Imanol Etxeberria Egana was born on 27 March 1973 and is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
13 Facts About Imanol Etxeberria
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Imanol Etxeberria appeared in 175 La Liga matches during seven seasons, with Athletic Bilbao and Rayo Vallecano.
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Imanol Etxeberria was initially assigned to the reserve team, who was eventually relegated from Segunda Division.
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Imanol Etxeberria eventually lost his starting position to Inaki Lafuente, being further demoted to third-choice by fellow youth graduate Daniel Aranzubia under manager Txetxu Rojo.
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Imanol Etxeberria then moved to fellow league side Rayo Vallecano, replacing the departed Kasey Keller.
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From 2002 to 2004, Imanol Etxeberria played 35 league games but was consecutively relegated.
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Imanol Etxeberria then dropped down to the third level to play for Cultural Leonesa, leaving at the end of the season.
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Imanol Etxeberria returned to division two and his native region in the summer of 2005, being first-choice for Eibar, but being relegated in last place; he then chose to retire from the game, aged 33.
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Imanol Etxeberria never earned any caps for Spain at any level.
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Imanol Etxeberria did feature for the unofficial Basque Country regional team.
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When Ziganda was promoted to senior team boss in summer 2017, Imanol Etxeberria moved up with him to continue in his specialist role.
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Imanol Etxeberria operated a training scheme for young goalkeepers, based in Deusto.
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Imanol Etxeberria was not related to Joseba Etxeberria, his teammate for several years at Athletic and later a colleague on the coaching staff at the club.