Ander Lafuente Aguado (born 18 February 1983) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Lafuente was born in

Santurtzi Santurtzi ( es, Santurce; eu, Santurtzi ) is a port town in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Spain. It is located in the Bilbao Abra bay, near the mouth of the Nervión river, on its left bank, 14 km dow ...

Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...

. After unsuccessfully emerging through the youth ranks 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 ...

– he only played for affiliates

CD Basconia Club Deportivo Basconia is a Spanish football club based in Basauri, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 14 March 1913, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio de ...

and Bilbao Athletic – he signed with

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side FC Cartagena in 2005. Loaned to fellow league team Granada CF for 2008–09 and experiencing a solid season albeit with no promotion, Lafuente returned to Cartagena the following summer, with the club now in the second tier. He made his professional debut with the latter on 29 August 2009, playing 59 minutes in a 1–0 away win against

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. Girona holds its home matches at ...

, and scored his first goal in the competition on 19 September to help to a 2–1 home defeat of CD Castellón. Additionally, in the return match against the former opposition, he netted twice in a 4–1 victory also at the

Estadio Cartagonova Estadio Cartagonova is a multi-purpose stadium in Cartagena, Spain, Cartagena, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and hosts the home matches of Segunda División club, FC Cartagena. The capacity of the st ...

. In the summer of 2013, after one season in division two with SD Ponferradina, Lafuente returned to the lower leagues with

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 ...

. After two years with

Sestao River Club Sestao River Club is a Spanish football team based in Sestao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1996 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Estadio Las Llanas'', with a capacity of 8,905 ...

, the 33-year-old moved to amateur football.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lafuente, Ander 1983 births Living people People from Santurtzi Sportspeople from Biscay Spanish footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players CD Basconia footballers Bilbao Athletic footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers FC Cartagena footballers Granada CF footballers SD Ponferradina players Racing de Santander players Sestao River footballers