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.

Iraia
Iturregi in 2017
Personal information
Full name Iraia Iturregi Sustatxa
Date of birth (1985-04-24) 24 April 1985 (age 39)
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

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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

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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

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Athletic Bilbao

Spain U19

References

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  1. ^ [1] Athletic Bilbao
  2. ^ [2] Archived 14 September 2012 at archive.today Florida State Seminoles
  3. ^ "Tres leyendas del Athletic cuelgan las botas: Iraia Iturregi, Eli Ibarra e Irune Murua" (in Spanish). Marca. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. ^ [3] Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine RFEF
  5. ^ [4] UEFA
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