Andere Leguina García (born 17 March 1989), occasionally referred to as Andere Legina, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mainly for Primera División club Athletic Bilbao.[1]

Andere Leguina
Personal information
Full name Andere Leguina García
Date of birth (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Getxo, Spain
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 SD Leioa
2003–2006 Athletic Bilbao B
2006–2012 Athletic Bilbao 33 (0)
2012–2015 San Ignacio
2015–2016 Madrid CFF
2016–2021 Athletic Bilbao 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

She represented Spain in the 2007 Under-19 European Championship.[2]

Career

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Leguina first joined Athletic Bilbao at the age of 14.[3] In her two spells at Athletic Bilbao, she was predominantly backup goalkeeper to Ainhoa Tirapu.[4] Following Tirapu's retirement in 2020, Leguina renewed her contract with Athletic Bilbao for a further year.[5]

Personal life

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Leguina is from Getxo.[6] Outside of her football career, she works as an engineer for Kyndryl.[7]

Honours

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Athletic Bilbao

References

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  1. ^ Statistics in Athletic's website
  2. ^ Hart, Patrick (18 July 2007). "Henry shoots down Spain". UEFA. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ Grande, Juan Carlos (2 August 2020). "Leguina: "Antes las chicas que jugábamos al fútbol éramos entes raros"". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. ^ González, Laura (1 June 2019). "El Athletic amplía el contrato de Erika Vázquez, Sierra y Leguina". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. ^ García, Alberto (24 June 2020). "Andere Leguina renueva hasta 2021 con el Athletic". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Andere Leguina" (in Spanish). Athletic. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Entrevista a Andere Leguina en Oye Cómo Va" (in Spanish). Radio Popular. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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