Pablo Orbaiz
Orbaiz as an Athletic Bilbao player (2008)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Orbaiz Lesaka | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Osasuna | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Osasuna B | 27 | (2) |
| 1996–2000 | Osasuna | 69 | (2) |
| 2000–2012 | Athletic Bilbao | 263 | (10) |
| 2011–2012 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Rubin Kazan | 23 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Valle Egüés | ? | (3) |
| Total | 406 | (15) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | Spain U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Spain U18 | 15 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Spain U20 | 12 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Spain U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Spain | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2015. |
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Pablo Orbaiz Lesaka (born 6 February 1979) is a Spanish footballer who last played for CD Valle de Egüés as a defensive midfielder.
After starting out with Osasuna, he went on to play 11 years in La Liga with Athletic Bilbao, appearing in a total of 318 official games and scoring 13 goals.
Born in Pamplona, Orbaiz began his career at hometown's CA Osasuna, exclusively playing in the second division with the team and contributing with 29 games and one goal in his final season as the Navarrese returned to La Liga after a six-year absence.
After that he moved to neighbours Athletic Bilbao, where he was a very important midfield element from the start. In the 2004–05 campaign he played 35 league matches and scored three goals, adding eight appearances in the UEFA Cup. However, he also suffered two very serious knee injuries, in 2002–03 and 2006–07 (only 14 games combined).
In the 2009–10 season, Orbaiz continued to be an automatic first-choice when healthy. However, during one month (February–March 2010), he was sent off twice for dangerous challenges – both of which resulted in two-match bans – at Villarreal CF (1–2 loss) and at home against Getafe CF (2–2, he also scored the opener in the latter game). For the following campaign he was promoted as team captain, after the departures of Joseba Etxeberria and Francisco Yeste.
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