Ibon Begoña

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Begoña and the second or maternal family name is Zubiaur.

Ibon Begoña Zubiaur (born 17 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Ibon Begoña

Personal information
Full name	Ibon Begoña Zubiaur
Date of birth	(1973-11-17) 17 November 1973 (age 49)
Place of birth	Bilbao, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	Lemona	28	(4)
1994	Sestao	15	(3)
1995–1997	Bilbao Athletic	72	(4)
1997–2004	Alavés	197	(6)
2004–2005	Gimnàstic	18	(2)
2006	Alavés	4	(0)
2006–2007	Logroñés	34	(0)
2007–2009	Ibiza-Eivissa	57	(0)
2013–2014	Ciudad Ibiza
Total		425	(19)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Atlético Isleño (assistant)
2015–2017	Ciudad Ibiza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Basque Country, Begoña amassed La Liga totals of 145 games and five goals over the course of six seasons, in representation of Deportivo Alavés. He spent a total of eight years with the club in two separate spells and, in the 2000–01 campaign, contributed ten appearances in the team's runner-up run in the UEFA Cup, scoring in the 3–1 away win against Lillestrøm SK for the second round.^[1]

Other than with Alavés,^[2] Begoña played professionally in Segunda División with Bilbao Athletic and Gimnàstic de Tarragona, retiring in June 2009 at the age of 35 after two years with lowly UD Ibiza-Eivissa,^[3] with which he later worked as director of football.^[4] In late 2013, the 40-year-old returned to active with Ciudad de Ibiza CF in the Mallorca regional championships,^[5] going on to begin working as a coach also with that club.^[6][7][8]

In the summer of 2017, after Ciudad merged with UD Ibiza, a highly critical Begoña abandoned the project where he also acted as an investor.^[9]

Personal life

Begoña's younger brother, Iker, was also a footballer and a defender.^[10]

Honours

Alavés

• Segunda División: 1997–98
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 2000–01^[11]

References

1. Álvarez, Robert; Rodrigálvarez, Eduardo (27 October 2000). "El Espanyol resuelve en Montjuïc, y el Alavés en Noruega" [Espanyol get job done at Montjuïc, and Alavés in Norway]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2013.
2. Lekuona, Javier (28 January 2006). "Ibón Begoña es desde ayer nuevo jugador del Alavés" [Ibón Begoña is new Alavés player since yesterday]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2013.
3. "Ibon Begoña y Dopico, dos fichajes de `Primera´" [Ibon Begoña and Dopico, two 'Primera' signings]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). 24 July 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
4. Olmedo, Álvaro (14 January 2009). "Alfredo Santaelena entrenará al Ibiza e Ibon Begoña será secretario técnico" [Alfredo Santaelena will coach Ibiza and Ibon Begoña will be technical director]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2013.
5. "Ibon Begoña descuelga las botas y debuta en Regional con el Ciudad de Ibiza" [Ibon Begoña unhangs boots and makes debut in Regional with Ciudad de Ibiza] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
6. Natera, Francisco (15 August 2015). "Ibon Begoña entrenará al Ciudad de Ibiza" [Ibon Begoña will coach Ciudad de Ibiza] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
7. "Begoña: «Iremos a ganar el partido desde el principio»" [Begoña: "We will go for the match from the beginning"]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). 21 May 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
8. "Ibon Begoña: «Queremos quitarnos la etiqueta de que fuera de casa no somos fiables»" [Ibon Begoña: "We want to shake off label of being unreliable away from home"]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
9. Vidal, Carlos (2 July 2017). "Ibon Begoña: «Toda la parafernalia que han montado con la fusión es falsa; es sólo un paripé»" [Ibon Begoña: "The circus act they have put together concerning the merge is false; it's only a diversion"]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2017.
10. Cárdeno, José A. (10 April 2003). "Los Begoña se retan en Primera" [The Begoñas take on each other in Primera]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2013.
11. "Liverpool win nine-goal epic with golden goal". UEFA. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

External links

• Ibon Begoña at BDFutbol
• Ibon Begoña at Athletic Bilbao
• Ibon Begoña at WorldFootball.net
• Ibon Begoña at FootballDatabase.eu