Iñaki Eraña

Iñaki Eraña
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Eraña Cassi
Date of birth (1965-06-03) 3 June 1965
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986 Sporting B
1984–1990 Sporting Gijón 80 (3)
1987 → Recreativo (loan) 16 (0)
1990–1992 Murcia 75 (8)
1992–1995 Logroñés 91 (5)
1995–1997 Compostela 53 (0)
1997–1998 Extremadura 44 (6)
1998–1999 Numancia 17 (0)
Total 376 (22)
Teams managed
2015–2016 Ceares
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ignacio 'Iñaki' Eraña Cassi (born 3 June 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach.

Club career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Eraña started his professional career with local Sporting de Gijón, making his debut on 3 October 1984 and scoring the fourth goal in a 6–1 win against Club Siero for the Copa del Rey.[1] He signed his first professional contract in 1986, but was loaned to Segunda División club Recreativo de Huelva in January of the following year.

Eraña subsequently returned to Sporting, playing three consecutive seasons in La Liga before being loaned to Real Murcia in the second level.[2] He made his debut in the former competition on 1 November 1987, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 away draw against Valencia CF.

From 1992 until his retirement, at the age of 34, Eraña represented CD Logroñés, SD Compostela, CF Extremadura and CD Numancia, with six of the campaigns being spent in the top flight. He also achieved promotion from the second level with the third and fourth sides.[3]

After retiring, Eraña worked with Sporting Gijón in directorial capacities, leaving his post in 2015.[4] In October of that year he started his coaching career by being appointed at local amateurs UC Ceares,[5] leaving the club at the end of the season.

Personal life

Eraña's father, Juan (born 1938), was also a footballer; he too represented Sporting, making over 200 appearances for the club in the 1960s and helping them win promotion to the top tier in 1969–70, his final season at the club.[6] Two of Juan's older brothers, Jaime and Felipe, played for Sestao Sport Club in their native Basque Country during the 1950s.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "El Sporting, arrollador" [Sporting, firing on all cylinders]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 September 1984. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Eraña (Sporting) ya es murcianista" [Eraña (Sporting) is already murcianista]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 14 June 1990. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hito histórico del Numancia" [Historical achievement for Numancia]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 June 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "La dimisión de Iñaki Eraña es irrevocable" [Eraña's mind is made] (in Spanish). Gol Average. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "El Ceares elige a Iñaki Eraña para su banquillo" [Ceares chooses Iñaki Eraña for bench]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eraña: Juan Eraña Virumbrales". BDFutbol.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Eraña: Jaime Eraña Virumbrales". BDFutbol.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Eraña II: Felipe Eraña Virumbrales". BDFutbol.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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