Ander Guevara
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ander Guevara Lajo | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 July 1997||
Place of birth | Vitoria, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Alavés | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
Alavés | |||
2012–2015 | Real Sociedad | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Real Sociedad C | 48 | (3) |
2016–2019 | Real Sociedad B | 71 | (1) |
2017–2023 | Real Sociedad | 71 | (1) |
2023– | Alavés | 37 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2020– | Basque Country | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024 |
Ander Guevara Lajo (born 7 July 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Alavés.
Club career
[edit]Real Sociedad
[edit]Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Guevara joined Real Sociedad's youth setup in 2012, from Deportivo Alavés.[2] He was promoted to the farm team ahead of the 2015–16 season, and made his debut during the campaign in Tercera División.
Guevara made his debut with the reserves on 1 October 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2 Segunda División B home loss against CF Fuenlabrada. The following 17 June, he renewed his contract until 2020 and was definitely promoted to the B-side.[3]
Guevara made his first team debut on 26 October 2017, replacing fellow youth graduate Rubén Pardo in a 1–0 away win against Lleida Esportiu, for the season's Copa del Rey.[4] He made his La Liga debut on 15 March 2019, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Levante UD.
On 7 June 2019, Guevara renewed his contract until 2024,[5] being definitely promoted to the main squad two days later.[6]
Alavés
[edit]On 9 July 2023, Guevara returned to his first club Alavés on a four-year contract.[7]
International career
[edit]Guevara has played for the unofficial Basque Country team, making his debut against Costa Rica in November 2020.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 1 July 2021[9]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Real Sociedad B | 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 32 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | 26 | 1 | — | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||||
Total | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 1 | ||
Real Sociedad | 2017–18 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | 14 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
Total | 46 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 1 | ||
Career total | 117 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 134 | 2 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
- ^ Includes appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey Final (played in 2021)
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
Honours
[edit]Real Sociedad
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ander Guevara". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "La Real se lleva al cadete del Alavés Ander Guevara" [Real take Alavés' cadete Ander Guevara] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Hasta 2020" [Until 2020] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Una maravilla de Canales salva a la Real contra el Lleida" [A wonder from Canales saves Real against Lleida] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Contract renewal". Real Sociedad. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Promote to the first team". Real Sociedad. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "El vitoriano Ander Guevara refuerza el centro del campo del Deportivo Alavés" [Vitoriano Ander Guevara bolsters the centre of the midfield of Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Euskadi gana a Costa Rica en el descuento [Basques beat Costa Rica in stoppage time], Marca (in Spanish), 16 November 2020
- ^ Ander Guevara at BDFutbol
- ^ "Athletic Club 0-1 Real Sociedad: result, summary, goal". AS.com. 4 April 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Real Sociedad website
- Ander Guevara at BDFutbol
- Ander Guevara at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Real Sociedad C footballers
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- Real Sociedad footballers
- Deportivo Alavés players
- Basque Country men's international footballers
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen