Iraia Iturregi

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. 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.

In May 2017, she announced her retirement from playing professional football.

International career

Iturregi has been a member of the Spanish national team. Previously she scored the winner in the final of the 2004 Under-19 European Championship, Spain's first triumph in women's football. 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.

Honours

Club

Athletic Bilbao

Primera División (4): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2015–16

International

Spain

UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (1): 2004

References

External links

Iraia Iturregi at La Liga

1985 births

Living people

Women's association football midfielders

Spanish women's footballers

Footballers from Bilbao

Liga F players

Athletic Club (women) players

Florida State Seminoles women's soccer players

Spain women's international footballers

Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States

Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Spanish expatriate women's footballers

Athletic Bilbao non-playing staff

Athletic Club Femenino managers

Liga F managers

Spanish football managers

Spain women's youth international footballers

21st-century Spanish women