Ander Guevara

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Ander Guevara
Personal information
Full name Ander Guevara Lajo
Date of birth (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Vitoria, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Real Sociedad
Number 16
Youth career
Alavés
2012–2015 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Real Sociedad C 48 (3)
2016–2019 Real Sociedad B 71 (1)
2017– Real Sociedad 46 (1)
National team
2020– Basque Country 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:24, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Ander Guevara Lajo (born 7 July 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Sociedad as a midfielder.

Club career[]

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Guevara joined Real Sociedad's youth setup in 2012, from Deportivo Alavés.[1] He was promoted to the farm team ahead of the 2015–16 season, and made his debut during the campaign in Tercera División.

Guevara made his debut with the reserves on 1 October 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2 Segunda División B home loss against CF Fuenlabrada. The following 17 June, he renewed his contract until 2020 and was definitely promoted to the B-side.[2]

Guevara made his first team debut on 26 October 2017, replacing fellow youth graduate Rubén Pardo in a 1–0 away win against Lleida Esportiu, for the season's Copa del Rey.[3] He made his La Liga debut on 15 March 2019, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Levante UD.

On 7 June 2019, Guevara renewed his contract until 2024,[4] being definitely promoted to the main squad two days later.[5]

International career[]

Guevara has played for the unofficial Basque Country team, making his debut against Costa Rica in November 2020.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 1 July 2021[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Sociedad B 2016–17 Segunda División B 13 0 13 0
2017–18 32 0 2[a] 0 34 0
2018–19 26 1 26 1
Total 71 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 73 1
Real Sociedad 2017–18 La Liga 0 0 1 0 1 0
2018–19 1 0 0 0 1 0
2019–20 14 0 7[b] 0 21 0
2020–21 31 1 1 0 5[c] 0 1[d] 0 38 1
Total 46 1 9 0 5 0 1 0 61 1
Career total 117 2 9 0 5 0 3 0 134 2
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
  2. ^ Includes appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey Final (played in 2021)
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

Honours[]

Club[]

Real Sociedad

References[]

  1. ^ "La Real se lleva al cadete del Alavés Ander Guevara" [Real take Alavés' cadete Ander Guevara] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Hasta 2020" [Until 2020] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Una maravilla de Canales salva a la Real contra el Lleida" [A wonder from Canales saves Real against Lleida] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Contract renewal". Real Sociedad. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Promote to the first team". Real Sociedad. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  6. ^ Euskadi gana a Costa Rica en el descuento [Basques beat Costa Rica in stoppage time], Marca (in Spanish), 16 November 2020
  7. ^ Ander Guevara at BDFutbol
  8. ^ "Athletic Club 0-1 Real Sociedad: result, summary, goal". AS.com. 2021-04-04. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  9. ^ Lowe, Sid (2021-04-03). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-04-03.

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