Aitor Fernández

Aitor Fernández
Personal information
Full name Aitor Fernández Abarisketa
Date of birth (1991-05-03) 3 May 1991
Place of birth Arrasate, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Levante
Number 25
Youth career
2003–2008 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Basconia 44 (0)
2010–2013 Bilbao Athletic 30 (0)
2012–2013 → Barakaldo (loan) 21 (0)
2013–2016 Villarreal B 94 (0)
2016–2018 Numancia 70 (0)
2018– Levante 0 (0)
National team
2009–2010 Spain U19 6 (0)
2011 Spain U20 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2018

Aitor Fernández Abarisketa (born 3 May 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Levante UD as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Arrasate, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Fernández joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2003, aged 12. He made his senior debut for the farm team CD Basconia in 2008, in Tercera División.

On 29 June 2010, after being promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B, Fernández was called up to the first team for the pre-season as a backup to Gorka Iraizoz and Raúl Fernández.[1] However, he only appeared in 19 matches for the former during the season, mainly due to a hand injury which kept him out for two months,[2][3] and struggled even more in 2011–12, again due to injuries, being overtaken by new signing Jon Ander Serantes.[4][5]

On 22 July 2012, Fernández was loaned to fellow league side Barakaldo CF for one year,[6] but had his contract with the Lions terminated on 28 January 2013.[7] He signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Villarreal CF a day later, being assigned to the B-team also in the third level.[8]

On 6 July 2016, Fernández joined Segunda División club CD Numancia on a two-year contract.[9] He made his professional debut on 4 September 2016, starting in a 1–1 away draw against AD Alcorcón.[10]

Initially a backup to Munir, Fernández profited from national call-ups and became a regular starter, holding that position until the end of the campaign.[11] On 27 February 2017, he extended his link until 2020.[12]

On 23 July 2018, Fernández agreed to a four-year contract with La Liga side Levante UD.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Pre-season squads 2010–2011". Athletic Bilbao. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Player injury update". Athletic Bilbao. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Player injury update". Athletic Bilbao. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Aitor Fernández' injury update". Athletic Bilbao. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Surgery of Aitor Fernández". Athletic Bilbao. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Loan of Aitor Fernández". Athletic Bilbao. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Aitor Fernández' contract terminated". Athletic Bilbao. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Movimientos en el mercado de invierno" [Movements in the winter market] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "El C. D. Numancia ficha al guardameta Aitor Fernández" [C. D. Numancia sign goalkeeper Aitor Fernández] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Sus primeros goles no les valen para ganar" [Their first goals do not equal a win]. Marca (in Spanish). 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Luis Hernández Casado (12 June 2018). "Aitor, un portero que suma puntos" [Aitor, a goalkeeper who keeps adding points]. Heraldo de Soria (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "El Numancia prolonga el contrato al guardameta vasco Aitor Fernández" [Numancia extend the contract of Basque goalkeeper Aitor Fernández]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 27 February 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Levante UD y CD Numancia acuerdan el traspaso de Aitor Fernández" [Levante UD and CD Numancia agree transfer of Aitor Fernández] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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