Iñaki Elejalde
Personal information
Full name Iñaki Elejalde Rodríguez
Date of birth (1999-01-20) 20 January 1999
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Mérida
Number 20
Youth career
2006–2012 Juventud Sanse
2012–2014 Alcobendas
2014–2017 Real Madrid
2017–2018 Alavés
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Alavés B 56 (8)
2020–2022 Las Palmas B 56 (12)
2021–2022 Las Palmas 1 (0)
2022–2023 Algeciras 35 (5)
2023– Mérida 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2023

Iñaki Elejalde Rodríguez (born 20 January 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Mérida.[1]

Club career

Born in Madrid to a Basque father, Elejalde joined Real Madrid's La Fábrica in 2014, from Alcobendas CF.[2] He left the club in 2017, and signed for Deportivo Alavés; in that campaign, he also made his senior debut with the latter's reserves in Tercera División.

Elejalde helped Alavés B in their promotion to Segunda División B in the 2018–19 season by scoring eight goals. On 5 October 2020, he signed for another reserve team, UD Las Palmas Atlético also in the third division.[3]

Elejalde made his first team debut on 6 March 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for Rafa Mújica in a 1–1 Segunda División home win against Rayo Vallecano.[4] In June 2022, after scoring 11 goals in the 2021–22 Segunda División RFEF, he was definitely promoted to the main squad,[5] but terminated his link on 26 August[6] and signed for Primera Federación side Algeciras CF the following day.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Iñaki Elejalde at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Zabarte y Elejalde de familia vasca destacan en el Real Madrid" [Zabarte and Elejalde from Basque families are spotlights at Real Madrid] (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Las Palmas Atlético completa su plantilla con dos nuevos refuerzos" [Las Palmas Atlético complete their squad with two new additions] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sergio Ruiz devuelve la sonrisa a Jesé en su debut como titular" [Sergio Ruiz gives back the smile to Jesé in his debut as a starter] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Iñaki Elejalde, potencia y velocidad" [Iñaki Elejalde, power and speed] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Iñaki Elejalde finaliza su contrato con la UD Las Palmas" [Iñaki Elejalde ends his contract with UD Las Palmas] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Elejalde ficha por el Algeciras" [Elejalde signs for Algeciras] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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