Urtzi Iriondo Petralanda (born 30 January 1995) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Club career
Born in
Zeberio
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,
Biscay
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,
Basque Country, Iriondo joined
Athletic Bilbao
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's youth setup in 2005, aged ten. Iriondo made his debuts as a senior with
the farm team in the
2013–14 campaign, in
Tercera División
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.
On 26 May 2014, Iriondo was promoted to
the reserves in
Segunda División B
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. He contributed with 14 appearances and one goal during
the season, as the B-side returned to
Segunda División
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after a 19-year absence.
Iriondo made his professional debut on 24 August 2015, starting in a 0–1 home loss against
Girona FC
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. He scored his first goal as a professional on 24 April of the following year, netting his team's second in a 2–3 loss at
UD AlmerÃa
Unión Deportiva AlmerÃa, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in AlmerÃa, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''AlmerÃa Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...
.
On 1 July 2016, Iriondo was loaned to
Elche CF
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also in the second level, for one year. The following 30 June, after
suffering relegation, he moved to fellow league team
Granada CF
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also on a temporary one-year deal.
Personal life
Iriondo's identical
twin
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brother is also a footballer. A
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, he too was groomed at Athletic.
References
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1995 births
Living people
Spanish twins
People from Arratia-Nerbioi
Spanish men's footballers
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
CD Basconia footballers
Athletic Bilbao B footballers
Elche CF players
Granada CF footballers
Barakaldo CF footballers
Athletic Bilbao footballers
Challenger Pro League players
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players
Identical twins
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Footballers from Biscay