Iñigo Calderón

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Íñigo Calderón
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Calderón with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2011
Personal information
Full name Íñigo Calderón Zapatería[1]
Date of birth (1982-01-04) 4 January 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Vitoria, Spain
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Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 14
Youth career
Alavés
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Alavés C
2001–2004 Alavés B 71 (1)
2004–2007 Alicante 84 (5)
2007–2009 Alavés 52 (1)
2010– Brighton & Hove Albion 193 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Calderón and the second or maternal family name is Zapatería.

Íñigo Calderón Zapatería (born 4 January 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for English club Brighton & Hove Albion as a right back.

He played for Alicante and Alavés in Spain, joining Brighton & Hove Albion in 2010 and going on to remain several years with the club.

Club career

Spain

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Calderón started his professional career with Alicante CF in Segunda División B, achieving two first-place finishes and one third during his three-year spell but seeing his team consecutively fail in the promotion play-offs.[2]

In 2007 he moved to Deportivo Alavés (he had already represented its C and B-teams early in his career), playing in two Segunda División seasons – often serving as team captain – and suffering relegation in his second year.[3][4]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 7 January 2010, after a spell on trial, Calderón signed with Football League One team Brighton & Hove Albion on a contract until the end of the season.[5][6] He made his club debut nine days later, in a 2–1 win at Walsall,[7] and scored his first goal for the Seagulls in another away fixture (also 2–1 win), against Charlton Athletic on 23 February.[8]

Calderón's offer of a new contract at Brighton was withdrawn[9] after he agreed to join League One rivals Southampton in May 2010.[10] However, on 10 June, the player signed a new three-year deal with Brighton, with manager Gus Poyet claiming "Calde is a quality player and was always our first-choice right-back...".[11]

Calderón scored eight goals in the 2010–11 season, including a first-half strike in the 4–3 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge that helped Albion secure promotion to the Championship. He subsequently signed a one-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the club until 2014.

Calderón netted his first goal of 2011–12 in the 2–0 home win over Bristol City – a thunderous drive from 25 yards. He appeared predominantly as a right midfielder in 2014–15, scoring four times and being subsequently voted player of the season.[12]

Personal life

Calderón has a master's degree in sport psychology. He is also a qualified teacher.[13]

Honours

Club

Brighton & Hove Albion

Individual

References

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