Iraia Iparragirre

Iraia Iparragirre
Personal information
Full name Iraia Iparragirre Argandoña
Date of birth (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Lasarte-Oria, Spain[2]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Real Sociedad
Number 2
Youth career
2010–2011 Ostadar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Añorga
2015–2023 Real Sociedad 103 (2)
International career
2022 Basque Country 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023

Iraia Iparragirre Argandoña (born 9 July 1995, also spelled as Iraia Iparraguirre Argandoña) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender, mainly for Real Sociedad.

Career

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Iparragirre started her career in the youth academy of Ostadar.[3] She joined Real Sociedad from Añorga in 2015, and made her 100th Primera División appearance for the club in February 2022.[4] She was a member of the group which won the 2018–19 Copa de la Reina and finished as runners-up in the 2021–22 Primera División. She retired from professional football in May 2023, aged 27.[5]

She was selected for the unofficial Basque Country women's national football team in December 2022 against Chile.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Iraia Iparragirre at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Iraia". Bdfutbol. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Iraia". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  4. ^ ""Significa mucho haber jugado 100 partidos con la Real"" ["It means a lot to have played 100 games for Real"]. Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "Se retira la sonrisa de las reinas de Copa" [The smile of the cup queens has retired]. Cadena SER (in Spanish). 9 May 2023.
  6. ^ "La Euskal Selekzioa logra una contundente victoria ante Chile (3-0)" [The Basque Selection achieves a resounding victory against Chile (3-0)]. EITB (in Spanish). 21 December 2022.
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