Aitor López Rekarte
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Aitor López Rekarte
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| Full name | Aitor López Rekarte | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Mondragón, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1994 | Real Sociedad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1997 | Real Sociedad B | 102 | (2) |
| 1997–2007 | Real Sociedad | 316 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Almería | 10 | (0) |
| 2009 | Eibar | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 439 | (6) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | Spain U16 | 7 | (0) |
| 1993 | Spain U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 1994 | Spain U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Spain U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 1997 | Spain U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2004 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Rekarte.
Aitor López Rekarte (born 18 August 1975 in Mondragón, Basque Country) is a Spanish retired footballer.
He played as a defender on the right side, and sporadically on the other flank; his professional career was closely connected to Real Sociedad, where he played 13 of 15 total seasons.
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Club career
López Rekarte played a decade for the Basque side of Real Sociedad, with nearly 400 overall appearances with the first team. After being promoted to the first team for 1997–98, he immediately became the undisputed starter, with his worse ouptut consisting of 26 appearances, during his second professional season.
In that first campaign, as Real finished third, Rekarte spent most of the season at left back, as habitual starter Agustín Aranzábal suffered a long injury lay-off. Eventually, he also became team captain, only missing one La Liga match in 2002–03, for a final runner-up place.
On July 2007, López Rekarte switched to newly promoted UD Almería, but appeared scarcely throughout the season as the Andalusia team overachieved, being subsequently released.
On 18 March 2009, he joined second division side SD Eibar, in a deal until the end of the season.[1] After the club's relegation, he chose to retire from football, at nearly 34.
International career
López Rekarte had one appearance for Spain, in a September 2004 friendly against Scotland in Valencia (1–1).
Previously, he helped the nation's U21s win the 1998 European Championship.
Honours
- Spain U21
Personal
López Rekarte is the younger brother of another professional footballer, Luis María, who also played for Real Sociedad, also being a right-back, and an international.
References
- ^ El Eibar ficha a López Rekarte (Eibar signs López Rekarte); Diario Marca, 18 March 2009 (Spanish)
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- Aitor López Rekarte at National-Football-Teams.com
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