 Toquero before a game with Euskadi in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gaizka Toquero Pinedo | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitoria, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alavés | |||
| 2001–2002 | Ariznabarra | ||
| 2002–2003 | Real Sociedad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Alavés C | 16 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Alavés B | 29 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Lemona | 33 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Sestao | 37 | (5) |
| 2008–2015 | Athletic Bilbao | 156 | (20) |
| 2008 | → Eibar (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | Alavés | 62 | (10) |
| 2017–2019 | Zaragoza | 27 | (4) |
| Total | 376 | (48) | |
| International career | |||
| 2010–2016 | Basque Country | 7 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gaizka Toquero Pinedo (born 9 August 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a right winger.
He spent most of his career with Athletic Bilbao, appearing in 207 competitive matches during seven La Liga seasons and scoring 24[1] goals, and becoming a fan favourite for his endeavour.[2]
- ^ Athletic's second goal in their 3–3 draw away to HJK Helsinki in August 2012 is a matter of dispute. Some sources, including his profile on the club's website (Athletic Bilbao[permanent dead link]), contemporary match reports (SportsMole, RTVE) and later career summaries in the media (El Desmarque El Mundo, Deia Archived 12 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine) give the goal to Toquero, which would be his 25th in total, but other statistical resources, including the UEFA match report, (UEFA, BDFutbol, Soccerway) count it as an own goal by HJK's Rami Hakanpää. Footage of the incident from a single angle (12:20) is inconclusive (additionally, the screen display shows 'own goal', but the stadium tannoy announcer can be heard crediting it to Toquero).
- ^ Bate, Adam (8 January 2017). "Gaizka Toquero returns to Athletic Bilbao where he is a cult hero". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 June 2017.