Asier Etxaburu


Asier Etxaburu Diz is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Unión as a winger.

Club career

Born in Ondarroa, Biscay, Basque Country, Etxaburu joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2004. Released in 2007, he subsequently represented CD Aurrerá Ondarroa and SD Eibar before returning to Athletic in 2010 along with his twin brother Jon, a striker. Part of the Juvenil A team which played in the 2012-13 NextGen Series and were runners-up in the 2013 Copa del Rey Juvenil, he made his debut as a senior with the farm team CD Basconia in Tercera División, in 2013.
After two seasons at Basconia, on 8 June 2015 Etxaburu was released by the Lions and subsequently joined Eibar's reserve team CD Vitoria, but spent the whole pre-season with the main squad. He made his first team debut on 16 December, starting in a 4–0 Copa del Rey home routing of SD Ponferradina.
On 10 July 2018, Etxaburu signed for Real Unión in Segunda División B.