Iker Unzueta Arregui (born 4 August 1998) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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 ...

on loan from

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club

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Club career

Born in

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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, Unzueta joined

SCD Durango Sociedad Cultural Deportiva Durango is a Spanish football team based in Durango, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1919 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at ''Estadio Tabira'', ...

in 2017, from hometown side Abadiño KE. Initially assigned to the reserves in the regional leagues, he also appeared in four matches for the first team during the campaign, achieving promotion from

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 ...

. Unzueta was definitely promoted to the first team in July 2019, after Durango's relegation back to the fourth tier. Roughly one year later, he signed for

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 ...

side

, featuring regularly as his side achieved a first-ever promotion to

at the end of the season. Unzueta made his professional debut on 14 August 2021, starting in a 0–2 away loss against

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. Girona holds its home matches at ...

. He scored his first professional goal on 3 November, netting his team's third in a 4–1 home routing of

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

. In August 2022, Unzueta signed for

Primera Federación The Primera Federación, formerly known as Primera División RFEF, is the third tier of the Spanish football league system beginning with the 2021–22 season. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It is below the top tw ...

club SD Logroñes. On 3 June 2023,

side

announced the signing of Unzueta on a two-year contract. In January 2024, he returned to Amorebieta on loan until the end of the season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Unzueta, Iker 1998 births Living people People from Abadiño Footballers from Biscay Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Primeira Liga players SD Amorebieta footballers SD Logroñés players F.C. Vizela players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal