Iraia Iturregi
| 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 | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Athletic Bilbao B (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) |
| National team | |||
| Spain U19 | |||
| 2004–2007 | Spain | 14 | (0) |
| 2006–2016 | Basque Country | 6 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2019– | Athletic Bilbao B | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Iraia Iturregi Sustatxa (born 24 April 1985) is a Spanish football midfielder who played 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.
Career[]
Despite 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[]
Iturregi 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[]
Club[]
- Athletic Bilbao
- Primera División (4): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2015–16
International[]
- Spain
References[]
- ^ [1] Athletic Bilbao
- ^ [2] Archived 2012-09-14 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 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine RFEF
- ^ [4] UEFA
External links[]
- Iraia Iturregi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Iraia Iturregi on Twitter
- Profile at Athletic Bilbao
- Profile at La Liga (in Spanish)
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Women's association football midfielders
- Spanish women's footballers
- Footballers from Bilbao
- Primera División (women) players
- Athletic Club Femenino players
- Florida State Seminoles women's soccer players
- Spain women's international footballers
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Athletic Bilbao non-playing staff
- Spanish women's football biography stubs