Jon Gaztañaga Arrospide (born 28 June 1991) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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or a

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for

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 ...

Club career

Born in Andoain,

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 ...

, Gaztañaga was a product of Real Sociedad's youth system. He made his senior debut with their reserves, spending several seasons in the Segunda División B with the side and also 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 ...

in 2010. Gaztañaga made his official debut with the first team on 18 August 2013, replacing fellow youth graduate Gorka Elustondo in the dying minutes of the 2–0

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home win against Getafe CF. His first appearance in the

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took place on 10 December, as he came on for

Mikel González Mikel González de Martín Martínez (born 24 September 1985) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca FC as a central defender. He spent most of his professional career with Real Sociedad, playing 299 competitive games a ...

in a 0–1 group-stage defeat to Bayer 04 Leverkusen also at the Anoeta Stadium. In early 2014, Gaztañaga renewed his contract with Real Sociedad until 2016, being promoted to the main squad in May. On 26 January 2015, having featured sparingly during the first half of the campaign, he joined Segunda División club

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ...

on loan until June. On 9 July 2015, Gaztañaga was loaned to

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 ...

of the same league for one year. On 22 August 2017, he agreed to a three-year deal with

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

also from the second tier after becoming a

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. Gaztañaga terminated his contract with ''Nàstic'' on 13 June 2018. On 20 August, he moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined

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side

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintai ...

. He made his debut five days later, coming on for Marko Adamović late into a 1–0 away victory over

Ermis Aradippou FC Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Ermis' greatest success came ...

. Gaztañaga spent

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in the Romanian

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with

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. On 24 June 2021, he returned to Spain and joined

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

of the newly created

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. On 7 September 2022, Gaztañaga signed for

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of the

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on a one-year contract.

International career

Gaztañaga was picked by the Spain under-17 team for the

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. He started as a stopper in the final against

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, which ended with a 4–0 win. Gaztañaga was selected by the under-18 side for the unofficial 2009 ''Copa del Atlántico'', which his country won.España revalida su condición de campeón en el Torneo Atlántico, tras derrotar a Alemania, 4–1. (Spain win Atlantic Tournament again, after beating Germany 4–1.)
Royal Spanish Football Federation, 6 February 2009 (in Spanish)

Career statistics

Honours

Real Sociedad B *

: 2009–10 AEL Limassol *

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup () is the main cup competition in Cypriot football, run by the Cyprus Football Association (CFA). It began in 1934, the same season with the Cypriot Championship. It is the second most important competition for Cypriot club team ...

: 2018–19 Spain U17 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaztanaga, Jon 1991 births Living people People from Andoain Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Gipuzkoa Men's association football central defenders Men's association football midfielders Men's association football utility players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Segunda Federación players Real Sociedad B footballers Real Sociedad footballers SD Ponferradina players CD Numancia players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players Barakaldo CF footballers Cypriot First Division players AEL Limassol players Karmiotissa FC players Liga I players FC Viitorul Constanța players Indian Super League players NorthEast United FC players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India