Leire Landa Iroz (born 19 December 1986) is a Spanish former

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er who most recently played as a defender for Primera División club

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and the

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. She also played for

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 ...

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

and

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 ...

International career

In June 2013 national team

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Ignacio Quereda Ignacio Quereda Laviña (born 24 July 1950) is a Spanish football coach who managed the Spain women's national football team between 1988 and 2015. Playing career Born in Madrid, Quereda was raised in Badajoz where his family moved when he was ...

selected Landa in the Spain squad for

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in Sweden. She was also part of Spain's team at the

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in Canada.

Personal

She wore the 23 shirt at Atlético in homage to former footballer

Iván de la Peña Iván de la Peña López (; born 6 May 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. During his career, he earned the nicknames ''Pequeño Buddha'' ( ''Little Buddha'') and ''Lo Pelat'' (''The Shaven One' ...

, well known for his shaved head, who was an inspirational model when she suffered from

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as a child.''Leire Landa in Cuatro''

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Honours

; Barcelona * Primera División: 2014–15 ; Athletic Bilbao *

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: runner-up

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* * 1986 births Living people Footballers from Irun Spanish women's footballers Spain women's international footballers Liga F players Atlético Madrid Femenino players Athletic Club (women) players Women's association football fullbacks FC Barcelona Femení players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Real Sociedad Femenino players Oiartzun KE players 21st-century Spanish women {{Spain-footy-defender-stub