Iraia Iturregi

Iraia Iturregi Sustatxa (born 24 April 1985) is a Spanish football midfielder who played 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
Personal information
Full name Iraia Iturregi Sustatxa
Date of birth (1985-04-24) 24 April 1985
Place of birth Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Defender, midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao B (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)
National team
Spain U19
2004–2007 Spain 14 (0)
2006–2016 Basque Country 6 (1)
Teams managed
2019– Athletic Bilbao B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Iturregi and the second or maternal family name is Sustatxa.

Career

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 professional football.[3]

International career

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

Club
Athletic Bilbao

International
Spain

References
  1. Athletic Bilbao
  2. Archived 2012-09-14 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. Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine RFEF
  5. UEFA
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