Iraia Iturregi Sustatxa (born 24 April 1985) is a Spanish football who played as a midfielder for Athletic Bilbao of Spain's Primera División for most of her career.[1] She currently acts as head coach of women's team Athletic Bilbao B.
 Iturregi in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iraia Iturregi Sustatxa | ||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Athletic Bilbao (head coach) | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Florida State Seminoles | 23 | (1) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | CD Sondika | 14 | (2) |
| 2000–2002 | SD Leioa | 54 | (40) |
| 2002–2017 | Athletic Bilbao | 357 | (58) |
| International career | |||
| Spain U19 | |||
| 2004–2007 | Spain | 14 | (0) |
| 2006–2016 | Basque Country | 6 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Athletic Bilbao B | ||
| 2021– | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editDespite playing all her entire career at Basque teams, Iturregi has also played in United States's NCAA for Florida State Seminoles.[2]
In May 2017, she announced her retirement from playing professional football.[3]
International career
editIturregi has been a member of the Spanish national team.[4] Previously she scored the winner in the final of the 2004 Under-19 European Championship, Spain's first triumph in women's football.[5] Iturregi was the team's captain and top scorer joint with Jade Boho. Two months later she played her first match with the senior national team, against Norway in the 2005 European Championship qualifying.
Honours
editAthletic Bilbao
Spain U19
References
edit- ^ [1] Athletic Bilbao
- ^ [2] Archived 14 September 2012 at archive.today Florida State Seminoles
- ^ "Tres leyendas del Athletic cuelgan las botas: Iraia Iturregi, Eli Ibarra e Irune Murua" (in Spanish). Marca. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ [3] Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine RFEF
- ^ [4] UEFA
External links
edit- Iraia Iturregi at Athletic Club
- Iraia Iturregi at La Liga (in Spanish)
- Iraia Iturregi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Iraia Iturregi at Soccerway
- Iraia Iturregi at FBref.com
- Iraia Iturregi on Twitter
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