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Iker
Iker is a Basque male given name. The corresponding female name is Ikerne. It was created by the Spanish Basque writer Sabino Arana in his book ' (''Collection of Basque Saints' Names'')—an effort to provide neologistic Basque versions of names instead of the traditional adaptations of Romance languages, Romance names. The name may refer to: People First name * Iker Begoña (born 1976), Spanish footballer *Iker Camaño (born 1979), Spanish cyclist *Iker Casillas (born 1981), Spanish footballer * Iker Flores (born 1976), Spanish cyclist *Iker Gabaraín (born 1977), Spanish footballer *Iker Guarrotxena (born 1992), Spanish footballer *Iker Hernández (born 1994), Spanish footballer *Iker Iturbe (born 1976), Spanish basketball player *Iker Jiménez (born 1973), Spanish journalist *Iker Lecuona (born 2000), Spanish motorcycle racer *Iker Leonet (born 1983), Spanish cyclist *Iker Losada (born 2001), Spanish footballer *Iker Martínez de Lizarduy (born 1977), Spanish sailor *Iker Mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas Fernández (; born 20 May 1981) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and currently works as a football commentator. Popularly dubbed "''San Iker''" ("Saint Iker") for his ability to produce spectacular saves, Casillas is widely considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He is known for his athleticism, quick reactions and outstanding shot-stopping ability. Having spent the majority of his career at Real Madrid, Casillas is one of the few players to achieve over 1000 professional career matches, and holds the record for the most clean sheets in the UEFA Champions League, as well as for the Spain national team. Currently, he works for RTVE, Movistar Plus+ and Azteca Deportes. At club level, Casillas started his career with the Real Madrid youth team, eventually gaining promotion to the main team in 1999, where he became the youngest goalkeeper to play in the final of the Champions League, and to win the title, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Muniain
Iker Muniain Goñi (, ; born 19 December 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao, where he is captain, mainly as a left winger. Due to his style of play and stature, he was dubbed "the Spanish Messi" by the media. He has spent all of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao after debuting in 2009 as their youngest player in a competitive match. He helped the team reach the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2012 as well as four Copa del Rey finals in nine years, though finished on the losing side each time; in 2022 he became the sixth player to make 500 appearances for the club. Muniain made 59 appearances for Spain at youth level, winning the European Under-21 Championship in 2011 and 2013. He also featured at the 2012 Olympics, in the same year as his senior Spain debut. He was selected again in 2019, gaining a second international cap seven years after the first. Club career Precocious debut Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Muniain was a product of Basqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Jiménez
Iker Jiménez Elizari (born 10 January 1973) is a Spanish journalist and television host. He is a graduate in Media studies, sciences of information from the Complutense University of Madrid and the European University of Madrid, and gained prominence directing and presenting, along with his wife and collaborator Carmen Porter, mystery investigation program ''Milenio 3'' in Cadena SER, after which they moved to television with the program ''Cuarto Milenio'' in Cuatro (TV channel), Cuatro. In 2020 he created the YouTube podcast ''La Estirpe de los Libres'', and the same year started presenting the divulgation program ''Horizonte (Spanish TV program), Horizonte'', initially in Telecinco and later in Cuatro. For his work in ''Milenio 3'' and ''Cuarto Milenio'' eminently, Jiménez has been called by several newspapers one of the premier communicators in Spanish media, as well as one of the most parodied and criticized. While he has been accused on occasions of promoting trash TV, he ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Undabarrena
Iker Undabarrena Martínez (born 18 May 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Leganés as a defensive midfielder. Club career Athletic Bilbao Born in Gorliz, Biscay, Undabarrena joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 2005, aged 10. He made his senior debuts with farm team CD Basconia of the Tercera División, in the 2012–13 season. On 28 November 2012, at only 17, Undabarrena made his official debut with the main squad, coming on as a substitute for Igor Martínez in the 77th minute of a 2–0 away win against Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. in the campaign's UEFA Europa League. Having moved up to play for the reserves in summer 2013, Undabarrena played a prominent role in the team's promotion to the second tier the following season, starting 28 regular league matches and all six of the successful play-offs run. Almost three years after his European bow, Undabarrena made his domestic professional debut on 24 August 2015, starting in a 0–1 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Hernández
Iker Hernández Ezkerro (Born 8 April 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Santiago Wanderers in the Primera B de Chile as a striker. Besides Spain, he has played in the Netherlands and Bolivia. Club career Born in Urnieta, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Hernández graduated from Real Sociedad's youth system. On 30 June 2011 he signed his first professional deal, running until 2016. Hernández made his debut as a senior on 26 November 2011, appearing with the reserves in a 0–3 home loss against SD Ponferradina in the Segunda División B championship. On 10 June of the following year he was definitely promoted to the B-team, and went on to appear regularly for the side in the following campaigns. On 17 December Hernández made his first team debut, replacing Alfreð Finnbogason in a 2–0 home win against Real Oviedo, for the campaign's Copa del Rey. He made his La Liga debut four days later, again from the bench in a 1–1 away draw against Levante UD. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Guarrotxena
Iker Guarrotxena Vallejo (born 6 December 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Indian Super League club Goa. Club career Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Guarrotxena joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2002, aged nine. He made his senior debuts with the farm team in the 2011–12 season, in Tercera División. In the 2012 summer, he was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B. On 1 August 2014, Guarrotxena moved to Segunda División's CD Tenerife in a season-long loan deal. He played his first match as a professional on the 24th, starting in a 0–1 away loss against SD Ponferradina. Guarrotxena returned to the B-side for the 2015–16 season, with the club also in the second tier. On 7 June 2016, after suffering relegation, he was released by the Lions. On 12 July 2016, Guarrotxena signed a two-year deal with CD Mirandés, also in the second tier. Roughly one year later, after suffering relegation, he moved to fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Losada
Iker Losada Aragunde (born 1 August 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Celta de Vigo B. Club career Losada was born in Catoira, Pontevedra, Galicia. A RC Celta de Vigo youth graduate, he made his senior debut with the reserves on 2 December 2018, coming on as a late substitute for Dani Vega in a 0–0 Segunda División B away draw against AD Unión Adarve. Losada spent the 2019 pre-season with the first team, scoring a goal in a friendly match against 1. FC Union Berlin and becoming the first player of the 21st century to do so for the club. He made his professional – and La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ... – debut on 17 August; replacing fellow debutant Gabriel Fernández, he scored his team's only goal in a 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Lecuona
Iker Lecuona Gascón (born 6 January 2000) is a Spanish motorcycle racer, who currently competes in the 2022 Superbike World Championship for Honda Racing Corporation, on a CBR1000RR-R. He spent two seasons in MotoGP, from to with KTM Tech3. Career Moto2 World Championship CarXpert Interwetten/Technomag Racing Interwetten (2016) In 2016 Lecuona made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship replacing the injured Dominique Aegerter in the CarXpert Interwetten team for two races; later in the season he rejoined the team as the permanent replacement for the same rider. Garage Plus Interwetten (2017) He suffered serious back and collarbone injuries in a crash during pre-season testing at Jerez and missed the first two races of the 2017 season. That season Lecuona managed his first point-scoring race at world championship level in the second to last race in Malaysia. He finished 35th in the standings in this rookie Moto2 season. Swiss Innovative Investors (2018) In the last rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Romero
Iker Romero Fernández (born 15 June 1980 in Vitoria, Álava, Basque Country, Spain) is a retired Spanish handball player, currently working as the head coach of SG BBM Bietigheim. He won the World Men's Handball Championship in 2005 with the Spain men's national handball team in Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , .... External links *Escuela de Balonmano Iker Romero 1980 births Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Leonet
Iker Leonet Iza (born December 10, 1983) is a retired Spanish cyclist who last rode for . When he joined in 2005 he was the youngest rider in the team. Major results Source: ;2004 :1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Cantabria The Vuelta a Cantabria is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the region of Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad ... References External links * 1983 births Living people Spanish male cyclists People from Oiartzun Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community) {{Spain-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Zubizarreta
Iker Zubizarreta (born 18 May 1962) is a Venezuelan footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He is the grandson of Félix Zubizarreta, a footballer who played for Athletic Bilbao in Spain prior to emigrating to South America following the Spanish Civil War. Due to Iker's Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ... name and heritage, Athletic were reported to have considered making an approach to sign him, although the club's policy of using local players does not normally include players of the Basque diaspora raised abroad, and no move materialised. References 1962 births Living people Venezuelan footballers Venezuela international footballers Olympic footballers of Venezuela Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iker Camaño
Iker Camaño Ortuzar (born March 14, 1979 in Santurce-Santurtzi, Spain) is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI Professional Continental . He was part of from 2010 to 2012. Camaño turned professional in 2002 with and moved to in 2004, but did not record any professional victories until 2011. Camaño followed Basque star Iban Mayo from Euskaltel to Saunier Duval, who subsequently became Fuji-Servetto. Major results ;2008 : 3rd Overall Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional ::1st Stage 4 ;2011 : 1st Overall Cinturón Ciclista a Mallorca ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway ;2012 : 2nd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras – Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Cont ... ::1st Prologue References External links *Iker Camaño's profile on Cyclin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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