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Eunate Arraiza

Eunate Arraiza
Eunate warming up with Athletic Club, 2017
Personal information
Full name Eunate Arraiza Otazu
Date of birth (1991-06-03) 3 June 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Biurrun-Olcoz, Spain
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder, left wing-back
Youth career
Lagunak
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Lagunak
2012–2024 Athletic Club 290 (19)
International career
2017–2019 Spain 6 (0)
2014– Basque Country 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 June 2024

Eunate Arraiza Otazu (born 3 June 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left midfielder or left wing-back. Her main club, where she spent 12 seasons, was Athletic Club of Liga F,[1] having started her career with local team Lagunak. She is the only deaf player who has played in the top tier of women's football in Spain.[2]

In 2024 she left Athletic, having accumulated 312 appearances in all competitions (7th place in the club's historical rankings at that time).[3][4] She was honoured with a farewell ceremony and a last starting appearance - along with fellow departing veterans Garazi Murua and Yulema Corres - on the final matchday of the 2023–24 Liga F season, in which their side defeated Sevilla 2–1 at San Mamés.[5][6]

Honours

Athletic Club

Spain

References

  1. ^ "profile". Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. ^ A Navarrese, the only professional deaf footballer in Spain, Diario de Navarra, 28 May 2017 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Statistics | Women's, Athletic Club. Retrieved 17 June 2024
  4. ^ Una nueva salida en el Athletic: Eunate Arraiza deja el equipo [Una nueva salida en el Athletic: Eunate Arraiza deja el equipo], El Correo, 11 June 2024 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Garazi, Eunate y Yulema han dado un ejemplo de pensar en el otro y no en el yo" ["Garazi, Eunate and Yulema have given an example of thinking about others and not about one's self"], Mundo Deportivo, 14 June 2024 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Athleticek Garazi Murua, Yulema Corres eta Eunate Arraiza omendu ditu San Mamesen [Athletic has honored Garazi Murua, Yulema Corres and Eunate Arraiza in San Mames], EITB, 16 June 2024 (in Basque)