Elisabeth Ibarra

Eli Ibarra
Ibarra in 2017
Personal information
Full name Elisabeth Ibarra Rabancho[1]
Date of birth (1981-06-29) 29 June 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Azkoitia, Basque Country, Spain[2]
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Left midfielder, left wing-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2002 Eibartarrak FT
2002–2017 Athletic Bilbao 367 (104)
International career
2002–2015 Spain 44 (2)
2006–2014 Basque Country 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elisabeth "Eli" Ibarra Rabancho (born 29 June 1981) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder or defender. She played club football for Eibartarrak FT from 1995 to 2002 and for Primera División club Athletic Bilbao from 2002 to 2017.[3] She made 44 appearances for the Spain national team, scoring two goals.[3][1]

Ibarra held the record for most appearances for the women's first-team of Athletic Bilbao (413)[3] until overtaken by former teammate Erika Vázquez in 2022.[4] Her 111 goals across all competitions made her their third-highest goalscorer of all time.[3] She is also the only player to have taken part in all five league championships that the club has won.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d "Squad lists" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Ibarra profile". Athletic Bilbao. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Eli Ibarra, a queen in the history of the Red and Whites". Athletic Club. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ^ Erika Vázquez, una leyenda del Athletic que cuelga las botas [Erika Vázquez, an Athletic legend who hangs up her boots], Diario AS, 10 May 2022 (in Spanish)

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