Leire Baños
Baños with Real Sociedad in 2018
Personal information
Full name Leire Baños Indakoetxea
Date of birth (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996
Place of birth Irun, Spain
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Levante
Number 12
Youth career
2007–2009 Dunboa-Eguzkin
2009–2012 Irun Artía
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Oiartzun
2013–2021 Real Sociedad 204 (7)
2021– Levante 65 (5)
International career‡
2014–2015 Spain U19 16 (1)
2014– Basque Country 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:39, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Leire Baños Indakoetxea (born 29 November 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Levante, mainly as a midfielder.

Club career

She began her senior career at Oiartzun aged 15,[1] soon being signed by Real Sociedad who added her to their squad immediately – although she was often introduced as a substitute, which occurred in around a quarter of the 200 or so Primera División fixtures she played for the San Sebastián side across eight seasons.[2] She played the entirety of the final and claimed an assist for the winning goal as Erreala claimed their first major honour, the Copa de la Reina in 2018–19,[3] and played an important role in two regional Copa Euskal Herria wins over local rivals Athletic Bilbao in 2019 and 2020.[4][5]

Having agreed a new contract with Real Sociedad in 2019 to run until 2021,[6] Baños left upon the expiry of that deal and signed for fellow top tier club Levante.[7]

International career

At international level, Baños was a member of the Spain under-19 squads that finished runners-up in consecutive editions of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (2014 in Norway and 2015 in Israel), featuring in both finals. She has also been selected for the unofficial Basque Country women's national football team which plays only occasionally.[8]

Honors

Club

Real Sociedad

International

Spain U19

References

  1. ↑ Leire, Txapeldunak (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2021
  2. ↑ ""Nire etxean nago"" ["I'm at home"] (in Basque). Real Sociedad. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Real Sociedad make history as they stun Atletico to win Copa de la Reina, Sport, 11 May 2019
  4. ↑ "La Real Sociedad se lleva el derbi veraniego ante el Athletic" [Real Sociedad takes the summer derby against Athletic] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "0-0: La Real reconquista la EH Kopa en los penaltis" [0-0: Real retains EH Kopa on penalties] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Until 2021". Real Sociedad. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Leire Baños se convierte en el primer fichaje del Levante" [Leire Baños becomes Levante's first signing] (in Spanish). Esportbase Media. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Six txuri-urdin players will join Euskal Srlekzioa". Real Sociedad. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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