Aitor Karanka
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| Aitor Karanka | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aitor Karanka de la Hoz | |
| Date of birth | September 18, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Vitoria, Álava, Spain | |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Central defender | |
| Youth clubs | ||
1991-1992 |
Corazonistas Deportivo Alavés Athletic Bilbao |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1991-1992 1992-1997 1997-2002 2002-2006 2006 |
Bilbao Athletic Athletic Bilbao Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao Colorado Rapids |
53 (2) 118 (2) 93 (0) 64 (2) 28 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1995 1994-2004 |
 Spain Euskadi XI |
1 (0) 6 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Aitor Karanka de la Hoz (born September 18, 1973 in Vitoria, Álava) is a Spanish footballer, who last played for the Colorado Rapids of the MLS. He has previously played for Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid, Spain and the Euskadi XI. His brother, David, is also a footballer and has played for Athletic Bilbao, Real Murcia and Sporting de Gijón.
Karanka, a defender, began his career with the junior side Corazonistas and also played at a junior level for Deportivo Alavés. He made his professional debut with Bilbao Athletic in 1991 and went onto make 53 appearances for the reserve side, scoring twice. Along with Julen Guerrero, he was a member of the Athletic U-19 team that won a national cup and league double in 1992. Karanka was promoted to the senior Athletic Bilbao team by Jupp Heynckes in 1993 and went onto make 118 La Liga appearances before joining Heynckes at Real Madrid in 1997. He made 93 La Liga appearances and played 33 UEFA Champions League games for Real, including the final in 2000. In 2002 he returned to Athletic Bilbao.
Karanka never really established himself as an international and has only played once at senior level for Spain. He did however play 14 games for Spain U-21s and was a member of the team that were runners-up at the European Championship in 1996. He also played for Spain at the 1996 Olympic Games. Between 1994 and 2004 he also played 6 times for the Euskadi XI.
Athletic Bilbao
- Spanish U-19 Cup
- 1992
- Spanish U-19 League
- 1992
Real Madrid
- UEFA Champions League: 3
- 1998, 2000, 2002
- Spanish Champions: 1
- 2000-01
- Intercontinental Cup: 1
- 1998
- Supercopa de España: 2
- 1997, 2000
- European Super Cup: 1
- 2002
- European stats
- Spain stats
- Player stats at www.mlsnet.com
- Player stats at Athletic's official website
Categories: 1973 births | Living people | Athletic Bilbao footballers | Basque footballers | Colorado Rapids players | Deportivo Alavés footballers | Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | La Liga footballers | Olympic footballers of Spain | Real Madrid footballers | Spanish footballers | Spain international footballers | Unattached footballers