Iñaki Descarga
Descarga as a Legia player
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iñaki Descarga Retegui | ||
| Date of birth | 25 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Irun, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Unión | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Real Unión | 14 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Osasuna B | 100 | (3) |
| 1997–1999 | Osasuna | 9 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Eibar | 37 | (0) |
| 2000–2008 | Levante | 216 | (9) |
| 2008–2009 | Legia Warsaw | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Real Unión | 59 | (2) |
| Total | 436 | (14) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Iñaki Descarga Retegui (born 25 August 1976 in Irun, Basque Country) is a Spanish retired footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also operate as a right back.
He started and ended his 16-year professional career with Real Unión, but played mainly for Levante (eight seasons and more than 300 official games, 61 in La Liga).
After an insignificant stint with CA Osasuna in the second division and a season with neighbours SD Eibar in the same category, Descarga played eight years with Levante UD, where he would be one of the club's most influential players as well as team captain, helping it achieve two promotions to La Liga. His first match in the competition came on 13 November 2004 in a 0–1 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña, with the Valencian Community side being relegated on the last matchday.
Following Levante's severe financial crisis during 2007–08, Descarga was one of many players who would leave, joining Legia Warsaw in August 2008 and sharing teams with former Osasuna teammate Iñaki Astiz. He made his Ekstraklasa debut in a game against Arka Gdynia (2–2) but, after just 13 minutes on the pitch, he tore his hamstring and never played for the club again, leaving at the end of the campaign.
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