Iñaki Olaortua Descarga (born 3 August 1993) is a Spanish
footballer
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who plays as a
centre back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either ...
for
Ibiza.
Club career
Born in
Elgeta
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, ...
,
Gipuzkoa
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,
Basque Country, Olaortua graduated with
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 ...
's youth setup, and made his debuts with
the reserves in
Tercera División
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. He subsequently served loan deals at fellow fourth division sides CD Anaitasuna and
Zamudio SD before being released in 2014.
On 15 June 2014 Olaortua joined
Club Portugalete
Club Portugalete is a Spanish football team based in Portugalete, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio La Florida'', with a capacity of ...
, also in the fourth tier. After
achieving promotion to
Segunda División B he moved to
Real Zaragoza
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, being assigned to
the B-team
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in the fourth level.
On 15 October 2015 Olaortua made his professional debut, starting and scoring an
own goal
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in a 1–2
Copa del Rey
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home loss against
UE Llagostera
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. In July of the following year, he moved to third level 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 17 July 2017, Olaortua joined
Barakaldo CF
Barakaldo Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Barakaldo, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1917 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Lasesarre'', with a capacity ...
still in the third division. The following 16 June, he signed for fellow league team
Racing de Santander
Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...
, and achieved promotion to the second level in
his first season.
On 1 October 2020, Olaortua was presented at third division side
CD Atlético Baleares along with his wife Maialen Esnaola, who joined to club to play for their women's team.
References
External links
Portugalete profile
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1993 births
Living people
People from Mondragón
Footballers from Gipuzkoa
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Tercera División players
SD Eibar footballers
Zamudio SD players
Club Portugalete players
Deportivo Aragón players
Real Zaragoza players
SD Amorebieta footballers
Barakaldo CF footballers
Racing de Santander players
CD Atlético Baleares footballers