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Iker Aldai
Personal information
Full name Iker Aldai Igartua
Date of birth (2003-06-24) 24 June 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Getxo, Spain
Position(s) Centre back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
Eibar B
Youth career
Romo
Gatika [eu]
Eibar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Vitoria 81 (7)
2023– Eibar 3 (0)
2024– Eibar B 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024

Iker Aldai Igartua (born 24 June 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender or a midfielder for SD Eibar B.

Club career

Born in Getxo, Biscay, Basque Country,[1] Aldai joined SD Eibar's youth setup from Gatika KT [eu]. He made his senior debut with the farm team on 5 September 2021, starting in a 0–0 Tercera División RFEF away draw against Amurrio Club.[2]

Aldai scored his first senior goals on 16 March 2022, netting a brace for Vitoria in a 3–0 home win over Beti Gazte KJKE [eu]. He was called up to the first team for the 2022 pre-season by manager Gaizka Garitano,[1] and made his professional debut on 12 February 2023, coming on as a late substitute for Matheus Pereira in a 3–0 Segunda División home loss against FC Cartagena.[3] In 2024, he was assigned to Eibar's B-team in Segunda Federación, after the partnership with Vitoria ended.

References

  1. ^ a b "Cubero, Ruiz Zeberio, Alday, Troncho, Yriarte y Martín harán la pretemporada con el primer equipo masculino" [Cubero, Ruiz Zeberio, Alday, Troncho, Yriarte and Martín will make the pre-season with the men's first team] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "El miedo a perder concluye con un empate" [The fear of losing end up with a draw] (in Spanish). Noticias de Álava. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. ^ "El Cartagena resucita en Ipurua... donde aún no había ganado nadie" [Cartagena is reborn at the Ipurua... where no one has won anything yet] (in Spanish). Marca. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.