Iñaki Astiz Ventura

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Iñaki Astiz
Personal information
Astiz in 2011
Full name	Iñaki Astiz Ventura
Date of birth	(1983-11-05) 5 November 1983
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Legia Warsaw
Number	15
Youth career
	Osasuna
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2007	Osasuna B	132	(9)
2007–2008	Osasuna	0	(0)
2007–2008	→ Legia Warsaw (loan)	23	(1)
2008–	Legia Warsaw	106	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Astiz and the second or maternal family name is Ventura.

Iñaki Astiz Ventura (born 5 November 1983) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Legia Warsaw in Poland, as a defender.

Football career

A product of local Navarrase side CA Osasuna's youth system, Astiz was born in Pamplona, and his earlier career was played with the B-team. This was where he met manager Jan Urban, a former Osasuna Polish player who was team manager at the time. Thus, he spent the 2007–08 season on loan to Legia Warsaw (where Urban would serve as manager) in the Ekstraklasa, becoming the first Spaniard ever to play in that competition.^[1]

In June 2008 Astiz returned to Osasuna, only to return immediately to Legia on a five-year deal, despite still having a contract running. Osasuna, however, retained the possibility to re-buy the player after the first two seasons.^[2]

Honours

Legia Warsaw

References

↑ Astiz se marcha cedido al Legia de Varsovia (Astiz goes on loan to Legia Warsaw); Osasuna's official website, 27 June 2007 (Spanish)
↑ Iñaki Astiz se ha desvinculado del CA Osasuna (Iñaki Astiz loses ties with Osasuna); Osasuna's official website, 26 August 2008 (Spanish)

External links

Legia Warsaw – current squad

2 Dossa Júnior
3 Jodłowiec
7 Ojamaa
8 Šuler
9 Saganowski
11 Efir
12 Kuciak
13 Dvalishvili
14 Wawrzyniak
15 Astiz
17 Brzyski
18 Kucharczyk
19 Bereszyński
20 Kosecki
21 Vrdoljak
22 Kopczyński
23 Pinto
25 Rzeźniczak
27 Mikita
28 Broź
32 Radović
33 Żyro
35 Łukasik
37 Furman
39 Cichocki
77 Raphael Augusto
84 Skaba
91 Wandzel
92 Mizgała
93 Wienczatek
Manager: Urban

Persondata
Name	Astiz Ventura, Inaki
Alternative names	Astiz, Inaki
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	5 November 1983
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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