Endika Buján

Endika Buján
Buján playing for Bilbao Athletic in 2025
Personal information
Full name Endika Buján de Rueda
Date of birth (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003
Place of birth Barakaldo, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Bilbao Athletic
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2015 Barakaldo
2015–2022 Danok Bat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Barakaldo 59 (11)
2024– Bilbao Athletic 47 (3)
2025– Athletic Bilbao 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 June 2026

Endika Buján de Rueda (born 16 January 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Bilbao Athletic as a winger.

Career

Buján began playing football with the academy of Barakaldo in 2011, before moving to Danok Bat in 2015 where he finished his development.[1] He returned to Barakaldo in on 23 June 2022 and was promoted to their first team competing in the Tercera Federación.[2] He helped them earn two consecutive promotions from the Tercera Federación to the Primera Federación, with 11 goals in 60 matches.[3]

On 1 February 2024, it was announced that Buján would sign with Athletic Bilbao, and he was assigned to their B-team.[4] In October 2024, he suffered a fracture in his back that left him off the field for a couple of months.[5] On 8 February 2025, he debuted with the Athletic senior team as a substitute in a 3–0 La Liga win over Girona (Maroan Sannadi, a new signing and fellow former Barakaldo player, doing likewise).[6][7][8]

Playing style

Buján is a fast, left-footed winger who can play on both sides of the pitch and in the midfield.[9]

Personal life

Endika's elder cousin Unai is also a professional footballer, who replaced him in the Barakaldo squad in 2024.[10][11]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 February 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barakaldo 2022–23 Tercera Federación 255———255
2023–24 Segunda Federación 34610——356
Total 59110——601
Bilbao Athletic 2024–25 Primera Federación 152———152
Athletic Bilbao 2024–25 La Liga 10—00—10
Career total 75131000007613

References

  1. ↑ "Quién es Endika Buján, la última perla de la cantera del Athletic Club" [Who is Endika Buján, the latest diamond of the Athletic Club academy]. Relevo (in Spanish). 7 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Endika Bujan, nuevo jugador del Barakaldo CF" [Endika Bujan, new Barakaldo CF player]. Barakaldo CF (in Spanish). 23 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "¿Quiénes son Endika Buján y Eneko Aguilar, los nuevos 'fichajes' del Athletic para Europa?" [Who are Endika Buján y Eneko Aguilar, Athletic's new 'signings' for Europe?]. El Correo (in Spanish). 7 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Buján, Irurita and Elías to play at Lezama next season". Athletic Club. 1 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Endika Buján sufre una fractura en la espalda" [Bujan suffers a back fracture]. Radio Popular de Bilbao (in Spanish). 22 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Aramendia, Arkaitz (8 February 2025). "Buján, la promoción de un nuevo cachorro" [Buján, the promotion of a new pup]. Deia (in Spanish).
  7. ↑ "Valverde: "Our press was crucial to the win"". Athletic Club. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "El Athletic tumba al Girona con un Sancet estelar" [Athletic beat Girona with a stellar Sancet] (in Spanish). Deia. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  9. ↑ Roman, Josu (7 February 2025). "Endika Buján: la nueva joya del Athletic que brilla en Lezama". Athletic Club Info | Toda la actualidad del Athletic Club.
  10. ↑ Olazabal, Peru (11 July 2024). "El Barakaldo reemplaza a Endika Buján con el fichaje de su primo" [Barakaldo replaces Endika Buján by signing his cousin]. El Correo (in Spanish).
  11. ↑ "Endika Buján contra Unai Buján, en el derbi entre el Bilbao Athletic y el Barakaldo" [Endika Buján against Unai Buján, in the derby between Bilbao Athletic and Barakaldo] (in Spanish). Deia. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
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