Ander Guevara
Guevara with Real Sociedad in 2021
Personal information
Full name Ander Guevara Lajo
Date of birth (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997[1]
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 2 (0)
International career‡
2020– Basque Country 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:24, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

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

Real Sociedad

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

On 9 July 2023, Guevara returned to his first club Alavés on a four-year contract.[7]

International career

Guevara has played for the unofficial Basque Country team, making his debut against Costa Rica in November 2020.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Sociedad B 2016–17 Segunda División B 130———130
2017–18 320——2[lower-alpha 1]0340
2018–19 261———261
Total 711000020731
Real Sociedad 2017–18 La Liga 0010——10
2018–19 1000——10
2019–20 1407[lower-alpha 2]0——210
2020–21 311105[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0381
Total 461905010611
Career total 11729050301342
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
  2. ↑ Includes appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey Final (played in 2021)
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

Honours

Real Sociedad

References

  1. 1 2 "Ander Guevara". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Hasta 2020" [Until 2020] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Contract renewal". Real Sociedad. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Promote to the first team". Real Sociedad. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ Euskadi gana a Costa Rica en el descuento [Basques beat Costa Rica in stoppage time], Marca (in Spanish), 16 November 2020
  9. ↑ Ander Guevara at BDFutbol
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ 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.
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