Jokin Ezkieta Mendiburu is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

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 system ...

Club career

Born in

Pamplona Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above ...

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

, Ezkieta represented

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 Sa ...

as a youth. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 24 August 2014, starting in a 2–0 away win against

CD Corellano Club Deportivo Corellano is a Spanish football club based in Corella, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1929, the club play in the , holding home matches at the ''Campo de Fútbol Municipal de Ombatillo''. Season to season -- ...

in the

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 ...

. In March 2015, as his contract was due to expire, Ezkieta agreed to a contract with

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded ...

. The deal was made official on 17 July, with the player signing a four-year deal and being assigned to the B-side in the

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 ...

. On 22 July 2016, Ezkieta was loaned to fellow third division side

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team based in Sabadell, a city in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holdi ...

, for one year. An undisputed starter, he contributed with 37 appearances (3,330 minutes of action) as his side narrowly avoided relegation. Ezkieta subsequently returned to ''Barça'' and its reserve team, at the time in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

. He made his professional debut on 25 September 2017, starting in a 2–1 home loss against

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Anxo Carro''. History The new board of directors was o ...

. His sole call-up to the first team in

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was for the 1–0 win at

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 ...

the following 23 August, taking

Jasper Cillessen Jacobus Antonius Peter Johannes "Jasper" Cillessen (born 22 April 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club NEC and the Netherlands national team. Cillessen joined NEC's youth team in 2001, making hi ...

's place on the bench due to the Dutchman's rib injury. On 1 July 2019,

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Ezkieta signed a four-year contract with

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

, with a release clause set at €45 million. He made his first-team debut on 28 January of the following year, replacing Unai Núñez in the second minute of a 3–3

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last-16 away draw against

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

, as

Iago Herrerín Iago Herrerín Buisán (; born 25 January 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Valencia CF. He spent most of his career affiliated to Athletic Bilbao, making 119 first-team appearances. He also played on loan ...

was sent off; the game went to

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and he saved from

Joselu José Luis Mato Sanmartín (; born 27 March 1990), known as Joselu (), is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for La Liga club RCD Espanyol, Espanyol. Joselu be ...

in a 4–2 win. Ezkieta made his league debut on the final day of the 2020–21 season in a 2–0 away loss to

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Estadi ...

. On 4 July 2022, after spending the previous campaign as a third-choice behind

Unai Simón Unai Simón Mendibil (born 11 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao and the Spain national team. Club career Simón was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, and ...

and Julen Agirrezabala, he terminated his contract. On 5 July 2022, Ezkieta signed a two-year deal with

in the second division.

Career statistics

Honours

Athletic Bilbao *

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...

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: Runner-up 2019–20,

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ezkieta, Jokin 1996 births Living people Footballers from Pamplona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CA Osasuna B players FC Barcelona Atlètic players CE Sabadell FC footballers Athletic Bilbao B footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Racing de Santander players Spain men's youth international footballers