Oinatz Aulestia Alkorta (born 23 March 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oinatz Aulestia Alkorta | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Ondarroa, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eibar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Eibar B | 66 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Pájara Playas | 5 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Bilbao Athletic | 18 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Cultural Leonesa | 71 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Oviedo | 136 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Cádiz | 69 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Hércules | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Cádiz | 36 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Hospitalet | 29 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Atlético Baleares | 61 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | El Ejido | 36 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Arenas Getxo | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 545 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He appeared in 474 Segunda División B matches in a 20-year senior career, in service of a host of clubs. His professional input consisted of nine Segunda División games for Hércules.
Club career
editBorn in Ondarroa, Biscay, Basque Country, Aulestia finished his youth career with SD Eibar, and made his senior debut with their B team in the 2000–01 season. He played in Segunda División B but also in Tercera División the following years, representing UD Pájara Playas de Jandía, Bilbao Athletic, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Oviedo[1] and Cádiz CF.[2]
On 30 July 2013, Aulestia signed with Segunda División club Hércules CF.[3] On 11 September, aged 32, he appeared in his first professional match, a 2–0 home win over Real Murcia in the second round of the Copa del Rey.[4] His first league appearance took place on 9 November in another victory for the hosts, now against UD Las Palmas (2–1).[5]
Aulestia returned to the third tier after leaving the Estadio José Rico Pérez at the end of the campaign, retiring well past his 30s.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Oinatz Aulestia llega hoy a Oviedo para reforzar la portería (Oinatz Aulestia arrives today in Oviedo to bolster goalkeeper unit) Archived 1 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine; La Voz de Asturias, 16 July 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ El fichaje de Oinatz Aulestia por el Cádiz levanta en Oviedo un clamor en contra (Signing of Oinatz Aulestia with Cádiz brings outrage to Oviedo); El Diario Vasco, 12 July 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Hércules ficha al defensa Bougaidis y al portero Aulestia (Hércules sign defender Bougaidis and goalkeeper Aulestia); Diario AS, 30 July 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Hércules supera con comodidad al Murcia (Hércules overcome Murcia easily); Marca, 11 September 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Hércules acaba con su pésima racha ante Las Palmas (Hércules put an end to their horrible streak against Las Palmas); Mundo Deportivo, 10 November 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Atlético Baleares incorpora al portero Aulestia (Atlético Baleares add goalkeeper Aulestia); Be Soccer, 15 June 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ Aulestia comienza una nueva aventura a sus 38 años (Aulestia starts a new adventure at the age of 38); El Desmarque, 21 August 2019 (in Spanish)
External links
edit- Oinatz Aulestia at BDFutbol
- Oinatz Aulestia at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Oinatz Aulestia at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Oinatz Aulestia at Soccerway