Imanol Etxeberria
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Imanol Etxeberria Egaña | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Bergara, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | |||
| 1994–1995 | Durango | ||
| 1995–1996 | Bilbao Athletic | 35 | (0) |
| 1996–2001 | Athletic Bilbao | 120 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Rayo Vallecano | 63 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Cultural Leonesa | 28 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Eibar | 32 | (0) |
| Total | 278 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–2003 | Basque Country | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Imanol Etxeberria Egaña is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He appeared in 175 La Liga matches during seven seasons, with Athletic Bilbao and Rayo Vallecano.
Born in Bergara, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Etxeberria began playing with local in Tercera División, based in Arrasate. In 1994 he moved to SCD Durango at the same level, helping them promote to Segunda División B in his sole season.
Exteberria's performances drew the attention of regional giants Athletic Bilbao, and in summer 1995 he was signed on the recommendation of goalkeeping legend José Ángel Iribar, joining a professional club for the first time at the relatively old age of 22. He was initially assigned to the reserve team, who was eventually relegated from Segunda División.
Etxeberria was promoted to the main squad for 1996–97, and after spending the first half of the campaign as back-up to Juanjo Valencia he made his La Liga debut on 9 February 1997 in a 1–1 away draw against Rayo Vallecano, and subsequently became the starter. The former later stated that he enjoyed competition between them, and that he considered the latter a friend (both went on to work as youth coaches at San Mamés).
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