 Orbaiz as an Athletic Bilbao player (2008) | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pablo Orbaiz Lesaka | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1996 | Osasuna[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Osasuna B | 27 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Osasuna | 69 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2012 | Athletic Bilbao | 263 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 24 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Rubin Kazan | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Valle de Egüés | ? | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 406 | (18) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Spain U17 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Spain U18 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Spain U20 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Spain U21 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Spain | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Navarre | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Basque Country | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Pablo Orbaiz Lesaka (born 6 February 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
After starting out with Osasuna, he went on to play 11 years in La Liga with Athletic Bilbao,[3] appearing in a total of 318 competitive matches and scoring 13 goals.
- ^ "Orbaiz, Pablo Orbaiz Lesaka - Futbolista". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ Ciordia, Fernando (9 April 2009). "A Orbaiz e Iraizoz sí les gusta el Reyno" [Orbaiz and Iraizoz sure do like Reyno] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ Orbaiz: "Jugar la Champions es un sueño para mí" (Orbaiz: "To play in the Champions League is a dream for me") Archived 23 July 2012 at archive.today; Deia, 1 September 2011 (in Spanish)