Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gaizka Garitano Aguirre | ||
Date of birth | 9 July 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Ondarroa, Spain | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1989–1993 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1998 | Bilbao Athletic | 112 | (24) |
1996–1997 | → Lleida (loan) | 14 | (0) |
1997–1999 | Athletic Bilbao | 0 | (0) |
1998–1999 | → Eibar (loan) | 18 | (1) |
1999–2001 | Ourense | 70 | (8) |
2001–2005 | Eibar | 146 | (15) |
2005–2008 | Real Sociedad | 81 | (9) |
2008–2009 | Alavés | 29 | (2) |
Total | 470 | (59) | |
International career | |||
2003–2007 | Basque Country | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2009–2010 | Eibar (assistant) | ||
2010–2012 | Eibar B | ||
2012–2015 | Eibar | ||
2015 | Valladolid | ||
2016–2017 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
2017–2018 | Bilbao Athletic | ||
2018–2021 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
2021–2023 | Eibar | ||
2023–2024 | Almería | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gaizka Garitano Aguirre (born 9 July 1975) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager.
Over 11 seasons as a player, he amassed Segunda División totals of 315 matches and 37 goals, mainly with Bilbao Athletic and Eibar. In La Liga, he represented Real Sociedad during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 campaigns.
Garitano entered coaching in 2009 with Eibar, being put in charge of the first team in 2012. He won consecutive promotions in his first two years, and reached the top division with the club in 2014. In the competition, he also managed Deportivo and Athletic Bilbao.