Ander Gago

Ander Gago
Personal information
Full name Ander Gago Álvarez[1]
Date of birth (1984-09-10) 10 September 1984[1]
Place of birth Galdakao, Spain[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Right-back
Youth career
Galdakao
1996–1997 Athletic Bilbao
2000–2001 Santutxu
2001–2003 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Basconia 46 (2)
2005–2008 Bilbao Athletic 88 (0)
2008 Jaén 0 (0)
2008–2010 Lemona 65 (3)
2010–2011 Murcia 30 (2)
2011–2012 Guadalajara 23 (1)
2013 Atlético Baleares 14 (0)
2013–2014 Guijuelo 21 (2)
2014–2015 Logroñés 26 (0)
2015–2021 Sestao 134 (6)
Total 447 (16)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ander Gago Álvarez (born 10 September 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.

Club career

Gago was born in Galdakao, Biscay, Basque Country. He all but spent his career in the Segunda División B, after playing youth football at Athletic Bilbao.[2] In that tier, he appeared for that club's reserve team, SD Lemona, Real Murcia CF, CD Atlético Baleares,[3] CD Guijuelo, UD Logroñés[4] and Sestao River Club, which he also represented in the Tercera División before retiring at the age of 36.[5][6]

The exception to this was in the 2011–12 season, when Gago signed for CD Guadalajara alongside his former Athletic teammate Jonan García.[7] He made his Segunda División debut on 27 August 2011, as a late substitute in a 1–1 home draw against UD Las Palmas, the first of 23 appearances at the professional level in roughly 1,300 minutes of action.[8][3] His only goal came on 9 October, in injury time of the 1–2 loss to Hércules CF also at the Estadio Pedro Escartín.[9]

On 11 January 2020, Gago and seven other Sestao players who had been brought up at Athletic Bilbao at some point took the field to face them in the second round of the Copa del Rey.[2] The La Liga opposition won 4–0 at the Las Llanas Stadium.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ander Gago at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Olazabal, Peru (8 January 2020). "«Nuestro sueño era jugar en el Athletic, ahora es ganarle»" ["We dreamed of playing for Athletic, now we want to beat them"]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Ander Gago quinto refuerzo del At Baleares" [Ander Gago fifth At Baleares addition] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ander Gago, nuevo fichaje de la UD Logroñés" [Ander Gago, new signing of UD Logroñés]. El Diario (in Spanish). 18 June 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  5. ↑ García, Jon (29 June 2019). "La "espina" del descenso" [The relegation "thorn"]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  6. ↑ Olazabal, Peru (10 June 2021). "Ander Gago cuelga las botas a sus 36 años" [Ander Gago hangs up his boots aged 36]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  7. ↑ Alberruche, S. (20 July 2011). "Ander Gago y Jonan García se unen al proyecto morado" [Ander Gago and Jonan García join the purple project]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Vitolo evita una victoria histórica del Guadalajara" [Vitolo prevents historic win of Guadalajara]. Marca (in Spanish). 27 August 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Un regalo de Saizar da los tres puntos al Hércules (1–2) frente al Guadalajara" [A gift from Saizar gives Hércules the three points (1–2) against Guadalajara]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 9 October 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  10. ↑ Rodríguez Beltrán, Javier (16 November 2022). "Villalibre y Berchiche se lucieron en Las Llanas" [Villalibre and Berchiche shone at Las Llanas]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
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