Peru Nolaskoain Esnal (born 25 October 1998) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as either a

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or a

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for

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...

Club career

Born in

Zumaia , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Iñaki Ostolaza Esnal (EH Bildu) , area_code = +34 (Spain) + 943 (Gipuzkoa) , website zumaia.eus Zumaia (, es, link=no, Zumaya) is a small town in ...

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 ...

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, joined

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 ...

's Lezama academy in 2015, from

Antiguoko Antiguoko Kirol Elkartea (Sport Club of Antiguo in English) is an amateur youth Spanish football club based in Antiguo, a part of San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain. It acts as feeder club to Athletic Bilbao, having previously had the ...

. On 13 June 2016, he was promoted to the farm team, but moved straight to the reserves. Nolaskoain made his senior debut on 21 August 2016, coming on as a first-half substitute for Tarsi and scoring his team's second in a 3–0

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home win against

UD Socuéllamos Unión Deportiva Socuéllamos is a Spanish football team based in Socuéllamos, Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. Founded in 1924, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, holding home games at '' Estadio Pa ...

. During the 2018 pre-season, he was converted to a

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by new first-team manager

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. Nolaskoain made his professional – and

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– debut on 20 August 2018, starting and scoring the opener in a 2–1 home win against

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

. The following 9 August, after featuring sparingly with the main squad, he was loaned to

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side

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for one year. In July 2020, he suffered a serious

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injury which kept him out for nearly 18 months. On 21 January 2022, he was loaned to second division side

SD Amorebieta Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' Campo Municipal de Urritxe'', which s ...

for the remainder of the campaign. On 26 August 2022, Nolaskoain moved to

in the second division, on loan for one year; he featured regularly as they reached the promotion play-offs, losing out to local rivals

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the ...

. Back to the Lions in July 2023, he only made two late substitute appearances in the league and two starts against lower-division opponents in the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

, before returning to Eibar on a permanent three-and-a-half-year contact on 31 January 2024; Athletic retained a buy-back option and a bonus for Eibar gaining promotion to La Liga.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nolaskoain, Peru 1998 births Living people People from Urola Kosta Footballers from Gipuzkoa Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Spain men's youth international footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Antiguoko players Athletic Bilbao B footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Deportivo de La Coruña players SD Amorebieta footballers SD Eibar footballers