Gaizka Bergara

Gaizka Bergara
Personal information
Full name	Gaizka Bergara Picaza
Date of birth	7 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Bilbao, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1996–1997	Laudio
1997–2004	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2006	Basconia
2006–2008	Bilbao Athletic
2007	Athletic Bilbao
2008–2010	Sestao
2010–2011	Portugalete
2011–2014	Laudio
2014–2017	Arenas Getxo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2017

Gaizka Bergara Picaza (born 7 February 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Football career

Bergara was born in Bilbao, Biscay. Having emerged through Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth ranks, Lezama, he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 25 February 2007, coming on as a substitute for Josu Sarriegi during a 0–3 away loss against FC Barcelona,^[1] but spent the vast majority of his stint at the club with the reserves.

In summer 2008, Bergara was released and joined Basque neighbours Sestao River Club, in the third division. He continued competing in that level in the following years, mainly with CD Laudio and Arenas Club de Getxo.^[2]

^ "Disfruta el Barça, golea Eto'o" [Barça enjoy, Eto'o scores]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 25 February 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
^ "Gaizka Bergara se decantó por el Arenas Club" [Gaizka Bergara chose Arenas Club] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2017.