Aitor Tornavaca Fernández (born 24 March 1976), known simply as Aitor, is a Spanish former footballer who played mainly as a left midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aitor Tornavaca Fernández | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitoria, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aurrerá | |||
| 1993–1994 | Sporting Gijón | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Sporting Gijón B | 90 | (10) |
| 1995–2000 | Sporting Gijón | 18 | (2) |
| 1997–1998 | → Leganés (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | → Levante (loan) | 33 | (1) |
| 2000–2002 | Jaén | 60 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Eibar | 59 | (5) |
| 2004–2012 | Recreativo | 277 | (11) |
| 2012–2013 | Avilés | 36 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Llanes | 51 | (6) |
| 2016–2017 | Llanera | 12 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Llanes | 10 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Condal | 63 | (1) |
| Total | 728 | (45) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He amassed Segunda División totals of 328 games and 16 goals over 11 seasons, representing five clubs, mainly Recreativo de Huelva. He added 105 matches and five goals in La Liga, where he appeared for Recreativo and Sporting de Gijón.
Club career edit
Aitor was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country. During his early career he played almost exclusively in the Segunda División, representing Sporting de Gijón, CD Leganés, Levante UD, Real Jaén and SD Eibar[1] and moving to Recreativo de Huelva for the 2004–05 campaign.[2] He appeared in two La Liga games with the first club, scoring against Real Valladolid in a 4–2 home win on 29 October 1995.[3]
At Recre, Aitor was first choice from the start, being instrumental in the Andalusian side's 2006 promotion and also a regular in the top tier (never played less than 30 league matches in his eight-year spell). He was also deployed several times as a left-back.[4]
On 12 July 2012, after three seasons in division two and 294 competitive appearances for Recreativo, the 36-year-old Aitor returned to Asturias and joined Real Avilés CF of Segunda División B, signing a two-year contract[5] but retiring at the end of his first, following which he immediately joined the club's coaching staff.[6]
Aitor returned to active on 14 June 2014, agreeing to a deal at CD Llanes in the Tercera División.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ Imedio, Oscar (16 July 2002). "Aitor (Jaén), nuevo refuerzo armero" [Aitor (Jaén), new armero signing]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ Lorenzo, José Luis (20 May 2004). "Aitor Tornavaca ficha por dos años con el Recreativo" [Aitor Tornavaca signs for two years with Recreativo]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ Calleja, José Luis (30 October 2005). "El Sporting remonta dos veces" [Sporting come from behind twice]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ "Aitor Tornavaca, el viajero del tiempo" [Aitor Tornavaca, the time traveller] (in Spanish). Historias de Segunda. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ Bernardo, Marta (12 July 2012). "Aitor Tornavaca es del Avilés" [Aitor Tornavaca joins Avilés]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ Bernardo, Marta (23 August 2013). "Aitor Tornavaca deja el balón por la pizarra" [Aitor Tornavaca leaves football for chalkboard]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ Ubric, R. (17 June 2014). "Aitor Tornavaca vuelve a los terrenos de juego al fichar por el Llanes" [Aitor Tornavaca returns to the pitches after signing for Llanes] (in Spanish). Huelva 24. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "El Ceares, Llanes, Tuilla y Urraca refuerzan sus plantillas para la próxima campaña" [Ceares, Llanes, Tuilla and Urraca bolster squads for the following campaign]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.