Aitor Karanka

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Aitor Karanka
Personal information
Full name Aitor Karanka de la Hoz
Date of birth September 18, 1973 (1973-09-18) (age 34)
Place of birth    Vitoria, Álava, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Central defender
Youth clubs


1991-1992		 Corazonistas
Deportivo Alavés
Athletic Bilbao
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1991-1992
1992-1997
1997-2002
2002-2006
2006
 Bilbao Athletic
Athletic Bilbao
Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao
Colorado Rapids		 53 (2)
118 (2)
93 (0)
64 (2)
28 (0)   
National team2
1995
1994-2004		 Flag of Spain Spain
Flag of Basque Country (autonomous community) Euskadi XI		 1 (0)
6 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of October 24, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of October 24, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Aitor Karanka de la Hoz (born September 18, 1973 in Vitoria, Álava) is a Spanish footballer, who last played for the Colorado Rapids of the MLS. He has previously played for Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid, Spain and the Euskadi XI. His brother, David, is also a footballer and has played for Athletic Bilbao, Real Murcia and Sporting de Gijón.

Karanka, a defender, began his career with the junior side Corazonistas and also played at a junior level for Deportivo Alavés. He made his professional debut with Bilbao Athletic in 1991 and went onto make 53 appearances for the reserve side, scoring twice. Along with Julen Guerrero, he was a member of the Athletic U-19 team that won a national cup and league double in 1992. Karanka was promoted to the senior Athletic Bilbao team by Jupp Heynckes in 1993 and went onto make 118 La Liga appearances before joining Heynckes at Real Madrid in 1997. He made 93 La Liga appearances and played 33 UEFA Champions League games for Real, including the final in 2000. In 2002 he returned to Athletic Bilbao.

Karanka never really established himself as an international and has only played once at senior level for Spain. He did however play 14 games for Spain U-21s and was a member of the team that were runners-up at the European Championship in 1996. He also played for Spain at the 1996 Olympic Games. Between 1994 and 2004 he also played 6 times for the Euskadi XI.

Athletic Bilbao

  • Spanish U-19 Cup
    • 1992
  • Spanish U-19 League
    • 1992

Real Madrid


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