Iraia Iturregi

Iraia
Personal information
Full name	Iraia Iturregi Sustatxa
Date of birth	24 April 1985
Place of birth	Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Athletic Bilbao (head coach)
College career
Years	Team
2006	Florida State Seminoles
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	CD Sondika
2000–2002	SD Leioa
2002–2017	Athletic Bilbao
International career
	Spain U19
2004–2007	Spain
2006–2016	Basque Country
Managerial career
2019–2020	Athletic Bilbao B
2021–	Athletic Bilbao
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iraia Iturregi Sustatxa (born 24 April 1985) is a Spanish football midfielder who played for Athletic Bilbao of Spain's Primera División for most of her career.^[1] She currently acts as head coach of women's team Athletic Bilbao B.

Career

Despite playing all her entire career at Basque teams, Iturregi has also played in United States's NCAA for Florida State Seminoles.^[2]

In May 2017, she announced her retirement from playing professional football.^[3]

Iturregi has been a member of the Spanish national team.^[4] Previously she scored the winner in the final of the 2004 Under-19 European Championship, Spain's first triumph in women's football.^[5] Iturregi was the team's captain and top scorer joint with Jade Boho. Two months later she played her first match with the senior national team, against Norway in the 2005 European Championship qualifying.

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