Eduardo David "Edu" Espiau Hernández (born 19 December 1994) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for Burgos CF.

Club career

Espiau was born in Las Palmas,

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, and finished his formation with AD Barrio Atlántico. In 2013 he joined Acodetti CF in the regional leagues, and made his debut as a senior during the campaign. In 2016 Espiau joined

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

, initially assigned to the C-team also in the lower leagues. He helped the side achieve promotion to

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in his first season by scoring 23 goals, and added a further ten in his second before being promoted to the reserves in December 2017. On 16 August 2018, Espiau was promoted to the main squad in

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, but was demoted back to the B-side on 31 August. On 13 August of the following year, he was loaned to

Villarreal CF B Villarreal Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1999, it is the reserve team of Villarreal CF and plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Ciudad Deporti ...

for the season. Upon returning, Espiau was assigned back to the main squad, and made his professional debut on 12 September 2020 by starting in a 0–1 away loss against

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

. He scored his first professional goal fourteen days later, netting the equalizer in a 2–2 away draw against

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

. On 1 July 2021, Espiau moved to fellow second division side SD Ponferradina. On 3 June 2023, after ''Ponfe''s

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, he signed a two-year deal with fellow league team Burgos CF.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Espiau, Edu 1994 births Living people Footballers from Las Palmas Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players UD Las Palmas C players UD Las Palmas Atlético players UD Las Palmas players Villarreal CF B players SD Ponferradina players Burgos CF footballers