Antiguoko Kirol Elkartea (Sport Club of Antiguo in

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) is an amateur youth

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club based in Antiguo, a part of

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, in the Basque Country,

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. It acts as

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, having previously had the same agreement with

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Club overview

Antiguoko was founded in 1982, at which time the team did not even possess its own ground. A number of famous players who appeared for

as well as other teams – and the Spanish national side – have graduated from the club, including

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Mikel Arteta Mikel Arteta Amatriain (born 26 March 1982) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of club Arsenal. Arteta began his senior career at Barcelona in 1999 but limited playing time led to a loan to Paris ...

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and

Yuri Berchiche Yuri Berchiche Izeta (born 10 February 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao. He began his senior career at Tottenham Hotspur without making a first-team appearance, being loaned ...

. Sell-on fees from multi-million transfers involving Alonso and Arteta have provided funds for Antiguoko to improve their facilities.

Aritz Aduriz Aritz Aduriz Zubeldia (; ; born 11 February 1981) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career with Athletic Bilbao, scoring 172 goals across all competitions for the team over three spells ...

Andoni Iraola Andoni Iraola Sagarna (, ; born 22 June 1982) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of Rayo Vallecano. Combative and with good passing skills, he spent the vast majority of his professional c ...

and

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were also youth products of Antiguoko, and went on to later appear professionally with Real Sociedad's

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neighbours

, a club which had a formal agreement with Antiguoko for several seasons and continues to acquire its players on a regular basis. The ''Juvenil A'' squad play in the Group II of the

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. The opponents in the league group include the academy teams of

and

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, other clubs whose adult departments compete at various levels from

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down to

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, and another strong youth-only organisation, Danok Bat. The ''Juvenil B'' team plays in the

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which is the lower division of the same structure, and the ''Juvenil C'' team participates in the ''Liga Vasca'' one tier further down - as with adult leagues, the different teams cannot coincide at the same level. Antiguoko finished top of the league in 2006-07 which gave them a rare chance to compete nationally in the Copa de Campeones Juvenil and the

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Season to season (Juvenil A)

'' División de Honor Juvenil''

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References

External links

Official website
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Club overview

Season to season (Juvenil A)

'' División de Honor Juvenil''

See also

References

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