Leire Baños Indakoetxea (born 29 November 1996) is a Spanish

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who plays for Levante, mainly as a

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Club career

She began her senior career at Oiartzun aged 15, soon being signed by Real Sociedad who added her to their squad immediately – although she was often introduced as a substitute, which occurred in around a quarter of the 200 or so Primera División fixtures she played for the San Sebastián side across eight seasons. She played the entirety of the final and claimed an assist for the winning goal as ''Erreala'' claimed their first major honour, the

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in 2018–19, and played an important role in two regional Copa Euskal Herria wins over local rivals Athletic Bilbao in 2019 and 2020. Having agreed a new contract with Real Sociedad in 2019 to run until 2021, Baños left upon the expiry of that deal and signed for fellow top tier club Levante.

International career

At international level, Baños was a member of the Spain under-19 squads that finished runners-up in consecutive editions of the

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in Norway and 2015 in Israel), featuring in both finals. She has also been selected for the unofficial Basque Country women's national football team which plays only occasionally.

Honors

Club

;Real Sociedad *

: 2018–19

International

;Spain U19 *

Runner-up:

, 2015

References

External links

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Baños
at BDFutbol {{DEFAULTSORT:Banos, Leire 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Irun Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Spanish women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Levante UD Femenino players Real Sociedad Femenino players Oiartzun KE players Liga F players Spain women's youth international footballers 21st-century Spanish women