] (in Spanish). SD Amorebieta. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Mikel Zarrabeitia at Athletic Bilbao
- Mikel Zarrabeitia at BDFutbol
- Mikel Zarrabeitia at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Galdakao
- Footballers from Biscay
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- SD Amorebieta footballers
- Gernika Club footballers
- Zamudio SD players
- Club Portugalete players
- SD Leioa players
- SD Logroñés players
- UD Somozas players
- Segunda División players
- Primera Federación players
- Segunda División B players
- Segunda Federación players
- Tercera División players
- Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen