Naroa Uriarte Urazurrutia (born 5 February 2001) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Granada, on loan from Athletic Club.

Naroa Uriarte
Personal information
Full name Naroa Uriarte Urazurrutia
Date of birth (2001-02-05) 5 February 2001 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain[2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Granada
(on loan from Athletic Club)
Number 5
Youth career
2013–2016 Bizkerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Athletic Club B 82 (10)
2019– Athletic Club 37 (1)
2024Granada (loan) 5 (0)
2024–Granada (loan) 1 (0)
International career
2018 Spain U17 5 (0)
2021 Spain U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:37, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Club career

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Uriarte started her career in Bizkerre's academy.[3][4]

In December 2021, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee, with the injury keeping her out for almost a year.[5]

In January 2024, Uriarte moved on loan to Granada until the end of the season. In August of the same year she returned to Granada, this time on a year's loan, along with Paula Arana and Amaia Iribarren.[6]

International career

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Uriarte was a member of the Spain under-17 squad that won the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Lithuania and the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay.

References

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  1. ^ Naroa Uriarte at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Uriarte". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Naroa". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ Gorka Bikandi (20 July 2020). "Análisis de las jugadoras del filial en la pretemporada del primer equipo femenino" [Analysis of the reserve team players in the preseason of the first women's team]. La Cantera de Lezama (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ Yulema Corres y Naroa Uriarte reciben el alta médica [Yulema Corres and Naroa Uriarte receive a medical discharge], Athletic Club website, 16 November 2022 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Comunicado Oficial | Naroa Uriarte, Paula Arana y Amaia Iribarren, nuevas jugadoras del Granada CF Femenino" [Official Press Release | Naroa Uriarte, Paula Arana and Amaia Iribarren, new Granada CF Femenino players]. Granada CF. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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