Unai Albizua | |
Fullname: | Unai Albizua Urquijo |
Birth Date: | 18 January 1989 |
Birth Place: | Laudio/Llodio, Spain |
Position: | Centre back |
Currentclub: | Cornellà |
Clubnumber: | 20 |
Youthyears1: | 2003–2008 |
Youthclubs1: | Athletic Bilbao |
Years1: | 2007–2010 |
Caps1: | 60 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2010–2013 |
Caps2: | 96 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2013–2015 |
Caps3: | 4 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs4: | → Tenerife (loan) |
Caps4: | 28 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2015–2016 |
Caps5: | 22 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2016–2017 |
Caps6: | 39 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2017–2019 |
Caps7: | 24 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2019 |
Caps8: | 11 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2019–2020 |
Caps9: | 9 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Years10: | 2020–2021 |
Caps10: | 23 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Years11: | 2021– |
Caps11: | 13 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 18:46, 4 July 2022 (UTC) |
Unai Albizua Urquijo (born 18 January 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UE Cornellà as a central defender.
Born in Laudio/Llodio, Álava, Basque Country, Albizua joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 2003. He played three full seasons with the reserves in Segunda División B, captaining them to the 2013 playoffs after a third-place finish in his last.[1]
Albizua was promoted to the first team prior to the beginning of the 2013–14 campaign.[2] On 3 November 2013 he made his La Liga debut, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute in a 2–0 away loss against Atlético Madrid after replacing the injured Aymeric Laporte.[3] [4]
On 15 July 2014, Albizua was loaned to Segunda División club CD Tenerife.[5] Roughly one year later, he moved to fellow league side CD Leganés after cutting ties with Athletic.[6]
On 28 July 2016, Albizua signed for UCAM Murcia CF still in the second division.[7] The following 11 July, he joined Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa from the same league.[8]
On 17 August 2021, after one year in the Swiss Challenge League with FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy,[9] [10] the 32-year-old Albizua returned to Spain and signed with UE Cornellà of the newly-formed Primera División RFEF.[11]