Ander Alaña

Ander Alaña
Personal information
Full name Ander Alaña Puerta
Date of birth (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Basconia 33 (3)
2000–2003 Bilbao Athletic 95 (3)
2003–2009 Eibar 129 (7)
2009–2010 Poli Ejido 15 (2)
2010–2011 Alavés 42 (0)
2011–2013 Amorebieta 49 (6)
2013–2015 Leioa 50 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2015.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alaña and the second or maternal family name is Puerta.

Ander Alaña Puerta (born 20 November 1981) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Alaña graduated from Athletic Bilbao's youth system at Lezama, and made his senior debuts with the farm team in 1999–2000, in Tercera División. He was promoted to the reserves in July 2000,[1] going on to compete in three Segunda División B seasons with the side before being released in June 2003.[2]

In the 2003 summer, Alaña joined neighbouring club SD Eibar. He appeared in his first game as a professional on 14 September 2003, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Córdoba CF for the Segunda División championship.[3]

Alaña scored his first professional goal on 7 February 2004, netting his team's in a 1–1 home draw against Recreativo de Huelva.[4] He played 26 matches during the campaign, helping to a tenth-place finish in the second level.

After appearing in an average of roughly 22 games per year (he also missed most of 2005–06 due to injury), Alaña was released by the Armeros on 24 June 2009.[5] He subsequently resumed his career mostly in division three, representing Polideportivo Ejido,[6] Deportivo Alavés,[7] SD Amorebieta[8] and SD Leioa;[9] he also helped the last club win promotion to that tier in 2014.

References

  1. ↑ "Se presentaron Bilbao Athletic y Baskonia" [Bilbao Athletic and Basconia are presented] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 27 July 2000. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Staff restructuring". Athletic Bilbao. 26 June 2003. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Falla la puntería en Eibar" [Shooting blanks in Eibar] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sólo la estrategia mueve el marcador en Ipurua" [Only strategy makes scoreline move at Ipurua] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ander Alaña abandona con tristeza el Eibar tras seis intensos años en el club" [Ander Alaña leaves Eibar with sadness after six intense years at the club] (in Spanish). El Correo. 24 June 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ander Alaña afronta "con ilusión" una nueva etapa en el Polideportivo Ejido" [Ander Alaña faces new stage at Polideportivo Ejido "with hunger"] (in Spanish). El Correo. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ander Alaña se acerca al Alavés" [Ander Alaña nears Alavés] (in Spanish). El Correo. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ander Alaña, experiencia para la zaga del Amorebieta" [Ander Alaña, experience for Amorebieta's back sector] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ander Alaña, nuevo fichaje de la S.D. Leioa" [Ander Alaña, new S.D. Leioa addition] (in Spanish). SD Leioa. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

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