Alexander "Alex" Albistegi Revilla (born 1 July 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, currently manager of Burgos CF Promesas.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Albistegi Revilla | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Eibar, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Burgos Promesas (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eibar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Eibar B | ||
| 2007 | Eibar | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Real Sociedad B | 39 | (9) |
| 2010–2011 | Real Sociedad | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Eibar (loan) | 35 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | Logroñés | 27 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Real Unión | 36 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Toledo | 38 | (7) |
| 2014–2016 | Lleida Esportiu | 70 | (7) |
| 2016–2017 | Reus | 13 | (0) |
| 2017 | Mirandés | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Lleida Esportiu | 50 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Burgos | 8 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Unionistas (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2020 | Burgos Promesas | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | Sestao | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 349 | (31) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022– | Burgos Promesas | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He all but spent his 17-year senior career in the Segunda División B, in service of nine clubs. His Segunda División input consisted of 14 matches, one with Real Sociedad and 13 with Reus.
Club career
editReal Sociedad
editBorn in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Albistegi finished his youth career with local SD Eibar, making his senior debut with their reserves in the 2004–05 season, in Tercera División. After appearing with the first team in the Segunda División B he joined Real Sociedad in 2007, being initially assigned to the B side also of the third division.
On 19 June 2010, Albistegi made his professional debut with the Txuri-urdin, playing the last 24 minutes of a 4–1 Segunda División away loss against Elche CF.[1] He returned to the third tier only two months later, signing on loan with former club Eibar.[2]
Later years
editAlbistegi terminated his contract with Real Sociedad in August 2011,[3] joining UD Logroñés the same month.[4] He continued to compete in division three the following years, representing Real Unión,[5] CD Toledo[6] and Lleida Esportiu.[7]
On 14 July 2016, Albistegi signed for CF Reus Deportiu, newly-promoted to the second division.[8] The following 28 June, he agreed to a two-year contract with CD Mirandés one level below.[9]
Albistegi remained in the third and fourth tiers until his retirement at the age of 34, with spells at Lleida, Burgos CF, Unionistas de Salamanca CF,[10] Burgos CF Promesas and Sestao River Club.[11] In October 2022, he was named manager at the fourth of those clubs.[12]
Personal life
editThree of Albistegi's family members were also professional footballers: his grandfather Alberto featured in the top flight for Real Sociedad and CA Osasuna, his father Germán had links to Eibar and his paternal uncle, also named Alberto, played for Sociedad and Deportivo Alavés among others.[13][14]
Honours
editEibar
Real Sociedad B
Real Sociedad
References
edit- ^ a b Pasillo, exhibición y póker de 'pichichi' Molina al campeón (Guard of honour, exhibition and four from 'Pichichi' Molina against champions); Marca, 19 June 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Eibar solicita una reunión con la Real Sociedad para hablar de cedidos (Eibar request meeting with Real Sociedad to talk about loanees); El Diario Vasco, 28 July 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Alex Albistegi rescinde su contrato con la Real Sociedad (Alex Albistegi terminates his contract with Real Sociedad); Marca, 12 August 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ Albistegi ya juega con el Logroñés (Albistegi already playing with Logroñés); El Diario Vasco, 13 August 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Real Unión ha fichado al centrocampista Alex Albistegi (Real Unión have signed midfielder Alex Albistegi); El Diario Vasco, 4 July 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Idiakez se lleva a Alex Albistegi al Toledo (Idiakez takes Alex Albistegi to Toledo); Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 11 July 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Canvi sense revolució (Change without revolution); L'Esportiu, 16 July 2014 (in Catalan)
- ^ Álex Albístegui, nuevo fichaje del Reus Deportiu (Álex Albístegui, new signing of Reus Deportiu); Be Soccer, 14 July 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ Alex Albistegi, rojillo para las dos próximas temporadas (Alex Albistegi, red for the following two seasons); CD Mirandés, 28 June 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ Unionistas logra la cesión del centrocampista Albístegui desde el Burgos (Unionistas get loan of midfielder Albístegui from Burgos); El Norte de Castilla, 29 January 2020 (in Spanish)
- ^ Alex Albistegi reemplaza a Basaras en la medular del Sestao River (Alex Albistegi replaces Basaras in Sestao River's midfield section); El Correo, 27 January 2021 (in Spanish)
- ^ Álex Albístegui dirigirá al Promesas hasta el final del curso (Álex Albístegui will manage Promesas until the end of the campaign); Diario de Burgos, 31 October 2022 (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece el exjugador del Eibar Alberto Albistegui (Ex-Eibar player Alberto Albistegui dies); Marca, 16 November 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Una histórica goleada al Calahorra de 12–2 en Ipurua (Historic 12–2 rout of Calahorra in Ipurua); El Diario Vasco, 24 January 2021 (in Spanish)
External links
edit- Alex Albistegi at BDFutbol
- Alex Albistegi at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Alex Albistegi at Soccerway