Josu Ozkoidi Alba (born 23 April 1990) is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for

Sestao River 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 ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

, Gipuzkoa,

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, Ozkoidi was a

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

youth graduate. An attacking midfielder, he made his senior debut with the reserves during the 2008–09 season, suffering relegation from

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 19 August 2014, Ozkoidi joined SD Eibar and was immediately loaned to

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF ...

in the third division, for one year. On 31 August of the following year, he signed a permanent two-year contract with the ''Txuribeltz''. On 19 July 2017, Ozkoidi moved to CE Sabadell FC still in the third tier. At the club he was converted into a

, and contributed with 26 appearances (play-offs included) during the 2019–20 campaign, as his side achieved promotion to

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 ...

. Ozkoidi made his professional debut at the age of 30 on 19 September 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Jaime Sánchez in a 1–2 away loss against Rayo Vallecano. He scored his first professional goal the following 16 April, netting the opener in a 2–2 draw at

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

. On 8 July 2021, after suffering relegation, Ozkoidi moved to SD Amorebieta.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozkoidi, Josu 1990 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from San Sebastián Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Sociedad B footballers SD Eibar footballers Real Unión footballers CE Sabadell FC footballers SD Amorebieta footballers Antiguoko players