Iker_Begoña

Iker Begoña

Iker Begoña

Spanish footballer

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Begoña and the second or maternal family name is Zubiaur.

Iker Begoña Zubiaur (born 15 November 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender or a defensive midfielder.

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Club career

Born in Bilbao, Basque Country, Begoña reached the Segunda División in late 2001 at already 25, signing with Recreativo de Huelva from lowly Alicante CF. He appeared in 21 games and scored one goal in his first season to help his team return to La Liga after an absence of 23 years, then remained a further four campaigns with the Andalusians, three of them in the second division; he made his debut in his country's top flight on 1 September 2002, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–3 home loss against Málaga CF.[1]

Subsequently, Begoña continued competing in the second tier, with Lorca Deportiva CF[2] and Albacete Balompié. In November 2009, the 33-year-old moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing with Levadiakos F.C. in the Super League Greece.[3] He split the 2011–12 campaign in the same country with that club and Thrasyvoulos F.C. of division two, retiring at its closure.

Personal life

Begoña's older brother, Ibon, was also a footballer and a defender.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "El Málaga redescubre a un Musampa goleador" [Málaga rediscover scoring Musampa]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 2 September 2002. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. [2]
    "El Lorca llega a Gijón con sus flamantes fichajes argentinos" [Lorca arrive to Gijón with their brand new Argentinian signings]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 3 February 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Iker Begoña ficha por el Levadiakos griego" [Iker Begoña signs for Greece's Levadiakos]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 November 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  4. [4]
    Cárdeno, José A. (10 April 2003). "Los Begoña se retan en Primera" [The Begoñas take on each other in Primera]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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