Fernando Amorebieta

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Amorebieta and the second or maternal family name is Mardaras.

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Fernando Amorebieta
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Amorebieta as an Athletic Bilbao player
Personal information
Full name Fernando Gabriel Amorebieta Mardaras[1]
Date of birth (1985-03-29) 29 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Cantaura, Venezuela
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Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Middlesbrough
(on loan from Fulham)
Number 5
Youth career
1995–1996 Colegio San Miguel
1996–2003 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Basconia 26 (1)
2004–2005 Bilbao Athletic 35 (1)
2005–2013 Athletic Bilbao 195 (3)
2013– Fulham 30 (2)
2015 → Middlesbrough (loan) 5 (1)
2015– → Middlesbrough (loan) 9 (0)
International career
2004 Spain U19 4 (0)
2007– Basque Country 4 (0)
2011–2015 Venezuela 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:32, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Fernando Gabriel Amorebieta Mardaras (born 29 March 1985) is a professional footballer who plays for English club Middlesbrough on loan from Fulham as a central defender.

He played most of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao, appearing in 253 official games over the course of eight La Liga seasons and scoring four goals.[2][3]

Internationally, Amorebieta played for Spain as a youth, but later decided to represent Venezuela at the senior level, appearing for the nation at the 2015 Copa América.

Club career

Athletic Bilbao

Born in Cantaura, Anzoátegui, Venezuela, Amorebieta met Athletic Bilbao's eligibility standards, having been raised in the Basque Country, and through his parents, both of whom hailed from the region.[4] He made his first-team debut in the 2005–06 season, becoming an undisputed first-choice in the subsequent La Liga campaigns.

Amorebieta played in a total of 47 official matches in 2009–10, helping Athletic reach the round-of-32 in the season's UEFA Europa League, as well as an eighth-place finish in the league; he collected 18 yellow cards in the process, being sent off twice.[5]

Amorebieta began the 2012–13 season nursing a pubalgia ailment,[6] and was later involved in a dispute over the extension of his contract.[7][8]

Fulham

On 15 April 2013, Amorebieta agreed to sign a four-year deal with Fulham on a free transfer effective as of 1 July, after the expiration of his link with Athletic Bilbao.[9] The Premier League club officially announced his signing on 22 May,[10] and he made his debut on 14 September, coming on as a substitute for Kieran Richardson in a 1–1 draw against West Bromwich Albion at Craven Cottage.[11]

Amorebieta was sent off on 22 March 2014, for conceding a penalty with a foul on David Silva in an eventual 0–5 defeat at Manchester City.[12] He scored his first goal in English football on 26 April, netting his team's second in an eventual 2–2 home draw with Hull City;[13] he made 26 appearances overall in his debut season, which ended with relegation.[14]

On 6 March 2015, after returning from three months out injured,[14] Amorebieta was sent off in Fulham's 1–5 home defeat by Bournemouth for bringing down Callum Wilson.[15] On the 25th, he was loaned to fellow Championship side Middlesbrough until the end of the campaign, with left-back James Husband moving in the opposite direction.[14] He scored his first goal for the club on 8 May; after coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute for Lee Tomlin, he scored a last-minute winner for a 2–1 away win over Brentford in the play-off semi-finals.[16] He was unused in the final at Wembley Stadium, a 0–2 defeat to Norwich City.[17]

On 28 August 2015, Amorebieta returned to the Riverside Stadium for the entirety of the campaign, with Husband again being lent to Fulham for a month as part of the deal.[18]

International career

Spain

Amorebieta was part of the Spanish U19 squad that won the UEFA European Championship in 2004.[19] In August 2008, he was called up by new senior team manager Vicente del Bosque for a friendly against Denmark,[20] but did not leave the bench.

Venezuela

As early as 2006, Amorebieta expressed his interest in playing for the Venezuelan national team.[21] However, according to FIFA rules at the time, he should have switched his affiliation prior to the age of 21, having previously played for Spain's youth teams.[22] FIFA removed the rule in 2009,[23] and talks between the player and the Venezuelan Football Federation resumed.

Finally, on 2 September 2011, Amorebieta made his senior debut in a friendly with Argentina, a 0–1 loss.[24] On 11 October, against the same opponent but for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, he scored in a 1–0 home win, which signified Venezuela's first-ever win against the Albiceleste in the tournament.[25]

Amorebieta was included in Venezuela's squad for the 2015 Copa América, where he was sent off in the team's 0–1 loss to Peru in the group stage for a stamp on Paolo Guerrero.[26] He retired from international football that November.[27]

Basque Country

Amorebieta also appeared in four matches for the Basque Country national team (a non-FIFA affiliate), debuting against Venezuela in San Cristóbal, Táchira on 20 June 2007.[19] The friendly match, a 4–3 Basque win, was the grand opening for the 43,000 all-seated Pueblo Nuevo Stadium, after two years of construction for the 2007 Copa América.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 October 2011 José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela  Argentina 1–0 1–0 2014 World Cup qualification

Club statistics

As of 5 November 2014[28][29][30]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other[31] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Baskonia 2003–04 26 1 – – – 26 1
Total 26 1 – – – 26 1
Bilbao Athletic 2004–05 24 1 – – – 24 1
2005–06 11 0 – – – 11 1
Total 35 1 – – – 35 1
Athletic Bilbao 2005–06 15 0 2 0 – 2 0 19 0
2006–07 27 0 1 0 – – 28 0
2007–08 34 0 6 1 – – 40 1
2008–09 29 0 7 0 – – 36 0
2009–10 34 0 2 0 11 0 0 0 47 0
2010–11 17 0 0 0 – – 17 0
2011–12 28 3 8 0 14 0 – 50 3
2012–13 11 0 2 0 4 0 – 17 0
Total 195 3 28 1 29 0 2 0 254 4
Fulham 2013–14 23 1 3 0 – 0 0 26 1
2014–15 6 1 1 0 – 0 0 7 1
Total 29 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 33 2
Career totals 285 7 32 1 29 0 2 0 347 8

Honours

Club

Athletic Bilbao

Country

Spain U19

References

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  28. ↑ Athletic Bilbao profile
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  31. ↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, FIFA Club World Cup.

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