Gaizka Garitano
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gaizka Garitano Aguirre | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Athletic Bilbao | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1999 | Bilbao Athletic | 112 | (24) |
| 1996–1997 | → Lleida (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Eibar (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Ourense | 70 | (8) |
| 2001–2005 | Eibar | 146 | (15) |
| 2005–2008 | Real Sociedad | 81 | (9) |
| 2008–2009 | Alavés | 29 | (2) |
| Total | 470 | (59) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2010 | Eibar (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Eibar B | ||
| 2012–2015 | Eibar | ||
| 2015 | Valladolid | ||
| 2016–2017 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gaizka Garitano Aguirre (born 9 July 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current manager.
Over the course of 11 seasons he amassed Segunda División totals of 315 games and 37 goals, mainly with Bilbao Athletic and Eibar. In La Liga he represented Real Sociedad, during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons.
In 2009 Garitano entered coaching with Eibar, and became the first team coach in 2012. He won consecutive promotions in his first two seasons, and reached the top division with the club in 2014.
Garitano was born in Bilbao, Basque Country. Grown through the ranks of Athletic Bilbao the nephew of another famed club midfielder, Ander Garitano, would however never make it past the reserves, also serving loans with modest clubs. In 1999, he joined Segunda División B team CD Ourense.
Garitano finally settled at SD Eibar in Segunda División – his second spell – and, in the 2004–05 season, as club captain, led the side to a fourth place in the league, with chances of an historical La Liga promotion until the last matchday.
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