Iker Kortajarena
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iker Kortajarena Canellada | ||
Date of birth | 21 June 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Oiartzun, Spain | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Huesca | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
Real Sociedad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | Real Sociedad C | 78 | (18) |
2021–2023 | Real Sociedad B | 37 | (5) |
2023– | Huesca | 28 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 |
Iker Kortajarena Canellada (born 21 June 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for SD Huesca.
Club career
[edit]Born in Oiartzun, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Kortajarena was a Real Sociedad youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the C-team on 16 February 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for Daniel Garrido in a 0–0 Tercera División home draw against SD Beasain.[1]
Kortajarena scored his first senior goal on 13 April 2019, netting the C's fourth in a 4–1 home routing of Pasaia KE.[2] During the 2020–21 campaign, he scored nine goals as the C-side achieved promotion to Segunda División RFEF.
Kortajarena made his professional debut with the reserves on 4 September 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for Luca Sangalli in a 0–1 away loss against FC Cartagena in the Segunda División championship.[3] He was definitely promoted to the B-side ahead of the 2022–23 season, with the club now in Primera Federación.
On 29 June 2023, Kortajarena signed a two-year contract with SD Huesca in division two.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sin goles en el derbi" [No goals in the derby] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Siguen en la pelea" [Still in the fight] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "La cabeza de Ortuño da una victoria al Efesé" [The head of Ortuño gives a win to the Efesé] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Iker Kortajarena, primera incorporación de la SD Huesca" [Iker Kortajarena, first signing of SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Iker Kortajarena at BDFutbol
- Iker Kortajarena at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- People from Oiartzun
- Footballers from Gipuzkoa
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Segunda División players
- Primera Federación players
- Segunda Federación players
- Tercera División players
- Real Sociedad C footballers
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- SD Huesca footballers