Unai Elgezabal Udondo (born 25 April 1993) is a Spanish

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who plays for

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (, ca-valencia, Llevant Unió Esportiva ) is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...

. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Urduliz,

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, Elgezabal graduated from

Danok Bat CF Danok Bat Club de Fica is a Spanish football team based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1972, the club is mainly known for their successful youth setup, which helps players to develop and join other senior clu ...

's youth setup. In 2012, he 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 ...

and made his senior debut with the farm team in

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 Di ...

, but was released in 2014. In July 2014, Elgezabal joined SCD Durango also in the fourth tier. After being an undisputed starter, he moved to

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 ...

side Barakaldo CF on 1 July 2015. In the 2016 winter transfer window, Elgezabal refused an offer from

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

and remained at the ''Fabriles'' until the end of the campaign. On 20 June 2016, he signed for

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side

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 ...

, being loaned to AD Alcorcón in

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on 18 August. Elgezabal made his professional debut on 4 September 2016, starting in a 1–1 away draw against

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 ...

. After contributing with 21 appearances as his side avoided relegation, he moved to the latter club on 16 August 2017, on a one-year loan deal. On 15 August 2018, Elgezabal renewed his contract until 2020 and returned to ''Alkor'' also in a one-year loan deal. The following 6 July, after returning from loan, he terminated his contract with the ''Armeros'', and signed a permanent two-year deal with Alcorcón five days later. On 10 September 2020, Elgezabal terminated his contract with Alcorcón, and signed for third division side Burgos CF fourteen days later. On 18 June 2024, after four seasons as a starter for the latter which included a promotion to the second division in his first year, he joined

on a one-year deal.

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