Oinatz Aulestia Explained

Oinatz Aulestia
Fullname:Oinatz Aulestia Alkorta
Birth Date:23 March 1981
Birth Place:Ondarroa, Spain
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Eibar
Years1:2000–2002
Caps1:66
Goals1:0
Years2:2002–2003
Caps2:5
Goals2:0
Years3:2003–2005
Caps3:18
Goals3:0
Years4:2005–2007
Caps4:71
Goals4:0
Years5:2007–2011
Caps5:136
Goals5:0
Years6:2011–2013
Caps6:69
Goals6:0
Years7:2013–2014
Caps7:9
Goals7:0
Years8:2014–2015
Caps8:36
Goals8:0
Years9:2015–2016
Caps9:29
Goals9:0
Years10:2016–2018
Caps10:61
Goals10:0
Years11:2018–2019
Caps11:36
Goals11:0
Years12:2019–2020
Caps12:9
Goals12:0
Totalcaps:545
Totalgoals:0

Oinatz Aulestia Alkorta (born 23 March 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He appeared in 474 Segunda División B matches in a 20-year senior career, in service of a host of clubs. His professional input consisted of nine Segunda División games for Hércules.

Club career

Born in Ondarroa, Biscay, Basque Country, Aulestia finished his youth career with SD Eibar, and made his senior debut with their B team in the 2000–01 season. He played in Segunda División B but also in Tercera División the following years, representing UD Pájara Playas de Jandía, Bilbao Athletic, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Oviedo[1] and Cádiz CF.[2]

On 30 July 2013, Aulestia signed with Segunda División club Hércules CF.[3] On 11 September, aged 32, he appeared in his first professional match, a 2–0 home win over Real Murcia in the second round of the Copa del Rey.[4] His first league appearance took place on 9 November in another victory for the hosts, now against UD Las Palmas (2–1).[5]

Aulestia returned to the third tier after leaving the Estadio José Rico Pérez at the end of the campaign, retiring well past his 30s.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. http://archivo.lavozdeasturias.es/html/353200.html Oinatz Aulestia llega hoy a Oviedo para reforzar la portería (Oinatz Aulestia arrives today in Oviedo to bolster goalkeeper unit)
  2. http://www.diariovasco.com/v/20110712/bajo-deba/fichaje-oinatz-aulestia-cadiz-20110712.html El fichaje de Oinatz Aulestia por el Cádiz levanta en Oviedo un clamor en contra (Signing of Oinatz Aulestia with Cádiz brings outrage to Oviedo)
  3. http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/07/30/segunda/1375200321_473512.html El Hércules ficha al defensa Bougaidis y al portero Aulestia (Hércules sign defender Bougaidis and goalkeeper Aulestia)
  4. http://www.marca.com/2013/09/11/futbol/copa_rey/1378933989.html El Hércules supera con comodidad al Murcia (Hércules overcome Murcia easily)
  5. http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2013/11/10/pagina-30/13047081/pdf.html El Hércules acaba con su pésima racha ante Las Palmas (Hércules put an end to their horrible streak against Las Palmas)
  6. https://es.besoccer.com/noticia/el-atletico-baleares-incorpora-al-portero-aulestia El Atlético Baleares incorpora al portero Aulestia (Atlético Baleares add goalkeeper Aulestia)
  7. https://eldesmarque.com/asturias/oviedo/noticias-2/158394-aulestia-comienza-una-nueva-aventura-a-sus-38-anos Aulestia comienza una nueva aventura a sus 38 años (Aulestia starts a new adventure at the age of 38)