Íñigo Eguaras Álvarez (born 7 March 1992) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Football career

Born in Ansoáin,

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

, Eguaras graduated from

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

's youth setup after joining in 2004 from UDC Txantrea, and made his senior debuts with

CD Basconia Club Deportivo Basconia is a Spanish football club based in Basauri, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 14 March 1913, it currently plays in , holding home games at the ''Artunduaga Sports Centre'', in the town o ...

, the club's

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, in the 2010–11 campaign, in

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. On 10 June 2011 he was promoted to the reserves in

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. On 26 May 2014 Eguaras was released by the ''Lions'', and subsequently signed for

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club

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a historical List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Sabadell ( Catalonia) Founded in 1903, its first men's team plays in the . Its first CE Sabadell (women), women's tea ...

on 2 July. He played his first match as a professional on 24 August, starting in a 2–3 home loss against

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...

. Eguaras scored his first professional goal on 16 May 2015, netting the last in a 1–1 away draw against

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

. On 17 July he signed for fellow league team

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División ...

, after agreeing to a two-year deal. On 19 June 2017, after suffering relegation, Eguaras moved to fellow second tier club

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system. Zarag ...

. A regular starter, he renewed his contract until 2024 on 18 May 2020. On 21 January 2022, Eguaras moved to fellow second division side

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

on a two-and-a-half-year deal. He scored once in 14 appearances during the remainder of the season, as the club achieved promotion to

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. Eguaras made his top tier debut on 14 August 2022, starting in a 2–1 home loss to

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. He scored his first goal in the category on 29 October, netting his team's third in a 3–1 home win over

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

. On 30 August 2023, Eguaras terminated his contract with the

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ns. On 28 September 2024, Eguaras joined

club

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on a contract for this season.

Personal life

Íñigo's younger brother Aritz is also a footballer. A defender, he has appeared for several clubs in the Navarre region including CD Izarra.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eguaras, Inigo 1992 births People from Cuenca de Pamplona Footballers from Navarre Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Spanish men's footballers Athletic Bilbao B footballers CE Sabadell FC footballers CD Mirandés footballers Real Zaragoza players UD Almería players NK Celje players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia