Aitor Buñuel Redrado (born 10 February 1998) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

Club career

Buñuel was born in

Tafalla Tafalla is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. The Postal code is 31300. Tafalla is an industrial and agricultural town. It produces beef, mutton, pork and chicken. History Pr ...

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, ...

. A

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El Sa ...

youth graduate, he was promoted to the main squad on 5 May 2015 by manager Enrique Martín. On 16 May 2015, before even having appeared for the B-side, Buñuel made his professional debut, starting in a 1–1

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away draw against

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. He scored his first goal in the category on 19 December, netting the first in a 3–1 win at

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

. On 19 August 2016 Buñuel made his

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debut, replacing Juan Rafael Fuentes in a 1–1 draw at

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...

. On 19 January 2018, he extended his contract for two years and was immediately loaned to

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side

Valencia CF Mestalla Valencia Club de Fútbol Mestalla, shortened to Valencia Mestalla, is the reserve team of Valencia CF, a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake community. Founded in 1944, an ...

for six months. On 17 July 2018, Buñuel joined

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

on a two-year contract, and helped the club achieve promotion to the second division. On 15 September 2020, after suffering immediate relegation, he agreed to a two-year deal with

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

. On 23 August 2022,

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Buñuel signed a two-year contract with

, also in the second division.

Honours

Almería *

: 2021–22

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bunuel, Aitor 1998 births Living people People from Tafalla (comarca) Spanish footballers Footballers from Navarre Association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CA Osasuna B players CA Osasuna players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Racing de Santander players UD Almería players CD Tenerife players Spain youth international footballers Spain under-21 international footballers