Unai Albizua
![]() Albizua (right) with Leganés in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Unai Albizua Urquijo | ||
Date of birth | 18 January 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Laudio/Llodio, Spain | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cornellà | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2008 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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– | Cornellà | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:46, 4 July 2022 (UTC) |
Unai Albizua Urquijo (born 18 January 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UE Cornellà as a central defender.
Club career
[edit]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 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 fellow league side CD Leganés after cutting ties with Athletic.[6]
On 28 July 2016, Albizua signed for UCAM Murcia CF still in the second division.[7] The following 11 July, he joined Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa from the same league.[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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "More home comforts for Atletico". ESPN FC. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Albizua's transfer". Athletic Bilbao. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Albizua, nuevo jugador del UCAM Murcia CF" [Albizua, new player of UCAM Murcia CF] (in Spanish). UCAM Murcia. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "Alta Unai Albizua Urkijo "Albizua Urkijo"" [Unai Albizua Urkijo "Albizua Urkijo" in] (in Spanish). Cultural Leonesa. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Un défenseur espagnol pour rugir au SLO" [A Spanish defender to roar at SLO] (in French). FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bienvenido, Unai Albizua" [Welcome, Unai Albizua] (in Spanish). UE Cornellà. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
External links
[edit]- Unai Albizua at Athletic Bilbao
- Unai Albizua at BDFutbol
- Unai Albizua at Soccerway
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Primera Federación players
- CD Basconia footballers
- Athletic Bilbao B footballers
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- CD Tenerife players
- CD Leganés players
- UCAM Murcia CF players
- Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players
- UD Ibiza players
- UE Cornellà players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy players
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Footballers from Álava