Spanish footballer
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Altonaga and the second or maternal family name is
Etxebarria.
Arene|
Full name |
Arene Altonaga Etxebarria |
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Date of birth |
(1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 31) |
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Place of birth |
Sondika, Spain |
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Height |
1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) |
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Position(s) |
Midfielder |
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|
Current team |
Eibar |
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Number |
7 |
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|
|
Lauro Ikastola |
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2007–2008 |
Pauldarrak |
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Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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2008–2014 |
Athletic B |
89 |
(9) |
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2009–2015 |
Athletic Bilbao |
13 |
(0) |
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2015–2017 |
Oiartzun |
46 |
(5) |
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2017–2018 |
Zaragoza |
25 |
(0) |
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2018– |
Eibar |
102+ |
(0+) |
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2010 |
Spain U17 |
2 |
(0) |
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2011 |
Spain U19 |
2 |
(0) |
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2022– |
Basque Country |
1 |
(0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:13, 16 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:08, 16 December 2023 (UTC)~ |
Arene Altonaga Etxebarria (born 25 February 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Eibar as a midfielder.[1][2]
She began her senior career at Athletic Bilbao and made her Primera División debut in 2009, a week after her 16th birthday; however her progress was stalled by injury and appearances at that level were infrequent – she played mainly for the B team before leaving the club in 2015. She then spent two seasons with Oiartzun[3][4] and one with Zaragoza[5] (suffering relegation from the top tier with both clubs in successive years)[6] prior to joining Eibar in 2018.[7]
Arene played a minor role in the Eibar squad which gained promotion to the Primera in the 2019–20 season, having suffered a serious injury (rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament of her right knee) at the end of the previous campaign in a Copa Euskal Herria match against her former club Athletic.[8] She had experienced a similar injury as a teenager.[4] At the end of that season she and the club reached an agreement to extend her contract until 2022.[9] Following the departure of Sheila Elorza in 2023, Arene was named as Eibar captain for the club's upcoming campaign back in the top division.[10]
Arene has been selected for the unofficial Basque Country women's national football team which plays only occasionally, making her first appearance in December 2022 against Chile.[11]
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