Iñaki Bea

Iñaki Bea Jauregi (born 27 June 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently a manager.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bea and the second or maternal family name is Jauregi.
Iñaki Bea
Bea in 2012
Personal information
Full name Iñaki Bea Jauregi
Date of birth (1978-06-27) 27 June 1978
Place of birth Amurrio, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Amorebieta
2000–2003 Amurrio 87 (1)
2003 Ciudad Murcia 16 (1)
2003–2006 Lorca Deportiva 102 (1)
2006–2009 Valladolid 59 (3)
2009–2010 Murcia 26 (1)
2010–2012 Wacker Innsbruck 63 (1)
Total 353 (8)
Managerial career
2014 Levante (assistant)
2015–2021 Eibar (assistant)
2022 Dominican Republic
2022–2023 Numancia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Bea was born in Amurrio, Álava. After starting out with modest clubs in his native Basque Country, and having a stint in the Segunda División B with Ciudad de Murcia, he had his first taste of professional football at Lorca Deportiva CF in the 2005–06 season, helping the side retain their Segunda División status under Unai Emery.[1]

Subsequently, Bea joined Real Valladolid, scoring three goals in 35 games as the Castile and León team returned to La Liga in 2007 after a three-year absence[2] but being less used in the following years – only seven matches in the 2007–08 campaign. He made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 28 October 2007, featuring 45 minutes in the 2–2 away draw against CA Osasuna.[3]

Bea left in July 2009, moving to the second tier with Real Murcia, being relegated in his only season and being subsequently released.[4] Aged 32, he had his first experience abroad, signing a 1+1 contract with Austrian club FC Wacker Innsbruck.[5] He made his Bundesliga debut on 18 July 2010, playing the entire 4–0 home win over SK Rapid Wien.[6] His first and only goal in the competition arrived on 22 September of that year, when he helped to a 4–2 away defeat of Kapfenberger SV.[7]

Coaching career

After retiring, Bea worked as assistant manager at Levante UD and SD Eibar under José Luis Mendilibar, his former coach at Valladolid.[8][9][2] On 24 February 2022, he was appointed head coach of the Dominican Republic national side.[10]

Bea signed with CD Numancia in the same capacity in November 2022.[11] The following 1 May, he was dismissed.[12]

References
  1. Iñaki Bea: fontanero, ferretero, futbolista, ojeador... y entrenador contra el Madrid (Iñaki Bea: plumber, ironmonger, footballer, scout... and manager against Madrid); Marca, 4 March 2017 (in Spanish)
  2. Iñaki Bea: "El trabajo de Sergio es bestial" (Iñaki Bea: "Sergio is doing one hell of a job"); Marca, 9 November 2018 (in Spanish)
  3. Angustioso empate en el Reyno (Anxious draw at the Reyno); Marca, 28 October 2007 (in Spanish)
  4. Iñaki Bea, octava baja del Real Murcia tras el descenso (Iñaki Bea, eighth out at Real Murcia after relegation); La Verdad, 7 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. Iñaki Bea Jauregi wechselt zu Wacker Innsbruck (Iñaki Bea Jauregi moves to Wacker Innsbruck); Wacker Innsbruck, 28 June 2010 (in German)
  6. Sensation am Tivoli (Show at Tivoli); ORF, 18 July 2010 (in German)
  7. Drei Tore innerhalb von nur zehn Minuten: Innsbruck schlägt Kapfenberg souverän 4:2 (Three goals in just ten minutes: Innsbruck have no problem beating Kapfenberg 4:2); NEWS, 22 September 2010 (in German)
  8. Iñaki Bea, ayudante técnico de Mendilibar (Iñaki Bea, Mendilibar's technical assistant); El Correo, 4 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. Iñaki Bea, un segundo con historia (Iñaki Bea, this sidekick has quite a past); El País, 22 January 2017 (in Spanish)
  10. Iñaki Bea se convierte en el nuevo seleccionador de fútbol de República Dominicana (Iñaki Bea becomes the new Dominican Republic national team football manager); Cadena COPE, 24 February 2022 (in Spanish)
  11. Iñaki Bea, presentado como nuevo entrenador del Numancia (Iñaki Bea, presented as new manager of Numancia); Diario AS, 14 November 2022 (in Spanish)
  12. "Iñaki Bea, destituido como entrenador del Club Deportivo Numancia" [Iñaki Bea, dismissed as manager of Club Deportivo Numancia] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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