Einar Galilea

Einar Galilea Azaceta (born 22 May 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF as either a central defender or a midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Galilea and the second or maternal family name is Azaceta.
Einar Galilea
Galilea in September 2018
Personal information
Full name Einar Galilea Azaceta
Date of birth (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994
Place of birth Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Málaga
Number 4
Youth career
Alavés
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Alavés B 86 (3)
2013–2021 Alavés 22 (0)
2018 → Rudeš (loan) 14 (1)
2018 → Sochaux (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2021 → Istra 1961 (loan) 68 (1)
2021–2023 Istra 1961 63 (4)
2023– Málaga 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2023

Formed at Alavés, he spent most of his career in the Croatian Football League, making over 100 appearances mainly for Istra 1961 and also for Rudeš.

Football career

Alavés

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Galilea finished his formation with his hometown club Deportivo Alavés, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2012–13 campaign. On 19 May 2013, as the Basque side were already in the play-offs, he made his first team debut, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 win at CD Izarra.[1]

On 4 January 2014 Galilea made his debut as a professional, again from the bench in a 2–0 success at CD Numancia in the Segunda División championship.[2] On 20 August he was definitely promoted to the main squad,[3] and renewed his link until 2017 on 2 September.[4]

After the club's promotion to La Liga, it was announced on 18 August 2016 that Galilea would return to the B-side, but still being involved with the first team.[5] He scored his first senior goal ten days later, netting the second in a 4–0 Tercera División home routing of Santutxu FC.

On 16 January 2017, despite being injured, Galilea renewed his contract for two more seasons.[6] Roughly one year later, he was loaned to NK Rudeš until June.[7]

Galilea renewed his contract until 2021 on 9 June 2018,[8] and was loaned to Ligue 2 side FC Sochaux-Montbéliard eleven days later.[9]

Istra 1961

In January 2019, Galilea left Sochaux and went on loan again to NK Istra 1961.[10] On 30 August 2020, the deal was extended for a further season.[11]

Galilea scored his first goal for the team from Pula on 21 April 2021, in a 2–1 home loss to rivals HNK Rijeka.[12] On 19 May, he played in the 2021 Croatian Football Cup Final, lost 6–3 to GNK Dinamo Zagreb.[13]

At the end of June 2021, Galilea's contract at Alavés expired, and he joined Istra 1961 permanently.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 18 December 2021[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Alavés 2012–13 Segunda División B 1000——10
2013–14 Segunda División 2000——20
2014–15 13040——170
2015–16 6020——80
2016–17 Primera División 0000——00
2017–18 0000——00
Total 22060----280
Rudeš (loan) 2017–18 1. HNL 14100——141
Sochaux (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 30201 0—60
Istra 1961 (loan) 2018–19 1. HNL 12000—2[lower-alpha 1]0140
2019–20 31010—1[lower-alpha 1]0330
2020–21 25120——271
Istra 1961 2021-22 32210——241
Total 10836010301183
Career total 130312010301463
  1. Appearance(s) in Relegation Playoffs

Honours

Alavés

References
  1. El muchacho tranquilo (The quiet boy) Archived 2014-05-20 at archive.today; Noticias de Álava, 8 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  2. El Alavés vence en Soria y abandona la última posición (Alavés wins in Soria and leaves last position); Marca, 4 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  3. Einar y Sergio Llamas: “Es una buena noticia para todos los chavales de Ibaia” (Einar and Sergio Llamas: "It is good news for all the kids from Ibaia") Archived 2014-09-04 at the Wayback Machine; Alavés' official website, 20 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. El Alavés renueva a Einar Galilea tras hacer uso de una cláusula (Alavés renews Einar Galilea after activating a clause); El Correo, 2 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. Iglesias y Einar jugarán en el filial (Iglesias and Einar will play in the reserves); Noticias de Álava, 18 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  6. Einar Galilea amplia su contrato como alavesista dos temporadas más (Einar Galilea extends his contract as an alavesista two further seasons); Deportivo Alavés, 16 January 2016 (in Spanish)
  7. Einar Galilea cedido al NK Rudes hasta final de temporada (Einar Galilea loaned to NK Rudes until the end of the season); Deportivo Alavés, 18 January 2018 (in Spanish)
  8. Einar Galilea renueva con el Deportivo Alavés hasta 2021 (Einar Galilea renews with Deportivo Alavés until 2021); Deportivo Alavés, 9 June 2018 (in Spanish)
  9. Einar Galilea reforzará al FC Sochaux (Einar Galilea will bolster FC Sochaux); Deportivo Alavés, 20 June 2018 (in Spanish)
  10. "Le défenseur Einar Galilea quitte Sochaux" [Defender Einar Galilea leaves Sochaux] (in French). L'Équipe. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  11. "Einar Galilea saldrá cedido al NK Istra" [Einar Galilea will leave on loan to NK Istra] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  12. "Rijeka uzvratila Istri i skočila na treće mjesto" [Rijeka responded to Istria and jumped to third place] (in Croatian). Radio Ljubuški. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  13. "El Istra cae derrotado con claridad (6-3) en la final de la Copa de Croacia" [Istra fall comprehensively defeated (6-3) in the Croatian Cup final] (in Spanish). Noticias de Álava. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  14. "Einar Galilea, adiós al Alavés" [Einar Galilea, goodbye to Alavés] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  15. Einar Galilea at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  16. "No hay tregua, son de Primera" [There's no respite, they're in Primera] (in Spanish). Naiz. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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