Ander Gago
Spanish footballer
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Ander Gago Álvarez (born 10 September 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ander Gago Álvarez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1984[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Galdakao, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Galdakao | |||
| 1996–1997 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 2000–2001 | Santutxu | ||
| 2001–2003 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Basconia | 46 | (2) |
| 2005–2008 | Bilbao Athletic | 88 | (0) |
| 2008 | Jaén | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Lemona | 65 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Murcia | 30 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Guadalajara | 23 | (1) |
| 2013 | Atlético Baleares | 14 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Guijuelo | 21 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Logroñés | 26 | (0) |
| 2015–2021 | Sestao | 134 | (6) |
| Total | 447 | (16) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Gago was born in Galdakao, Biscay, Basque Country. He all but spent his career in the Segunda División B, after playing youth football at Athletic Bilbao.[2] In that tier, he appeared for that club's reserve team, SD Lemona, Real Murcia CF, CD Atlético Baleares,[3] CD Guijuelo, UD Logroñés[4] and Sestao River Club, which he also represented in the Tercera División before retiring at the age of 36.[5][6]
The exception to this was in the 2011–12 season, when Gago signed for CD Guadalajara alongside his former Athletic teammate Jonan García.[7] He made his Segunda División debut on 27 August 2011, as a late substitute in a 1–1 home draw against UD Las Palmas, the first of 23 appearances at the professional level in roughly 1,300 minutes of action.[8][3] His only goal came on 9 October, in injury time of the 1–2 loss to Hércules CF also at the Estadio Pedro Escartín.[9]
On 11 January 2020, Gago and seven other Sestao players who had been brought up at Athletic Bilbao at some point took the field to face them in the second round of the Copa del Rey.[2] The La Liga opposition won 4–0 at the Las Llanas Stadium.[10]