Iker Aldai

Iker Aldai
Personal information
Full name	Iker Aldai Igartua
Date of birth	24 June 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Getxo, Spain
Position(s)	Centre back, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Eibar B
Youth career
	Romo
	Gatika [eu]
	Eibar
Senior career*
Years	Team
2021–2024	Vitoria
2023–	Eibar
2024–	Eibar B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024

Iker Aldai Igartua (born 24 June 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender or a midfielder for SD Eibar B.

Club career

Born in Getxo, Biscay, Basque Country,^[1] Aldai joined SD Eibar's youth setup from Gatika KT [eu]. He made his senior debut with the farm team on 5 September 2021, starting in a 0–0 Tercera División RFEF away draw against Amurrio Club.^[2]

Aldai scored his first senior goals on 16 March 2022, netting a brace for Vitoria in a 3–0 home win over Beti Gazte KJKE [eu]. He was called up to the first team for the 2022 pre-season by manager Gaizka Garitano,^[1] and made his professional debut on 12 February 2023, coming on as a late substitute for Matheus Pereira in a 3–0 Segunda División home loss against FC Cartagena.^[3] In 2024, he was assigned to Eibar's B-team in Segunda Federación, after the partnership with Vitoria ended.

References

^ ^a ^b "Cubero, Ruiz Zeberio, Alday, Troncho, Yriarte y Martín harán la pretemporada con el primer equipo masculino" [Cubero, Ruiz Zeberio, Alday, Troncho, Yriarte and Martín will make the pre-season with the men's first team] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ "El miedo a perder concluye con un empate" [The fear of losing end up with a draw] (in Spanish). Noticias de Álava. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ "El Cartagena resucita en Ipurua... donde aún no había ganado nadie" [Cartagena is reborn at the Ipurua... where no one has won anything yet] (in Spanish). Marca. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

External links

Iker Aldai at BDFutbol
Iker Aldai at Soccerway

[SDE-1] "Cubero, Ruiz Zeberio, Alday, Troncho, Yriarte y Martín harán la pretemporada con el primer equipo masculino" [Cubero, Ruiz Zeberio, Alday, Troncho, Yriarte and Martín will make the pre-season with the men's first team] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[2] "El miedo a perder concluye con un empate" [The fear of losing end up with a draw] (in Spanish). Noticias de Álava. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[3] "El Cartagena resucita en Ipurua... donde aún no había ganado nadie" [Cartagena is reborn at the Ipurua... where no one has won anything yet] (in Spanish). Marca. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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