Adrien Goñi Cariñanos (born 25 August 1988) is a Spanish former

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who played as an

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Club career

Goñi was born in

Pamplona Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above ...

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

. Another product of

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

's prolific youth ranks, he made his debut for the first team in the dying stages of the 2008–09 campaign, starting in a 1–1

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away draw against

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on 3 May. In late January 2011, after almost two full seasons being solely used by the reserves in the

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, scoring a total of nine goals, Goñi terminated his contract with the club and signed a three-year deal with

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, with the

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having an option to rebuy in the first two.Adrien Goñi deja el Athletic para fichar por el Girona (Adrien Goñi leaves Athletic to sign with Girona)

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, 27 January 2011 (in Spanish) He played his only match in the competition on 21 May, coming in as a late substitute in the 0–2 home loss to

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. In the summer of 2011, after only one official game with the

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(nine minutes played), Goñi joined

CF Sporting Mahonés Club de Fútbol Sporting Mahonés was a Spanish football team based in Mahón, Menorca, in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands prior to its 2012 dissolution. The club has a successor called ''Sporting Mahón'' in the local Menorcan lea ...

of division three. In the following

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, as the

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club folded, he moved to another team in that tier,

Orihuela CF Orihuela Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1993 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal Los Arcos'', with a capacity of 7,000 sea ...

. Goñi continued to change clubs regularly in the next years, spending the 2012–13 campaign with

SD Amorebieta Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' Campo Municipal de Urritxe'', which s ...

, two years at

UD Logroñés Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Estadio Las Gaunas ...

and another with

La Roda CF La Roda Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in La Roda, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1999 it plays in Segunda División B – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal de Deportes'', which h ...

, always in the third division. In summer 2016, he returned to Amorebieta.

Personal life

Goñi's younger brother, Julen, was also a footballer, who trained as a youth at Athletic and played as a

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. The brothers were teammates during their time with Bilbao Athletic, along with their cousin

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 spe ...

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goni, Adrien 1988 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Pamplona Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players CD Basconia footballers Athletic Bilbao B footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Girona FC players CF Sporting Mahonés players Orihuela CF players SD Amorebieta footballers UD Logroñés players La Roda CF players CD Calahorra players Racing Rioja CF players