Gaizka Toquero
Toquero before a game with Euskadi in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Gaizka Toquero Pinedo | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitoria, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Alavés | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Ariznabarra | ||
| 2002–2003 | Real Sociedad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Alavés C | ||
| 2005–2006 | Alavés B | 29 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Lemona | 33 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Sestao | 37 | (5) |
| 2008–2015 | Athletic Bilbao | 156 | (20) |
| 2008 | → Eibar (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2015– | Alavés | 62 | (10) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | Basque Country | 6 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 December 2016 |
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Gaizka Toquero Pinedo (born 9 August 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Alavés mainly as a right winger.
He spent most of his career with Athletic Bilbao, appearing in 207 competitive games over the course of seven La Liga seasons and scoring 24 goals.
Toquero was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava. After a brief youth spell at Real Sociedad, and some years with both reserve teams of Deportivo Alavés, he started playing professionally for SD Lemona in the 2006–07 season, later joining Basque neighbours Sestao River Club (both clubs were in the third division).
While playing for Sestao, Athletic Bilbao showed interested in acquiring Toquero, whom eventually signed him in 2008. After not fitting coach Joaquín Caparrós' plans to play for the Rojiblancos, he was loaned to neighbouring SD Eibar greatly due to new manager Carlos Pouso, who had coached the player before.
After 15 matches in 2008–09's second level, Toquero was recalled by Athletic on 4 January 2009, making his La Liga debut six days later by appearing as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw against RCD Espanyol. He scored his first goal for the team on 4 March 2009 in a 3–0 home win in the Copa del Rey against Sevilla FC (4–2 on aggregate) which qualified Athletic to the final: there, he opened the scoring, albeit in a 1–4 loss to FC Barcelona.
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