Iñaki Olaortua Descarga (born 3 August 1993) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

Club career

Born in

Elgeta Elgeta () is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) 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 department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...

, Basque Country, Olaortua graduated with

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in ) is a Spanish football league teams, Spanish professional football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the men’s te ...

's youth setup, and made his debuts with the reserves in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. He subsequently served loan deals at fellow fourth division sides CD Anaitasuna and

Zamudio SD Zamudio Sociedad Deportiva is a Spanish football team based in Zamudio, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1943, it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Gazituaga'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. Season to seaso ...

before being released in 2014. On 15 June 2014 Olaortua joined

Club Portugalete Club Portugalete is a List of football clubs in Spain, Basque football team based in Portugalete, in the autonomous community of Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it plays in , holding its home games in the '' ...

, also in the fourth tier. After achieving promotion to

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: 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 ...

he moved to

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 ...

, being assigned to the B-team in the fourth level. On 15 October 2015 Olaortua made his professional debut, starting and scoring an

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in a 1–2

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

home loss against

UE Llagostera C.F. Badalona Futur Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Badalona, Province of Barcelona, Barcelona, in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. Founded in 1947, it currently plays ...

. In July of the following year, he moved to third level club

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 , holding home games temporarily at the Lezama Facilities outside Bilbao (its own ground '' Campo ...

. On 17 July 2017, Olaortua joined

Barakaldo CF Barakaldo Club de Fútbol is a Basque football team based in Barakaldo, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1917 it plays in , holding home stadium is '' Lasesarre'', with a 7,960 Seat Capacity. History Barakaldo pla ...

still in the third division. The following 16 June, he signed for fellow league team

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

, and achieved promotion to the second level in his first season. On 1 October 2020, Olaortua was presented at third division side

CD Atlético Baleares Club Deportivo Atlético Baleares, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Palma de Mallorca, Palma, the capital of the Mallorca, island of Mallorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Foun ...

along with his wife Maialen Esnaola, who joined to club to play for their women's team. On 8 July 2024, after being released by Ibiza, Olaortua signed for

on a free transfer.

References

External links

Portugalete profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olaortua, Inaki 1993 births Living people People from Mondragón Footballers from Gipuzkoa Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Tercera División players SD Eibar footballers Zamudio SD players Club Portugalete players Deportivo Aragón players Real Zaragoza players SD Amorebieta footballers Barakaldo CF footballers Racing de Santander players CD Atlético Baleares footballers SD Eibar B footballers Real Unión footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen