Iñigo Orozco Andonegui (born 24 February 1993), sometimes referred to as Iñigo Orozko, is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Orozco was born in

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Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French depa ...

, Basque Country. After finishing his formation with

SD Leioa Sociedad Deportiva Leioa is a Spanish football team based in Leioa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1925 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at '' Estadio Sarriena'', which has a capacity ...

, he made his senior debut with

SD Deusto Sociedad Deportiva Deusto is a Spanish football team based in Deusto (Greater Bilbao), in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1913, it plays in the , holding home games at '' Campo de Fútbol de Etxezuri'', with a capacity of ...

in the regional leagues before joining

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 ...

side

Bermeo FT Bermeo Futbol Taldea is a Spanish football team based in Bermeo, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1950 it plays in Tercera División – Group 4, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal Itxas Gane'', which ha ...

in 2013. In 2014, Orozco moved to fellow fourth division side

Santutxu FC Santutxu Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1918, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Estadio Maiona'', which has a capacity ...

, being the club's top goalscorer in the 2016–17 season as they narrowly avoided relegation. On 6 June 2017, he signed for

Sestao River Club Sestao River Club is a Spanish football team based in Sestao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1996 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Estadio Las Llanas'', with a capacity of 8,905 ...

in the same category, and scored a career-best 15 goals during the campaign as his side missed out promotion in the play-offs. On 20 July 2018, Orozco was presented at

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side

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 ...

. In the 2020–21 season, he scored twice as his side achieved a first-ever promotion to

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; one of his goals was the winner in a 2–1 away success over

Linares Deportivo Linares Deportivo () is a Spanish football team based in Linares, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009 as a replacement for dissolved CD Linares, it plays in Primera Federación – Group 1. The team's stadium is '' Estadio ...

, which qualified the club to the final stage of the play-offs. Orozco made his professional debut on 14 August 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for Iker Unzueta 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 ...

Personal life

While playing amateur football, Orozco also worked as a

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and

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in an institute in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orozco, Inigo 1993 births Living people Footballers from San Sebastián Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players SD Deusto players Sestao River Club footballers SD Amorebieta footballers Bermeo FT footballers Santutxu FC players