Unai Vergara
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Unai Vergara Díez-Caballero | ||
Date of birth | 20 January 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Portugalete, Spain | ||
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Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
CD Masnou | |||
Ferran Martorell | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1997 | Sant Andreu | 31 | (2) |
1997–1999 | Gramenet | 70 | (7) |
1999–2000 | Mérida | 38 | (4) |
2000–2004 | Villarreal | 60 | (5) |
2003–2004 | → Albacete (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Elche | 15 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Lleida | 26 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Gavà | 34 | (3) |
Total | 288 | (22) | |
International career | |||
2000 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
2000 | Spain U23 | 3 | (0) |
2001 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() |
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Men's Football | ||
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2000 Sydney | Team Competition |
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Unai Vergara Díez-Caballero (born 20 January 1977), known simply as Unai, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
He amassed La Liga totals of 74 games and five goals over the course of four seasons, almost exclusively with Villarreal. The owner of a powerful left-foot shot,[1] he also played in the competition with Albacete.
Club career
Unai in Portugalete, Biscay. After three seasons playing with modest outfits in the Catalonia area he represented CP Mérida in 1999–2000's second division, where he produced a fine individual campaign; however, although the Extremadura side finished sixth, it was relegated for lack of payment to its players.
Subsequently Unai joined Villarreal CF, which had just returned to La Liga. During three seasons he was relatively used, also adding three goals in his first one. His first match in the competition took place on 28 October 2000, when he came from the bench in a 0–0 home draw against Athletic de Bilbao.
After a string of injuries (some serious), Unai had an unassuming loan spell at Albacete Balompié, being released in June 2004 and going on to represent Elche CF, UE Lleida (second level) and CF Gavà (third).[2]
International career
On 28 February 2001 Unai made his sole appearance for Spain, playing 90 minutes in a 0–3 friendly loss against England in Birmingham.[3]
Previously, he represented the nation at the 2000 Summer Olympics, playing three times for the eventual silver medalists.[4] He was the first-ever Villarreal player to be called up for either team.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 El 'bonachón' de potente zurda (The 'good guy' with the powerful left foot); El País, 27 February 2001 (Spanish)
- ↑ Unai Vergara cuelga las botas con el Gavà (Unai Vergara hangs up boots with Gavà); El Periódico Mediterráneo, 16 July 2008 (Spanish)
- ↑ Inglaterra golea (3–0) a España (England routs (3–0) Spain); El País, 1 March 2001 (Spanish)
- ↑ Unai Vergara – FIFA competition record
External links
- Unai Vergara profile at BDFutbol
- National team data
- Unai Vergara at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Portugalete
- Spanish footballers
- Basque footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- UE Sant Andreu footballers
- UDA Gramenet footballers
- CP Mérida footballers
- Villarreal CF players
- Albacete Balompié players
- Elche CF footballers
- UE Lleida players
- CF Gavà players
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain under-23 international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Spain
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in football