Iñaki Olaortua

Iñaki Olaortua Descarga (born 3 August 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Racing de Santander as a central defender.

Iñaki Olaortua
Personal information
Full name Iñaki Olaortua Descarga
Date of birth (1993-08-03) 3 August 1993
Place of birth Elgeta, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Racing Santander
Number 4
Youth career
Eibar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Eibar B 28 (0)
2012–2013 → Anaitasuna (loan) 30 (0)
2013–2014 → Zamudio (loan) 29 (2)
2014–2015 Portugalete 33 (1)
2015–2016 Zaragoza B 27 (3)
2015–2016 Zaragoza 1 (0)
2016–2017 Amorebieta 31 (2)
2017–2018 Barakaldo 32 (0)
2018– Racing Santander 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2019
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Olaortua and the second or maternal family name is Descarga.

Club career

Born in Elgeta, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Olaortua graduated with SD Eibar's youth setup, and made his debuts with the reserves in Tercera División. He subsequently served loan deals at fellow fourth division sides CD Anaitasuna[1] and Zamudio SD[2] before being released in 2014.

On 15 June 2014 Olaortua joined Club Portugalete, also in the fourth tier.[3] After achieving promotion to Segunda División B he moved to Real Zaragoza, being assigned to the B-team in the fourth level.[4]

On 15 October 2015 Olaortua made his professional debut, starting and scoring an own goal in a 1–2 Copa del Rey home loss against UE Llagostera.[5] In July of the following year, he moved to third level club SD Amorebieta.

On 17 July 2017, Olaortua joined Barakaldo CF still in the third division.[6] The following 16 June, he signed for fellow league team Racing de Santander,[7] and achieved promotion to the second level in his first season.

References
  1. "Olaortua jugará en el Anaitasuna en esta próxima campaña" [Olaortua will play at Anaitasuna in this following campaign] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. "El Zamudio obtiene la cesión del central Olaortua" [Zamudio gets the loan of stopper Olaortua] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. "El Portugalete ficha a Güemes y Olaortua, sub-23 del Zamudio" [Portugalete signs Güemes and Olaortua, Zamudio's under-23s] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. "El central Iñaki Olaortua, octavo fichaje del filial del Real Zaragoza" [Stopper Iñaki Olaortua, eighth signing of Real Zaragoza's reserves] (in Spanish). Vavel. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. "El Zaragoza se coge un rebote" [Zaragoza is caught in a rebound]. Marca. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. "Iñaki Olaortua ficha por el Barakaldo C.F." [Iñaki Olaortua signs for Barakaldo C.F.] (in Spanish). Barakaldo CF. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  7. "Iñaki Olaortua, primer refuerzo del Racing 2018/19" [Iñaki Olaortua, first addition of Racing 2018/19] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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