Iñigo Idiakez Barkaiztegi (born 8 November 1973 in San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa), is a former Spanish football midfielder (occasionally forward).
In 1992 Idiakez joined Real Sociedad, starting in the youth team before moving up to the B team, where he joined his older brother, Imanol. He made his first team debut on 8 November 1992, on his 19th birthday, against Cádiz CF in the first division. Despite that early debut, he did not become a regular mem...
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Iñigo Idiakez Barkaiztegi (born 8 November 1973 in San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa), is a former Spanish football midfielder (occasionally forward).
In 1992 Idiakez joined Real Sociedad, starting in the youth team before moving up to the B team, where he joined his older brother, Imanol. He made his first team debut on 8 November 1992, on his 19th birthday, against Cádiz CF in the first division. Despite that early debut, he did not become a regular member of the first team squad until the 1994–95 season. Between 1992 and 1994 he played two seasons in the B team, then operating in the the third division.
From 1994–95 on, Idiakez amassed a further eight league seasons, making 233 league appearances with 33 goals. During most of these seasons he was a regular substitute and, in 1998–99 and 2000–01, scored a career-best seven league goals.
At the end of the 2001–02 season, having finished his link with Real Sociedad, Idiakez signed with Real Oviedo, who had just been relegated to the Spanish...
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