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Gaizka Garitano Aguirre (born 9 July 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current manager. Over the course of 11 seasons he amassed Segunda División totals of 315 games and 37 goals, mainly with Bilbao Athletic and Eibar. In La Liga he represented Real Sociedad, during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. In 2009 Garitano entered coaching with Eibar, and became the first team coach in 2012. He won consecutive promotions in his first two seasons, and reached the top division with the club in 2014. ==Playing career== Garitano was born in Bilbao, Basque Country. Grown through the ranks of Athletic Bilbao the nephew of another famed club midfielder, Ander Garitano,〔(El sobrino de Ander es el capitán del mejor Éibar (Ander's nephew captains best Éibar) ); Diario AS, 12 April 2005 〕 would however never make it past the reserves, also serving loans with modest clubs. In 1999, he joined Segunda División B team CD Ourense. Garitano finally settled at SD Eibar in Segunda División – his second spell – and, in the 2004–05 season, as club captain, led the side to a fourth place in the league, with chances of an historical La Liga promotion until the last matchday.〔(Un 'milagro' llamado Eibar (A 'miracle' called Eibar) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 19 June 2005 〕 Incidentally, Garitano would make his first top flight appearances with Real Sociedad,〔(Garitano, primer fichaje (Garitano, first signing) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 21 June 2005 〕〔(La Real ya llora en plata (Real already cries in silver) ); Diario AS, 18 June 2007 〕 his debut coming on 27 August 2005 in a 0–3 away derby loss (he was already aged 30).〔(El Athletic arranca comiéndose a la Real (Athletic starts by eating Real up) ); Marca, 27 August 2005 〕 After three seasons as an important first-team member he joined neighbours Deportivo Alavés, retiring in June 2009 at 34 after the club's relegation into the third division.〔(Gaizka Garitano negocia ser el segundo entrenador del Eibar con Viadero (Gaizka Garitano negotiates being Eibar's assistant manager with Viadero) ); Diario Vasco, 3 July 2009 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gaizka Garitano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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