Iker Begoña

Iker Begoña
Personal information
Full name	Iker Begoña Zubiaur
Date of birth	15 November 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Bilbao, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Basconia
1997–1998	Bilbao Athletic
1998–1999	Gernika
1999–2000	Bermeo
2000–2001	Amurrio
2001	Alicante
2001–2006	Recreativo
2006–2007	Lorca Deportiva
2007–2009	Albacete
2009–2011	Levadiakos
2012	Thrasyvoulos
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iker Begoña Zubiaur (born 15 November 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender or a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Basque Country, Begoña reached the Segunda División in late 2001 at already 25, signing with Recreativo de Huelva from lowly Alicante CF. He appeared in 21 games and scored one goal in his first season to help his team return to La Liga after an absence of 23 years, then remained a further four campaigns with the Andalusians, three of them in the second division; he made his debut in his country's top flight on 1 September 2002, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–3 home loss against Málaga CF.^[1]

Subsequently, Begoña continued competing in the second tier, with Lorca Deportiva CF^[2] and Albacete Balompié. In November 2009, the 33-year-old moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing with Levadiakos F.C. in the Super League Greece.^[3] He split the 2011–12 campaign in the same country with that club and Thrasyvoulos F.C. of division two, retiring at its closure.

Personal life

Begoña's older brother, Ibon, was also a footballer and a defender.^[4]

References

^ "El Málaga redescubre a un Musampa goleador" [Málaga rediscover scoring Musampa]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 2 September 2002. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ "El Lorca llega a Gijón con sus flamantes fichajes argentinos" [Lorca arrive to Gijón with their brand new Argentinian signings]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 3 February 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
^ "Iker Begoña ficha por el Levadiakos griego" [Iker Begoña signs for Greece's Levadiakos]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 November 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ Cárdeno, José A. (10 April 2003). "Los Begoña se retan en Primera" [The Begoñas take on each other in Primera]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

[1] "El Málaga redescubre a un Musampa goleador" [Málaga rediscover scoring Musampa]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 2 September 2002. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[2] "El Lorca llega a Gijón con sus flamantes fichajes argentinos" [Lorca arrive to Gijón with their brand new Argentinian signings]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 3 February 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[3] "Iker Begoña ficha por el Levadiakos griego" [Iker Begoña signs for Greece's Levadiakos]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 November 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[4] Cárdeno, José A. (10 April 2003). "Los Begoña se retan en Primera" [The Begoñas take on each other in Primera]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2013.

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