Einar Galilea

Einar Galilea Azaceta (born 22 May 1994) is a Basque footballer who plays for Croatian club NK Istra 1961 on loan from Deportivo Alavés as either a central defender or a midfielder.

Einar Galilea
Galilea in September 2018
Personal information
Full name Einar Galilea Azaceta
Date of birth (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994
Place of birth Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Istra 1961
(on loan from Alavés)
Number 8
Youth career
Alavés
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 Alavés B 86 (3)
2013– Alavés 22 (0)
2018 → Rudeš (loan) 14 (1)
2018 → Sochaux (loan) 3 (0)
2019– → Istra 1961 (loan) 55 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2020
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Galilea and the second or maternal family name is Azaceta.

Football career

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Galilea finished his formation with Deportivo Alavés, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2012–13 campaign. On 19 May 2013, as the Basque side were already in the play-offs, he made his first team debut, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 win at CD Izarra.[1]

On 4 January 2014 Galilea made his debut as a professional, again from the bench in a 2–0 success at CD Numancia for the Segunda División championship.[2] On 20 August he was definitely promoted to the main squad,[3] and renewed his link until 2017 on 2 September.[4]

On 18 August 2016, after the club's promotion to La Liga, it was announced that Galilea would return to the B-side, but still being involved with the first team.[5] He scored his first senior goal ten days later, netting the second in a 4–0 Tercera División home routing of Santutxu FC.

On 16 January 2017, despite of being injured, Galilea renewed his contract for two more seasons.[6] Roughly one year later, he was loaned to NK Rudeš until June.[7]

On 9 June 2018, Galilea renewed his contract until 2021,[8] and was loaned to Ligue 2 side FC Sochaux-Montbéliard eleven days later.[9] In January 2019, he left Sochaux and went on loan again to NK Istra 1961.[10]

On 30 August 2020, Galilea's loan to Istra was extended for a further season.[11]

Honours

Alavés

References
  1. El muchacho tranquilo (The quiet boy) Archived 2014-05-20 at Archive.today; Noticias de Álava, 8 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  2. El Alavés vence en Soria y abandona la última posición (Alavés wins in Soria and leaves last position); Marca, 4 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  3. Einar y Sergio Llamas: “Es una buena noticia para todos los chavales de Ibaia” (Einar and Sergio Llamas: "It is good news for all the kids from Ibaia") Archived 2014-09-04 at the Wayback Machine; Alavés' official website, 20 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. El Alavés renueva a Einar Galilea tras hacer uso de una cláusula (Alavés renews Einar Galilea after activating a clause); El Correo, 2 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. Iglesias y Einar jugarán en el filial (Iglesias and Einar will play in the reserves); Noticias de Álava, 18 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  6. Einar Galilea amplia su contrato como alavesista dos temporadas más (Einar Galilea extends his contract as an alavesista two further seasons); Deportivo Alavés, 16 January 2016 (in Spanish)
  7. Einar Galilea cedido al NK Rudes hasta final de temporada (Einar Galilea loaned to NK Rudes until the end of the season); Deportivo Alavés, 18 January 2018 (in Spanish)
  8. Einar Galilea renueva con el Deportivo Alavés hasta 2021 (Einar Galilea renews with Deportivo Alavés until 2021); Deportivo Alavés, 9 June 2018 (in Spanish)
  9. Einar Galilea reforzará al FC Sochaux (Einar Galilea will bolster FC Sochaux); Deportivo Alavés, 20 June 2018 (in Spanish)
  10. "Le défenseur Einar Galilea quitte Sochaux" [Defender Einar Galilea leaves Sochaux] (in French). L'Équipe. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  11. "Einar Galilea saldrá cedido al NK Istra" [Einar Galilea will leave on loan to NK Istra] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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