Iñaki Bea

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Iñaki Bea
SC Wiener Neustadt vs. FC Wacker Innsbruck 20120225 (27).jpg
Bea in 2012
Personal information
Full name Iñaki Bea Jauregi
Date of birth (1978-06-27) 27 June 1978 (age 43)
Place of birth Amurrio, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
Dominican Republic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Amorebieta
2000–2003 Amurrio 87 (1)
2003 Ciudad Murcia 16 (1)
2003–2006 Lorca Deportiva 102 (1)
2006–2009 Valladolid 59 (3)
2009–2010 Murcia 26 (1)
2010–2012 Wacker Innsbruck 63 (1)
Total 353 (8)
Teams managed
2014 Levante (assistant)
2015–2021 Eibar (assistant)
2021 AFE
2022– Dominican Republic
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Iñaki Bea Jauregi (born 27 June 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently the head coach of the Dominican Republic senior team.

Club career[]

Bea was born in Amurrio, Álava. After starting out with modest clubs in his native Basque Country, and having a stint in the Segunda División B with Ciudad de Murcia, he had his first taste of professional football at Lorca Deportiva CF in the 2005–06 season, helping the side retain their Segunda División status.

Subsequently, Bea joined Real Valladolid, scoring three goals in 35 games as the Castile and León team returned to La Liga in 2007 after a three-year absence[1] but being less used in the following years – only seven matches in the 2007–08 campaign. He made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 28 October 2007, featuring 45 minutes in the 2–2 away draw against CA Osasuna.[2]

Bea left in July 2009, moving to the second tier with Real Murcia, being relegated in his only season and being subsequently released.[3] Aged 32, he had his first experience abroad, signing a 1+1 contract with Austrian club FC Wacker Innsbruck.[4] He made his Bundesliga debut on 18 July 2010, playing the entire 4–0 home win over SK Rapid Wien.[5] His first and only goal in the competition arrived on 22 September of that year, when he helped to a 4–2 away defeat of Kapfenberger SV.[6]

After retiring, Bea worked as assistant manager at Levante UD and SD Eibar under José Luis Mendilibar, his former coach at Valladolid.[7][8][1]

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