Einar Galilea
![]() Galilea in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Einar Galilea Azaceta | ||
Date of birth | 22 May 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back / Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Málaga | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
Alavés | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2017 | Alavés B | 86 | (3) |
2013–2021 | Alavés | 22 | (0) |
2018 | → Rudeš (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2018 | → Sochaux (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2019–2021 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 68 | (1) |
2021–2023 | Istra 1961 | 63 | (4) |
2023– | Málaga | 24 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2024 |
Einar Galilea Azaceta (born 22 May 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF as either a centre-back or a midfielder.
Formed at Alavés, he spent most of his career in the Croatian Football League, making over 100 appearances mainly for Istra 1961 and also for Rudeš.
Career
[edit]Alavés
[edit]Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Galilea finished his formation with his hometown club Deportivo Alavés, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2012–13 campaign. On 19 May 2013, as the Basque side were already in the play-offs, he made his first team debut, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 win at CD Izarra.[1]
On 4 January 2014 Galilea made his debut as a professional, again from the bench in a 2–0 success at CD Numancia in the Segunda División championship.[2] On 20 August he was definitely promoted to the main squad,[3] and renewed his link until 2017 on 2 September.[4]
After the club's promotion to La Liga, it was announced on 18 August 2016 that Galilea would return to the B-side, but still being involved with the first team.[5] He scored his first senior goal ten days later, netting the second in a 4–0 Tercera División home routing of Santutxu FC.
On 16 January 2017, despite being injured, Galilea renewed his contract for two more seasons.[6] Roughly one year later, he was loaned to NK Rudeš until June.[7]
Galilea renewed his contract until 2021 on 9 June 2018,[8] and was loaned to Ligue 2 side FC Sochaux-Montbéliard eleven days later.[9]
Istra 1961
[edit]In January 2019, Galilea left Sochaux and went on loan again to NK Istra 1961.[10] On 30 August 2020, the deal was extended for a further season.[11]
Galilea scored his first goal for the team from Pula on 21 April 2021, in a 2–1 home loss to rivals HNK Rijeka.[12] On 19 May, he played in the 2021 Croatian Football Cup Final, lost 6–3 to GNK Dinamo Zagreb.[13]
At the end of June 2021, Galilea's contract at Alavés expired, and he joined Istra 1961 permanently.[14]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 18 December 2021[15]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Alavés | 2012–13 | Segunda División B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
2015–16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 0 | ||
Rudeš (loan) | 2017–18 | 1. HNL | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
Sochaux (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
Istra 1961 (loan) | 2018–19 | 1. HNL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
2019–20 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
Istra 1961 | 2021-22 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
Total | 108 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 3 | ||
Career total | 130 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 146 | 3 |
Honours
[edit]Alavés
References
[edit]- ^ El muchacho tranquilo (The quiet boy) Archived 20 May 2014 at archive.today; Noticias de Álava, 8 January 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Alavés vence en Soria y abandona la última posición (Alavés wins in Soria and leaves last position); Marca, 4 January 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Einar y Sergio Llamas: "Es una buena noticia para todos los chavales de Ibaia" (Einar and Sergio Llamas: "It is good news for all the kids from Ibaia") Archived 4 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Alavés' official website, 20 August 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Alavés renueva a Einar Galilea tras hacer uso de una cláusula (Alavés renews Einar Galilea after activating a clause); El Correo, 2 September 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Iglesias y Einar jugarán en el filial (Iglesias and Einar will play in the reserves) Archived 10 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Noticias de Álava, 18 August 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ Einar Galilea amplia su contrato como alavesista dos temporadas más (Einar Galilea extends his contract as an alavesista two further seasons); Deportivo Alavés, 16 January 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ Einar Galilea cedido al NK Rudes hasta final de temporada (Einar Galilea loaned to NK Rudes until the end of the season); Deportivo Alavés, 18 January 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ Einar Galilea renueva con el Deportivo Alavés hasta 2021 (Einar Galilea renews with Deportivo Alavés until 2021); Deportivo Alavés, 9 June 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ Einar Galilea reforzará al FC Sochaux (Einar Galilea will bolster FC Sochaux); Deportivo Alavés, 20 June 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Le défenseur Einar Galilea quitte Sochaux" [Defender Einar Galilea leaves Sochaux] (in French). L'Équipe. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Einar Galilea saldrá cedido al NK Istra" [Einar Galilea will leave on loan to NK Istra] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Rijeka uzvratila Istri i skočila na treće mjesto" [Rijeka responded to Istria and jumped to third place] (in Croatian). Radio Ljubuški. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "El Istra cae derrotado con claridad (6-3) en la final de la Copa de Croacia" [Istra fall comprehensively defeated (6-3) in the Croatian Cup final] (in Spanish). Noticias de Álava. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Einar Galilea, adiós al Alavés" [Einar Galilea, goodbye to Alavés] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ Einar Galilea at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "No hay tregua, son de Primera" [There's no respite, they're in Primera] (in Spanish). Naiz. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
External links
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- Einar Galilea at BDFutbol
- Einar Galilea – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Einar Galilea – French league stats at Ligue 2 (in French) – English translation
- Einar Galilea at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Deportivo Alavés B players
- Deportivo Alavés players
- Málaga CF players
- Croatian Football League players
- NK Rudeš players
- NK Istra 1961 players
- Ligue 2 players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
- Expatriate men's footballers in France