Aitor Ocio
 Ocio as an Athletic Bilbao player | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aitor Ocio Carrión | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitoria, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alavés | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1998 | Aurrerá | 65 | (3) |
| 1998–1999 | Eibar | 29 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Albacete | 34 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Osasuna | 14 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Athletic Bilbao | 33 | (1) |
| 2003–2007 | Sevilla | 64 | (3) |
| 2007–2012 | Athletic Bilbao | 62 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Spain U16 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Aitor Ocio Carrión (born 28 November 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
During his 18-year senior career, in which he amassed La Liga totals of 173 games and five goals, he played mainly for Athletic Bilbao (seven years, two spells) and Sevilla (four), winning four major titles with the latter, including two UEFA Cups.
Club career
Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Ocio made his debuts in La Liga with CA Osasuna during the 2000–01 season, after second division spells with SD Eibar and Albacete Balompié, then came to prominence with Basque side Athletic Bilbao.
He joined Sevilla FC in the 2003 summer on a three-year deal,[1] going on to play a somewhat important part on a squad that won four titles (one Copa del Rey, two UEFA Cups and one UEFA Super Cup) in two seasons. During his four-year spell he was the Andalusian's vice-captain behind Javi Navarro, and had a best personal output of 23 games and two goals during the 2005–06 campaign.
In mid-July 2007 Ocio returned to Bilbao,[2] playing 27 matches during his first season as the side finished mid-table. He produced similar numbers in the following, adding a rare goal at former club Osasuna albeit in a 1–2 away defeat in which he was also sent off,[3] one of five ejections he collected in his first two years combined.
Ocio also begun the 2009–10 campaign in the starting XI. However, after an injury suffered in early October 2009, he missed the rest of the season, with Athletic finishing eighth, adding just five official appearances in the following year also due to persistent physical problems, but renewing his contract on 23 May 2011.[4]
35-year-old Ocio was deemed surplus to requirements at Athletic in 2011–12 after the appointment of manager Marcelo Bielsa, alongside teammates Koikili and Iban Zubiaurre. He remained with the team however.[5]
On 14 June 2012, Ocio announced his retirement from football.[6]
Honours
- Sevilla
- Athletic Bilbao
- Copa del Rey: Runner-up 2008–09
- Supercopa de España: Runner-up 2009
Personal life
Ocio had a relationship with model Laura Sánchez, with whom he had a daughter, Naia, born on 1 August 2006.
References
- ↑ Ocio heads south to Sevilla; UEFA.com, 9 July 2003
- ↑ Aitor Ocio cumple "un sueño" con su regreso al Athletic cuatro años después (Aitor Ocio fulfills "dream" returning to Athletic four years later); 20 Minutos, 14 July 2007 (Spanish)
- ↑ Osasuna 2–1 Athletic Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 12 April 2009
- ↑ Aitor Ocio renueva por una temporada (Aitor Ocio renews for one season); Marca, 23 May 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Koi, entre los ocho leones descartados por el argentino (Koi, amongst eight Lions deemed surplus to requirements by Argentine); El Mundo Deportivo, 14 July 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Aitor Ocio: "Esto pone punto final a un sueño de mi infancia" (Aitor Ocio: "This is the end of a childhood dream"); Europa Press, 14 June 2012 (Spanish)