Urko Vera

Urko Vera
Personal information
Full name Urko Vera Mateos
Date of birth (1987-05-14) 14 May 1987
Place of birth Barakaldo, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre forward
Club information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
Number 21
Youth career
1996–1997 Santutxu
1997–1999 Athletic Bilbao
2001–2003 Lezama
2003–2006 Santutxu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Santutxu ? (8)
2007–2008 Laudio ? (10)
2008–2009 Portugalete ? (6)
2009–2010 Eibar B ? (14)
2010 Eibar 3 (0)
2010–2011 Lemona 18 (13)
2011 Bilbao Athletic 7 (1)
2011 Athletic Bilbao 5 (1)
2011–2012 Hércules 31 (11)
2012–2013 Ponferradina 14 (2)
2013 Alcorcón 7 (1)
2013–2014 Eibar 31 (5)
2014–2015 Mirandés 38 (17)
2015 Jeonbuk Hyundai 6 (0)
2016 Osasuna 19 (3)
2016–2017 Huesca 14 (1)
2017 Mirandés 16 (5)
2017– CFR Cluj 15 (5)
2018 → Astra Giurgiu (loan) 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2018

Urko Vera Mateos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɾko ˈβeɾa];[lower-alpha 1] born 14 May 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a centre forward for Romanian club CFR Cluj.

Football career

Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, Vera played mostly amateur football until the age of 23, having represented Basque giants Athletic Bilbao as a youth from ages 10–12. During his spell at SD Lemona, he received part of his wage by taking the team's kits to the laundry.[1]

In the last minutes of the 2011 January transfer window, after impressing with Lemona in Segunda División B (the club was coached by legendary Athletic player Aitor Larrazábal), Vera was acquired by the Lions, signing a one 1/2-year contract and initially being assigned to the reserve side, Bilbao Athletic.[2] He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 5 February, coming on as a substitute for Iker Muniain for the final 15 minutes of a 3–0 home win against Sporting de Gijón.[3]

On 14 March 2011, again appearing from the bench, Vera scored his first goal for Athletic Bilbao, heading home in injury time in a 2–2 draw at Getafe CF.[4] After being released he resumed his career in Segunda División, representing five clubs in just four years, including CD Mirandés[5] for which he netted 20 times in all competitions.[6][7]

Vera moved to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC in the K League 1 in late July 2015.[8] On 10 January of the following year, he returned to his country and joined CA Osasuna in the second level.[9]

On 19 August 2016, Vera signed a one-year deal with SD Huesca, still in the second tier.[10] The following 23 January, he returned to Mirandés after leaving by mutual consent.[11]

On 18 May 2017, Vera moved to the Romanian Liga I with CFR Cluj.[12]

Honours

Eibar

Jeonbuk Hyundai

CFR Cluj

Notes

  1. ↑ In isolation, Vera is pronounced [ˈbeɾa].

References

  1. ↑ Urko Vera, de mileurista al cielo (Urko Vera, from mileurista to the sky); El Mundo, 16 March 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Urko Vera ficha por el Athletic hasta 2012 (Urko Vera signs with Athletic until 2012); Canal Athletic, 26 January 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Easy for Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 5 February 2011
  4. ↑ Vera rescues point for Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 14 March 2011
  5. ↑ El Mirandés ficha a Urko Vera y Aitor Fernández (Mirandés sign Urko Vera and Aitor Fernández); Mundo Deportivo, 13 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Un triplete de Urko Vera mete al Mirandés en la tercera fase (Three from Urko Vera send Mirandés to third stage); Diario AS, 10 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Los goles de la Liga Adelante tienen pasaporte español (Liga Adelante goals have a Spanish passport); La Liga, 9 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ 루이스-우르코 베라,'전북의 새 외국인 선수' (Luiz Henrique-Urko Vera, 'Jeonbuk Hyundai's new foreign players'); Osen, 26 July 2015 (in Korean)
  9. ↑ Urko Vera y Manuel, nuevos jugadores de Osasuna (Urko Vera and Manuel, new players of Osasuna); CA Osasuna, 10 January 2016 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ Urko Vera llega a la SD Huesca (Urko Vera arrives at SD Huesca); SD Huesca, 19 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ Urko Vera, nuevo jugador del Club Deportivo Mirandés (Urko Vera, new player of Club Deportivo Mirandés); CD Mirandés, 23 January 2017 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ "Încă un transfer la CFR Cluj! Ardelenii și-au adus un atacant din liga a doua spaniolă" [Another transfer to CFR Cluj! The Transylvanians brought a striker from the Spanish second league] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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