Iñaki Astiz

Iñaki Astiz Ventura (born 5 November 1983) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He currently serves as the assistant coach of Legia Warsaw.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Astiz and the second or maternal family name is Ventura.
Iñaki Astiz
Astiz with Legia Warsaw in 2011
Personal information
Full name Iñaki Astiz Ventura
Date of birth (1983-11-05) 5 November 1983
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Legia Warsaw (assistant)
Youth career
Osasuna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Osasuna B 132 (9)
2007–2008 Osasuna 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Legia Warsaw (loan) 23 (1)
2008–2015 Legia Warsaw 136 (7)
2015–2017 APOEL 43 (2)
2017–2021 Legia Warsaw 38 (0)
2021 Legia Warsaw II 17 (0)
Total 389 (19)
Managerial career
2021– Legia Warsaw (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2021

Formed at Osasuna, he spent most of his professional career at Legia Warsaw, appearing in more than 250 competitive matches.

Club career

A product of local CA Osasuna's youth system, Astiz was born in Pamplona, Navarre, and his earlier career was spent with the B team where he met Jan Urban, a former club player who was manager of the reserves at the time. Thus, he was loaned for the 2007–08 season to Legia Warsaw (where Urban would work as coach) in the Ekstraklasa, becoming the first Spaniard ever to play in that competition.[1]

Astiz returned to Osasuna in June 2008, only to rejoin Legia immediately for five years despite still having a contract running. The former, however, retained the possibility to re-buy the player after the first two seasons.[2]

On 21 June 2015, Astiz signed a two-year deal with APOEL FC in the Cypriot First Division.[3] He made his competitive debut on 14 July, in a 0–0 home draw against FK Vardar in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.[4] He scored his first goal for his new team on 12 December 2016, the second in a 2–1 home victory over Anorthosis Famagusta FC for the domestic league.[5]

On 15 August 2017, the 33-year-old Astiz returned to Legia Warsaw.[6] On 12 July 2021, he joined their III liga reserve team.[7] He ended his career after the autumn round of the 2021–22 season, spent with third-league Legia Warsaw II, for which he appeared seventeen times.[8]

Coaching career

On 25 October 2021, following the promotion of Legia II head coach Marek Gołębiewski to the role of first team manager, Astiz joined his staff as an assistant coach.[9] Despite Gołębiewski being replaced by Aleksandar Vuković in mid-December that year, Astiz kept his role and is now sharing duties with Aleksandar Radunović.

Career statistics
As of 17 December 2017[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Osasuna B 2002–03[11] Segunda División B 181———181
2003–04[11] Segunda División B 151———151
2004–05[11] Segunda División B 343———343
2005–06[11] Segunda División B 312———312
2006–07[11] Segunda División B 342———342
Total 1329———1329
Legia Warsaw (loan) 2007–08[12] Ekstraklasa 2311101[lower-alpha 1]0—351
Legia Warsaw 2008–09[13][14] Ekstraklasa 26110000—361
2009–10[14][15] Ekstraklasa 251404[lower-alpha 1]0—331
2010–11[14][16] Ekstraklasa 17060——230
2011–12[14][17] Ekstraklasa 121502[lower-alpha 1]0—191
2012–13[14][18] Ekstraklasa 261406[lower-alpha 1]0—361
2013–14[14][19] Ekstraklasa 112102[lower-alpha 1]0—142
2014–15[14][20] Ekstraklasa 191408[lower-alpha 2]0—311
Total 1598450230—2278
APOEL 2015–16[14] Cypriot First Division 1603010[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0300
2016–17[14] Cypriot First Division 2723114[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0453
Total 4326124020753
Legia Warsaw 2017–18[14] Ekstraklasa 1401000—150
Career total 348195214702044920
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in Cypriot Super Cup

Honours

Legia Warsaw

APOEL

References
  1. Astiz se marcha cedido al Legia de Varsovia (Astiz goes on loan to Legia Warsaw) Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; CA Osasuna, 27 June 2007 (in Spanish)
  2. Iñaki Astiz se ha desvinculado del CA Osasuna (Iñaki Astiz has cut ties with Osasuna) Archived 1 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine; CA Osasuna, 26 August 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. Κατ'αρχήν συμφωνία με τον Iñaki Astiz Ventura [Agreement in principle with Iñaki Astiz Ventura] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. "APOEL 0–0 Vardar". UEFA. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. ΑΠΟΕΛ 2–1 Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου [APOEL 2–1 Anorthosis Famagusta] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  6. "Iñaki Astiz wrócił do Legii" [Iñaki Astiz returns to Legia] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  7. "Iñaki Astiz w rezerwach Legii". www.90minut.pl.
  8. "Iñaki Astiz". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  9. "Komunikat klubu w sprawie zmian w sztabie szkoleniowym". Legia Warsaw. 25 October 2021.
  10. Iñaki Astiz at FootballDatabase.eu
  11. "Astiz: Iñaki Astiz Ventura". BDFutbol. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  12. "Matches played by Inaki Astiz in 2007/08" (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  13. "Matches played by Inaki Astiz in 2008/09" (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  14. "Iñaki Astiz". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  15. "Matches played by Inaki Astiz in 2009/10" (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  16. "Matches played by Inaki Astiz in 2010/11" (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  17. "Matches played by Inaki Astiz in 2011/12" (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  18. "Matches played by Inaki Astiz in 2012/13" (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  19. "Matches played by Inaki Astiz in 2013/14" (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  20. "Matches played by Inaki Astiz in 2014/15" (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
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