Asier Etxaburu Diz (born 7 April 1994) is a Spanish

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who plays for

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 ...

as a winger.

Club career

Born in

Ondarroa Ondarroa is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, northern Spain. Main sights *Church of St. Mary, ...

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 ...

, Basque Country, Etxaburu joined

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 youth setup in 2004. Released in 2007, he subsequently represented

CD Aurrerá Ondarroa Club Deportivo Aurrerá Ondarroa (Ondarroako Aurrera Kirol Elkartea in Basque) is a Spanish football team based in Ondarroa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1921, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Zaldupe''. De ...

and

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...

before returning to Athletic in 2010 along with his twin brother Jon, a striker. Part of the '' Juvenil A'' team which played in the 2012-13 NextGen Series and were runners-up in the 2013 Copa del Rey Juvenil, he made his debut as a senior with the

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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 ...

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, in 2013. After two seasons at Basconia, on 8 June 2015 Etxaburu was released by the Lions and subsequently joined Eibar's

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CD Vitoria Club Deportivo Vitoria is a List of football clubs in Spain, football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the autonomous community of Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded in 1945, its senior side is currently the farm team ...

, but spent the whole pre-season with the main squad. He made his first team debut on 16 December, starting in a 4–0

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home routing of

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ...

. On 10 July 2018, Etxaburu signed for

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF ...

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. On 20 July 2020, he moved to fellow league team

, and was a regular starter as the club achieved a first-ever

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Etxaburu, Asier 1994 births Living people Spanish twins Twin sportspeople People from Ondarroa Spanish footballers Sportspeople from Biscay Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Men's association football wingers Segunda División B players Tercera División players Athletic Bilbao footballers CD Basconia footballers CD Vitoria footballers SD Eibar footballers Real Unión footballers SD Amorebieta footballers