Itziar Gastearena Artola (born 4 May 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Granada.

Gaste
Gaste with Real Sociedad, 2017
Personal information
Full name Itziar Gastearena Artola
Date of birth (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Amasa-Villabona, Spain[2]
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Alavés
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Tolosa
2011–2018 Real Sociedad 181 (3)
2018–2019 Eibar
2019–2022 Alavés 52 (0)
2022– Granada 40 (0)
International career
2017– Basque Country 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:46, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:45, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Club career

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Gaste started her career at Tolosa.[3] She was with Real Sociedad for seven seasons, making nearly 200 appearances for the Txuri-urdin and recovering from a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury to her right knee sustained in 2016.[4]

In 2018 she signed for Eibar, moving between the Gipuzkoan clubs along with three Real teammates.[5] A year later – along with goalkeeper Cris Cornejo, another of the group who had switched to Eibar – Gaste moved on to Alavés, of the same level,[6] and was a regular member of the team as they won the Segunda División Pro title and gained promotion to the Primera in the 2020–21 season.[7] In 2022 she joined Granada, and a year later was again part of a promotion-winning squad, this time via the playoffs (overcoming Osasuna then Deportivo de La Coruña).[8]

She has been selected for the unofficial Basque Country women's national football team which plays only occasionally.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Gaste at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Gaste". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Gaste". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Itziar Gastearena: "Que lo disfrute, pero que no se lleve los tres puntos"" [Itziar Gastearena: "Enjoy it, but don't take the three points"] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Cristina Cornejo, Itziar Gastearena, Leyre Fernández y Titay Calvo, nuevos fichajes del primer equipo femenino" [Cristina Cornejo, Itziar Gastearena, Leyre Fernández and Titay Calvo, new signings of the women's first team] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Itziar Gastearena ficha por el Alavés Gloriosas" [Itziar Gastearena signs for Alavés Gloriosas] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Las Gloriosas suben a Primera División" [The Gloriosas go up to the First Division] (in Spanish). Gasteiz Hoy. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  8. ^ Maite Caridad (6 June 2023). "El Granada femenino vuelve a LaLiga F" [Granada women's team returns to LaLiga F]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  9. ^ "La Euskal Selekzioa logra una contundente victoria ante Chile (3-0)" [The Basque Selection achieves a resounding victory against Chile (3-0)]. EITB (in Spanish). 21 December 2022.
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