Ibon Begoña

Ibon Begoña
Personal information
Full nameIbon Begoña Zubiaur
Date of birth17 November 1973
Place of birthBilbao, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
Atlético Isleño (assistant)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1994Lemona
1994Sestao15(3)
1995–1997Bilbao Athletic72(4)
1997–2004Alavés197(6)
2004–2005Gimnàstic18(2)
2006Alavés4(0)
2006–2007Logroñés34(0)
2007–2009Ibiza-Eivissa57(0)
Teams managed
2012–Atlético Isleño (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Begoña and the second or maternal family name is Zubiaur.

Ibon Begoña Zubiaur (born 17 November 1973) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back, and the current assistant coach of UD Atlético Isleño.

Football career

Born in Bilbao, Basque Country, Begoña amassed La Liga totals of 145 games and five goals over the course of six seasons, in representation of Deportivo Alavés. He spent a total of eight years with the club in two separate spells and, during the 2000–01 campaign, contributed with ten appearances in the team's runner-up run in the UEFA Cup, scoring in the 3–1 away win against Lillestrøm SK for the second round.[1]

Other than with Alavés,[2] Begoña played professionally in Segunda División with Bilbao Athletic and Gimnàstic de Tarragona, retiring in June 2009 at the age of 35 after two years with lowly UD Ibiza-Eivissa,[3] with which he later worked as director of football.[4]

Honours

Alavés

Personal life

Begoña's younger brother, Iker, was also a footballer and a defender.[5]

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