Joseba Agirre (footballer, born 1977)

Joseba Agirre Oliden (born 24 March 1977) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Agirre and the second or maternal family name is Oliden.
Joseba Agirre
Personal information
Full name Joseba Agirre Oliden
Date of birth (1977-03-24) 24 March 1977
Place of birth Orio, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Real Sociedad B 101 (8)
1996 Real Sociedad 1 (0)
1998–2002 Castellón 128 (4)
2002–2003 Hospitalet 22 (0)
2003 Ciudad Murcia 0 (0)
2003–2004 Toledo 33 (1)
2004–2010 Real Unión 146 (5)
2010–2014 Laudio 136 (5)
Total 567 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Orio, Gipuzkoa, Agirre was a product of local Real Sociedad's youth system, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 1995–96 season, in Segunda División B. On 25 May 1996 he appeared in his first and only game with the first team, playing the last 17 minutes of a 3–2 La Liga away win over Racing de Santander.[1]

In summer 1998, Agirre joined CD Castellón also in the third division. Four years later he signed for fellow league club CE L'Hospitalet. After appearing with the Catalans in the 2002–03 regular season he competed with Ciudad de Murcia in the play-offs, helping to a first-ever promotion to Segunda División.

Agirre moved to CD Toledo, still in division three, for the 2003–04 campaign. Subsequently, he joined Real Unión also in the third tier, being first choice in his first four seasons and still contributing 16 matches in the fifth as the Basques returned to the second division after 44 years. He made only one competitive appearance in 2009–10, however, a 2–1 loss at RC Celta de Vigo in the Copa del Rey,[2] and also saw his team be immediately relegated back.

In January 2010, Agirre joined CD Laudio from Tercera División. In July 2012 he renewed his contract with the club,[3] and was also promoted to division three in 2013, appearing in 36 matches in the process.

References
  1. El Racing y la Real entretienen (Racing and Real entertain); Mundo Deportivo, 26 May 1996 (in Spanish)
  2. Un doblete de Trashorras acaba con el 'matagigantes' (Trashorras double ends 'giantkiller'); Marca, 1 September 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. Joseba Agirre jugará un año más en el Laudio (Joseba Agirre will play a further year in Laudio); El Diario Vasco, 26 July 2012 (in Spanish)
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