Gorka Brit Gallego (born 19 April 1978) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a striker. He amassed

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totals of 177 games and 59 goals over six seasons, in representation of

Eibar Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eusta ...

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, Numancia and Real Unión. In

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he appeared for Numancia and

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, for a total of 48 matches.

Club career

Brit was born in

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. Having grown through the ranks of

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and having played as a senior with modest clubs, mostly in the Basque Country, he made his debut in

with

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 ...

in the 2002–03 season. Subsequently, he served three loan stints in

and, after only 17 games with the

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se's main squad over two separate campaigns, was released in summer 2006. In 2007–08, Brit was an important member 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 ...

in their championship-winning season after having joined the

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side the previous year, contributing 26 matches and nine goals to this feat.Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief ''numantina'' encyclopedia)
Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish) Highlights included braces in 2–1 wins against

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(home) and

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(away). Brit returned to the Basque region in late July 2009, signing with Real Unión who had recently promoted to the second tier. He experienced one of his best seasons as a professional by scoring 14 league goals, but the team was immediately relegated.El Real Unión cree en la salvación ante un 'novato' Numancia (Real Unión believe in salvation against 'rookie' Numancia)
Marca, 22 May 2010 (in Spanish)

Honours

Numancia *

: 2007–08

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brit, Gorka 1978 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from San Sebastián Association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Sociedad B footballers SD Beasain footballers Atlético Levante UD players Águilas CF players CA Osasuna B players CA Osasuna players SD Eibar footballers UD Salamanca players CD Numancia players Real Unión footballers