Xeber Alkain
Alkain with Alavés
Personal information
Full name Xeber Alkain Mitxelena
Date of birth (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997
Place of birth Hondarribia, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Alavés
Number 17
Youth career
Antiguoko
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Real Sociedad C 48 (4)
2019Arenas Getxo (loan) 16 (2)
2019–2022 Real Sociedad B 81 (17)
2022– Alavés 39 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2023

Xeber Alkain Mitxelena (born 26 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer of Basque descent, who plays mainly as a right winger for La Liga club Deportivo Alavés.

Career

Born in Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Alkain joined Real Sociedad in 2016 from Antiguoko, and was initially assigned to the C-team.[1] On 10 January 2019, after establishing himself as a starter for the C's, he was loaned to Segunda División B side Arenas Club de Getxo for the remainder of the season.[2]

Upon returning, Alkain was assigned to the reserves also in the third division, and renewed his contract until 2021 on 1 July 2020.[3] He was a regular starter during the 2020–21 campaign, scoring five goals as his side returned to Segunda División after 59 years; on 5 July 2021, he extended his link for a further year.[4]

Alkain made his professional debut on 14 August 2021, coming on as a late substitute for Álex Sola in a 1–0 home win over CD Leganés.[5] He scored his first professional goal on 11 September, netting his side's second in a 3–2 home loss against SD Eibar.

Alkain and his teammate Jérémy Blasco left Sanse on 30 May 2022, with their contract expiring in the following month.[6] On 7 June, he signed a three-year deal with Deportivo Alavés, freshly relegated to the second level.[7]

References

  1. "La Real incorpora a dos juveniles del Antiguoko" [Real sign two youngsters from Antiguoko] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. "Real Sociedad, Xeber Alkain cedido al Arenas Club" [Real Sociedad, Xeber Alkain loaned to Arenas Club] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. "Renovaciones en el Sanse" [Renewals at Sanse] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. "Xeber Alkain renueva por un curso más con el Sanse" [Xeber Alkain renews for a further season with Sanse] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. "Estreno prometedor de los de Xabi Alonso" [Promising start of Xabi Alonso's boys] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. "Bajas en el Sanse" [Departures at Sanse] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  7. "Xeber Alkain, refuerzo para el Deportivo Alavés" [Xeber Alkain, addition for Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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