Isaac Aketxe Barrutia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈisak aˈketʃe]; born 30 June 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Isaac Aketxe Barrutia | ||
| Date of birth | 30 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Arenas Getxo | ||
| 1999–2004 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 2004–2006 | Arenas Getxo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Arenas Getxo | 38 | (18) |
| 2009–2011 | Bilbao Athletic | 19 | (0) |
| 2009 | Athletic Bilbao | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Sestao (loan) | 38 | (16) |
| 2011–2013 | Eibar | 12 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Real Sociedad B (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Sestao | 36 | (12) |
| 2014–2016 | Cultural Leonesa | 73 | (32) |
| 2016–2018 | Albacete | 21 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Cartagena (loan) | 31 | (13) |
| 2018–2019 | Cartagena | 35 | (11) |
| 2019–2021 | UCAM Murcia | 50 | (17) |
| 2021–2022 | Hércules | 27 | (7) |
| 2022–2023 | La Nucía | 7 | (1) |
| 2023 | Alzira | 15 | (4) |
| 2023 | Badajoz | 5 | (0) |
| 2024 | Minera | 15 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 31 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editAketxe was born in Bilbao, Biscay. Having emerged through Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth ranks (although he also played youth football with Basque neighbours Arenas Club de Getxo),[1] he made his La Liga debut on 20 September 2009, coming on as a substitute for striker Fernando Llorente in the final ten minutes of a 3–2 home win against Villarreal CF.[2] He spent the vast majority of his first two seasons at the club with the reserve team, in the Segunda División B.[3]
For the 2010–11 campaign, Aketxe was loaned to another side in the region, Sestao River Club of the Tercera División. In the summer of 2011, his contract with Athletic was not renewed and he signed for SD Eibar in division three.[4]
Aketxe continued competing in the third tier until his retirement, with Real Sociedad B,[5] Sestao,[6] Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa,[7] Albacete Balompié,[8] FC Cartagena,[9] UCAM Murcia CF[10] and Hércules CF.[11] In 2014–15, while at the service of Cultural, he scored a career-best 20 goals.[12]
Personal life
editAketxe's younger brother, Ager, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He too was groomed at Athletic Bilbao.[13] Their father, known as Isaac Aqueche due to spelling conventions of the time, played as a midfielder in the lower divisions of Spanish football[14][15] including a spell with Athletic's reserves.[16]
References
edit- ^ Mintegi, Alize (23 September 2010). ""Para seguir en la buena línea es muy importante marcar"" ["In order to continue this streak it's quite important to score"]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Bilbao continue good form". ESPN Soccernet. 20 September 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "Caparrós convoca a los menos habituales y a canteranos ante Paraguay" [Caparrós calls those less habitual and youth players against Paraguay]. El Correo (in Spanish). 3 March 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "El Eibar ficha al delantero Isaac Aketxe y el Amorebieta a Eduardo Ubis" [Eibar sign forward Isaac Aketxe and Amorebieta do the same to Eduardo Ubis]. Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ Parcero, Bruno (2 July 2018). "Lezama vuelve a apostar por un descarte de Zubieta" [Lezama bets on another Zubieta release]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Rementería, José Antonio (25 January 2013). "Isaac Aketxe rescinde su contrato con el Eibar y retorna Julen Iriarte" [Isaac Aketxe terminates his contract with Eibar and Julen Iriarte returns]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Isaac Aketxe será el delantero de la Cultural" [Isaac Aketxe will be Cultural's forward] (in Spanish). LeoNoticias. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "El Albacete cierra el fichaje de Aketxe" [Albacete complete signing of Aketxe] (in Spanish). Be Soccer. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Fernández, Maite (8 August 2017). "Isaac Aketxe: "Estoy donde quería estar"" [Isaac Aketxe: "I am where I wanted to be"]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Isaac Aketxe ficha por el UCAM Murcia" [Isaac Aketxe signs for UCAM Murcia] (in Spanish). Sport Cartagena. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "El Hércules ficha al delantero vasco Isaac Aketxe para la temporada 2021/2022" [Hércules sign Basque forward Isaac Aketxe for the 2021/2022 season] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Hernández, César (16 September 2021). "Aketxe y Mario Ortiz, casi a punto" [Aketxe and Mario Ortiz, nearly ready]. Diario Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Crespo, Iñigo (24 February 2013). "Reparto entre hermanos en Las Llanas" [Brothers get sharing at Las Llanas]. El Correo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Aqueche: Isaac Aqueche Aranceta". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Melgosa, Tinin (13 March 2013). "Aqueche, 112 partidos" [Aqueche, 112 matches] (in Spanish). Miranda Deportiva. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Isaac Aketxe Aranceta". Athletic Bilbao. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
External links
edit- Isaac Aketxe at Athletic Bilbao
- Isaac Aketxe at BDFutbol
- Isaac Aketxe at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Isaac Aketxe at Soccerway