Personal information | |||
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Full name | Asier Riesgo Unamuno | ||
Date of birth | 6 October 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Deba, Spain | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Eibar | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
Amaikak Bat | |||
Real Sociedad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2002 | Real Sociedad B | 18 | (0) |
2002–2010 | Real Sociedad | 127 | (0) |
2002–2004 | → Eibar (loan) | 57 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Recreativo (loan) | 38 | (0) |
2010–2015 | Osasuna | 26 | (0) |
2015– | Eibar | 50 | (0) |
National team | |||
2001 | Spain U17 | 2 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
2003 | Spain U20 | 10 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Spain U21 | 9 | (0) |
2004– | Basque Country | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. |
Asier Riesgo Unamuno (born 6 October 1983) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for SD Eibar as a goalkeeper.
Born in Deba, Gipuzkoa, and a product of Real Sociedad's youth ranks, Riesgo made his professional debuts with neighbouring SD Eibar in the second division, where he would play for one-and-a-half seasons, being recalled in March 2004 due to an injury to first-choice Sander Westerveld. In the dying stages of 2003–04 he made his La Liga debut, playing against Deportivo Alavés on 19 May.
After Westerveld was waived in the summer, Riesgo became a starter for the Basques, but would have to battle with newly signed Claudio Bravo in the 2006–07 campaign. With the Chilean as the first-choice, Real was eventually relegated.
In 2007–08, however, Riesgo played in all 42 league games, although the team did not achieve a top flight return. In August 2008 he was loaned to Recreativo de Huelva for €350.000, with the club having the option to make the move permanent afterwards for €4.3 million and not having to pay the player's wages.
An undisputed starter throughout the season, Riesgo stopped two penalty kicks on 4 January 2009, helping league strugglers Recre beat CD Numancia 3–1 at home. On 11 April he became the first to ever deny Lionel Messi a penalty, clawing the Argentine's effort out of the air as he saw his side bow down to a 0–2 defeat at FC Barcelona; eventually the Andalusians dropped down a level, with him appearing in all 38 matches.