Urko Vera

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Urko Vera
Personal information
Full nameUrko Vera Mateos
Date of birth (1987-05-14) 14 May 1987
Place of birthBarakaldo, Spain
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionCentre forward
Club information
Current clubEibar
Number9
Youth career
1996–1997Santutxu
1997–1999Athletic Bilbao
2001–2003Lezama
2003–2006Santutxu
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006–2007Santutxu?(8)
2007–2008Laudio?(10)
2008–2009Portugalete?(6)
2009–2010Eibar B?(14)
2010Eibar3(0)
2010–2011Lemona18(13)
2011Bilbao Athletic7(1)
2011Athletic Bilbao5(1)
2011–2012Hércules31(11)
2012–2013Ponferradina14(2)
2013Alcorcón7(1)
2013–Eibar21(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 June 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Vera and the second or maternal family name is Mateos.

Urko Vera Mateos (born 14 May 1987 in Barakaldo, Biscay) is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Eibar as a centre forward.

Football career

Vera played mostly amateur football until the age of 23, having represented Basque giants Athletic Bilbao as a youth from ages 10–12. During his spell at SD Lemona, he received part of his wage by taking the team's kits to the laundry.[1]

In the last minutes of the 2011 January transfer window, after impressing with Lemona in Segunda División B (the club was coached by legendary Athletic defender Aitor Larrazábal), Vera was acquired by the Lions, signing a one 1/2-year contract, and initially being assigned to the reserve side, Bilbao Athletic.[2] He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 5 February, replacing Iker Muniain for the final 15 minutes of a 3–0 home win against Sporting de Gijón.[3]

On 14 March 2011, again appearing from the bench, Vera scored his first goal for Athletic Bilbao, heading home in injury time in a 2–2 draw at Getafe CF.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Urko Vera, de mileurista al cielo (Urko Vera, from mileurista to the sky); El Mundo, 16 March 2011 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Urko Vera ficha por el Athletic hasta 2012 (Urko Vera signs with Athletic until 2012); Canal Athletic, 26 January 2011 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Easy for Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 5 February 2011
  4. ↑ Vera rescues point for Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 14 March 2011

External links

SD Eibar – current squad
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