Aitor López Rekarte

Football player infobox


playername = Aitor López Rekarte
fullname = Aitor López Rekarte
nickname = Bomba
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|8|18
cityofbirth = Mondragón
countryofbirth = Spain
height = height|ft=5|in=8
weight = 78 kg
currentclub = Free agent
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears = 1989–1994
youthclubs = Real Sociedad B
years = 1994–1997
1997–2007
2007–2008
clubs = Real Sociedad B
Real Sociedad
UD Almería
caps(goals) = 102 (2)
316 (4)
10 (0)
nationalyears = 2004
nationalteam = Spain
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
pcupdate = August 30, 2008
ntupdate = August 30, 2008

Aitor López Rekarte (born 18 August 1975 in Mondragón, Basque Country) is a Spanish football player who is currently unattached. He plays as a defender on the right side, and sporadically on the other flank.

Football career

López Rekarte played a decade for the Basque side of Real Sociedad, with over 400 overall appearances with the first team. After being promoted to the first team for 1997-98, he immediately became the undisputed starter, with his worse ouptut consisting of 26 appearances, during his second professional season. He also became team captain.

On July 2007, López Rekarte switched to newly promoted UD Almería, but appeared scarcely throughout the season as the Andalusia team overachieved, being subsequently released.

López Rekarte had one appearance for Spain, in a September 2004 friendly against Scotland in Valencia (1-1).

Personal

López Rekarte is the younger brother of another professional footballer, Luis María (born March 23, 1962), who played for Deportivo Alavés, Real Sociedad, FC Barcelona, Deportivo de La Coruña and RCD Mallorca (1980-97), also being a right-back.

External links

* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=6474 Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional] es icon
* [http://www.futbolme.com/0708/_p_jugadores.asp?indice=847&apodo=López%20Rekarte Futbolme.com profile] es icon