Iker Guarrotxena
Personal information
Full name Iker Guarrotxena Vallejo
Date of birth (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Murcia
Number 10
Youth career
2002–2003 Arenas Getxo
2003–2011 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Basconia 29 (10)
2012–2016 Bilbao Athletic 92 (22)
2014–2015 → Tenerife (loan) 20 (1)
2016–2017 Mirandés 40 (9)
2017–2018 Cultural Leonesa 33 (0)
2018–2020 Pogoń Szczecin 30 (5)
2018–2020 Pogoń Szczecin II 4 (2)
2020–2021 Volos 21 (1)
2021 Western United 22 (3)
2021–2022 Logroñés 38 (14)
2022–2023 Goa 20 (11)
2023– Murcia 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:07, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Iker Guarrotxena Vallejo (born 6 December 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Murcia.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Guarrotxena joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2002, aged nine. He made his senior debuts with the farm team in the 2011–12 season, in Tercera División. In the 2012 summer, he was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B.

On 1 August 2014, Guarrotxena moved to Segunda División's CD Tenerife in a season-long loan deal.[1] He played his first match as a professional on the 24th, starting in a 0–1 away loss against SD Ponferradina.[2]

Guarrotxena returned to the B-side for the 2015–16 season, with the club also in the second tier. On 7 June 2016, after suffering relegation, he was released by the Lions.[3]

On 12 July 2016, Guarrotxena signed a two-year deal with CD Mirandés, also in the second tier.[4] Roughly one year later, after suffering relegation, he moved to fellow league team Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.[5]

On 4 August 2018, Guarrotxena moved to Pogoń Szczecin in the Polish Ekstraklasa, signing a three-year deal with the club.[6]

On 2 January 2020, Greek Super League club Volos officially announced the signing of Guarrotxena on a free transfer.[7]

On 14 January 2021, A-League club Western United official announced that Guarrotxena had signed on a one-year deal with the club.[8]

In June 2022, Guarrotxena moved to Indian Super League, after signing with Peña who managed FC Goa. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win against Jamshedpur FC.[9]

Personal life

He is the nephew of retired footballer Endika, who also came through the ranks at Athletic Bilbao and won trophies with the club in the 1980s.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 April 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basconia 2011–12 Tercera División 291000—2910
Bilbao Athletic 2012–13 Segunda División B 24600—246
2013–14 Segunda División B 341100—3411
2015–16 Segunda División 34500—345
Total 922200009222
Tenerife
(loan)		 2014–15 Segunda División 20110—211
Mirandés 2016–17 Segunda División 40911—4110
Cultural Leonesa 2017–18 Segunda División 33020—350
Pogoń Szczecin 2018–19 Ekstraklasa 24500—245
2019–20 Ekstraklasa 6020—80
Total 3052000325
Pogoń Szczecin II 2018–19 III liga 22——22
2019–20 III liga 20——20
Total 42——42
Volos 2019–20 Super League Greece 14122—163
2020–21 Super League Greece 7000—70
Total 2112200233
Western United 2020–21 A-League 22300—223
Logroñés 2021–22 Primera División RFEF 381410—3914
Goa 2022–23 Indian Super League 201132—2313
Career total 349781250036183

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "El Tenerife logra la cesión de Iker Guarrotxena" (in Spanish). Marca. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "El gol olímpico de Infante marcó la diferencia" (in Spanish). Marca. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Leaving Bilbao Athletic". Athletic Bilbao. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Iker Guarrotxena, primer fichaje del Club Deportivo Mirandés 2016/17" [Iker Guarrotxena, first signing of Club Deportivo Mirandés 2016/17] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Alta Iker Guarrotxena" [Signing Iker Guarrotxena] (in Spanish). Cultural Leonesa. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Guarrotxena piłkarzem Pogoni!" [Guarrotxena football player Pogoń!] (in Polish). Pogoń Szczecin. 4 August 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Βόλος: Ανακοίνωσε Γκουαροτσένα και Οικονόμου" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 2 January 2020. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Iker eager to feature in derby". News.com.au. 14 January 2021. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Mergulhao, Marcus (18 June 2022). "Goa: FC Goa add two more Spanish players as Guarrotxena, Valiente join team meeting". The Times of India. Panaji, Goa. TNN. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Qué fue de..." [What happened to...]. El Correo (in Spanish). 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Iker Guarrotxena at Soccerway
  12. ↑ ISL Media Team (15 January 2023). "FC Goa's Iker Guarrotxena wins Hero of the Month award for December 2022". indiansuperleague.com. Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
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