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 Karanka training with Athletic Bilbao | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aitor Karanka de la Hoz | ||
| Date of birth | September 18, 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitoria, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Real Madrid (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Corazonistas | |||
| Alavs | |||
| 19911992 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19921994 | Bilbao Athletic | 53 | (2) |
| 19931997 | Athletic Bilbao | 118 | (2) |
| 19972002 | Real Madrid | 93 | (0) |
| 20022006 | Athletic Bilbao | 64 | (2) |
| 2006 | Colorado Rapids | 28 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 19931996 | Spain U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 1996 | Spain U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 1995 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| 19942004 | Euskadi XI | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 20082010 | Spain U15 | ||
| 2010 | Real Madrid (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. Appearances (Goals). | |||
Aitor Karanka de la Hoz (born 18 September 1973) is a retired Spanish footballer who played mainly as a central defender (on occasion, he occupied the left back position).
Except for a brief spell in the United States, at the age of 32, he played solely for Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid, appearing in 275 La Liga games over the course of 13 seasons, winning a total of seven major titles with the latter.
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Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, lava, Karanka played as a youth with hometown's Deportivo Alavs and finished his formation with Basque neighbours Athletic Bilbao. He made his senior debuts with the reserves of the latter in 1992, spending almost two seasons with the team in the second division. Along with Julen Guerrero, he was a member of Athletic's U-19 team that won a national cup and league double in 1992.
Karanka was promoted to the main squad by Jupp Heynckes in 1993, making his La Liga debut on 15 September, playing the 90 minutes in a 31 home win against UD Las Palmas, going on to feature in exactly 100 league matches in his three full seasons, before joining the German coach at Real Madrid in 1997. With the capital team, he was used mostly as a backup, but appeared in 33 UEFA Champions League games for the club, including the 19992000 final against Valencia CF (30 win); he also missed the vast majority of the 199899 campaign due to a heart condition.[1]
In the 200203 season, Karanka returned to Athletic Bilbao, helping the Basque qualify for the UEFA Cup in his second year, after a fifth place in the league. He switched to Major League Soccer and the Colorado Rapids in 2006,[2] retiring shortly after.
In June 2010, Karanka was appointed assistant manager at former side Real Madrid, by newly appointed manager Jos Mourinho.
Karanka only played once at senior level, on 26 April 1995 against Armenia, in an UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier in Yerevan (20 win). He played 14 games for Spain's U-21 and was a member of the team that were runners-up at the 1996 European Championship, in a final lost to Italy.
Karanka also represented the nation in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, playing in four matches in an eventual quarterfinal exit.[3] Between 1994 and 2004, he appeared six times for the Basque Country national football team.
Karanka's younger brother, David, is also a footballer. A striker, he also appeared for Bilbao's first team, but only collected eight appearances in the league (one goal), going on to spend his professional career in the second and third divisions.
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