Felipe Guréndez Aldanondo (born 18 November 1975), sometimes known as just Felipe, is a Spanish retired professional

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. Mainly a

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, he could also play as a defensive-minded

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. He appeared in 146

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games over the course of 11 seasons (three goals), almost exclusively for Athletic Bilbao.

Club career

Born in

Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz (; ), also alternatively spelled as Vittoria in old English-language sources, is the seat of government and the capital city of the Basque Country and of the province of Álava in northern Spain. It holds the autonomous community' ...

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, Felipe was a product of Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system. He made his debut for the first team on 3 January 1996 in a 1–0 home win 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 L ...

where he came on as a 46th-minute substitute for Bolo, but was never more than a backup during his nine full

seasons, his best outputs coming from 1998 to 2001; incidentally, as the Basques finished second in 1997–98, he was on loan to Navarrese neighbours

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 S ...

of the

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. In the summer of 2006, after only 13 matches in his final four years combined, Felipe was released by the ''Lions'' and left for

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 ...

also in the second level, contributing relatively in the 2007–08 campaign as the

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club returned to the top flight after three years of absence. In June 2010, having just totalled 24 league appearances in his last two seasons, the 34-year-old was released and retired shortly after.

Honours

Club

Numancia * Segunda División: 2007–08

International

Spain U21 *

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gurendez, Felipe 1975 births Living people Footballers from Vitoria-Gasteiz Spanish footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Association football utility players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Bilbao Athletic footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers CA Osasuna players CD Numancia players Spain under-21 international footballers Spain under-23 international footballers