| Maite Zubieta | |
| Fullname: | Maite Zubieta Aranbarri |
| Birth Date: | 2004 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Busturia, Spain[1] |
| Height: | 1.73m |
| Currentclub: | Athletic Club |
| Clubnumber: | 16 |
| Youthyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | Athletic Club |
| Years1: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Athletic Club C |
| Caps1: | 10 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs2: | Athletic Club B |
| Caps2: | 59 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2022– |
| Clubs3: | Athletic Club |
| Caps3: | 41 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2020 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021–2023 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 17 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2022– |
| Nationalcaps4: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2022– |
| Nationalcaps5: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 17 May 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 12 December 2023 |
Maite Zubieta Aranbarri (born 28 May 2004) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder or central defender for Athletic Club.
Zubieta joined Athletic Club's academy aged 14. After progressing through the ranks (one season in the 'cadet' youth team, half a season with the newly-formed C-team before being assigned to the B-team, two further seasons there), she made her professional debut as a late substitute in a Liga F fixture against Madrid CFF in December 2022, aged 18,[2] and her first start six weeks later in a defeat away to Alhama CF. On the back of her performances she was officially promoted from the reserves to the senior squad in May 2023, and signed a contract extension running to 2025.[3] [4] During her debut campaign she was mostly used in her preferred role of central midfield, but at the beginning of the 2023–24 Liga F season she became a regular starter as a central defender, with Athletic enduring an ongoing injury crisis in that position.[5] [6]
Having had minimal opportunities to play for younger age groups due to restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zubieta made her debut for Spain at under-19 level in October 2021 against Portugal. She became a regular in the team and was a member of the squads which won the 2022 Euros in the Czech Republic followed by the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica[3] (alongside clubmates Ane Elexpuru and Clara Pinedo).[7] [8] She was still young enough to take part in the 2023 U-19 Euros in Belgium and again returned home with a gold medal,[9] this time accompanied by fellow Athletic players Jone Amezaga and Sara Ortega.[10]
She has also been selected for the unofficial Basque Country women's national team which plays only occasionally, making her first appearance in December 2022 against Chile.[11]
Spain U19
Spain U20