Sendoa warming up with Hércules |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sendoa Agirre Basterretxea | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Alavés | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Romo | |||
| Athletic Bilbao | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–2001 | Bilbao Athletic | 56 | (18) |
| 1994–1995 | → Sondika (loan) | ||
| 1995–1996 | → Balmaseda (loan) | ||
| 1996–1997 | → Zorroza (loan) | ||
| 1997–1998 | → Gernika (loan) | 32 | (15) |
| 2000–2001 | → Eibar (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Barakaldo | 42 | (20) |
| 2002–2006 | Alicante | 150 | (59) |
| 2006–2011 | Hércules | 165 | (29) |
| 2011– | Alavés | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Sendoa Agirre Basterretxea, simply Sendoa (born 31 December 1975 in Bilbao, Biscay), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Deportivo Alavés as an attacking midfielder.
After finishing his football formation at Basque giants Athletic Bilbao, Sendoa spent several years playing amateur football in the region, on loan. In 1998, he returned to the first team, but only appeared for the side during pre-season games, under Luis Fernández, going on to exclusively represent the reserves during two seasons.
Aged nearly 25, Sendoa had his first taste of professional football, playing one season with SD Eibar in the second division, but he moved immediately after to the third with neighbouring Barakaldo CF. In the following four years, he played level three football with Alicante CF, finishing twice in the top-three but never promoting in the playoffs.
Sendoa signed with second division's Hércules CF for the 2006–07 season, being an undisputed starter from early on, and contributing with three goals in 39 games (almost 3,000 minutes) in his fourth year, as the Alicante outfit returned to La Liga after a 13-year absence; he was almost 35 at the time of promotion.
On 28 August 2010, Sendoa appeared in the 2010–11 opener, a 0–1 home loss against Athletic Bilbao, thus becoming the oldest rookie in the history of the Spanish first division.[1] On 7 May of the following year, he scored his first goal in the competition, as Hércules fell 2–3 at home against Racing de Santander and were finally relegated;[2] he added a brace in the following fixture, a 2–2 home draw against RCD Mallorca, which certified the team's fate.[3]
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