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Ander Capa

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Ander Capa
Capa with Eibar in 2017
Personal information
Full name Ander Capa Rodríguez[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth Portugalete, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Positions
Youth career
2001–2002 Danok Bat
2002–2005 Athletic Bilbao
2005–2011 Danok Bat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Eibar B 34 (2)
2012–2018 Eibar 190 (12)
2018–2023 Athletic Bilbao 96 (5)
2023–2024 Levante 21 (0)
2024–2025 Portugalete 18 (0)
Total 359 (19)
International career
2014–2020 Basque Country 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ander Capa Rodríguez (born 8 February 1992) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back or a winger.

He played mainly with Eibar during his career, representing the club in three levels of Spanish football including La Liga; over seven seasons, he appeared in 214 competitive matches and scored 15 goals.[3] He joined Athletic Bilbao in 2018, winning the 2021 Supercopa de España.

Club career

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Eibar

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Capa was born in Portugalete, Biscay, Basque Country.[2] He played youth football with local Danok Bat CF before signing for SD Eibar, making his senior debut in the 2011–12 season with the reserves in the Tercera División.[4]

In July 2012, Capa was promoted to the first team after appearing once with the main squad in 2011–12.[5] In the following campaign, he played 24 matches and scored five goals (adding six games and two goals in the playoffs) as the Armeros returned to Segunda División after a four-year absence.[6]

Capa played his first professional match on 18 August 2013, starting in a 2–1 away win against Real Jaén.[7] He scored his first goal on 28 September, but in a 3–2 loss at Sporting de Gijón.[8] He appeared in a further 30 games while netting once[9] during the season, being promoted to La Liga for the first time ever.[10]

Capa made his debut in the top flight on 24 August 2014, starting in a 1–0 home victory over Real Sociedad.[11] He scored his first goal in the competition on 8 December, his side's last in a 5–2 home rout of UD Almería.[12]

During the 2015 pre-season, Capa was converted from a winger into a right-back by new manager José Luis Mendilibar.[13] On 19 November of that year, with the club still in the top tier and him as an undisputed starter, he renewed his contract until 2018.[14]

Athletic Bilbao

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On 1 September 2017, Capa agreed to join former youth club Athletic Bilbao[15] for four years, with the deal being made effective in July 2018.[16] Dani García made the same move; within weeks they were joined by another former teammate Yuri Berchiche, and before the end of the calendar year by the coach from their Eibar promotion seasons, Gaizka Garitano.[17] He scored his first goal for Athletic on 10 November 2019, netting the 2–1 winner in the final minutes of the home fixture against Levante UD through a volley from outside the box; he also provided the assist for the equaliser by Iker Muniain in the same game.[18]

Having previously been a regular starter, Capa made only one competitive appearance in the 2021–22 campaign under head coach Marcelino García Toral, and that consisted of just a few minutes as a late substitute. Subsequently, he was highly critical of the manager,[19] and with no agreement reached on a new contract – even after negotiations resumed when Jon Uriarte was elected as the new president and Ernesto Valverde was brought as the new coach – he appeared set to leave the club.[20] However, eventually a new deal was reached in July 2022, with the player staying at San Mamés for at least one more season and potentially a second if targets were met.[21][22]

Later career

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On 15 August 2023, Capa signed a one-year contract with Levante UD in the second division.[23] In November 2024, the 32-year-old moved three tiers down to Tercera Federación and joined Club Portugalete in his hometown.[24]

Career statistics

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As of match played 13 March 2024[25][26][27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Eibar 2011–12 Segunda División B 1000—10
2012–13 245606[a]2367
2013–14 Segunda División 31221—333
2014–15 La Liga 34320—363
2015–16 36210—372
2016–17 31060—370
2017–18 33010—340
Total 190121816221415
Athletic Bilbao 2018–19 La Liga 25030—280
2019–20 3537[b]0—423
2020–21 282402[c]0342
2021–22 10000010
2022–23 70000070
Total 965140201125
Levante 2023–24 Segunda División 21000—210
Career total 307173218234720
  1. ↑ Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. ↑ Includes appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey final (played in 2021)
  3. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa de España

Honours

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Eibar

Athletic Bilbao

References

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  1. 1 2 Ander Capa at FBref.com Edit this at Wikidata
  2. 1 2 Ruiz, Pako (24 January 2018). "La lupa de Capa" [Capa's magnifying glass]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Victoria para cerrar la temporada en Ipurua" [Win to close the season at Ipurua] (in Spanish). MSN. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Boudet, François Miguel (26 January 2018). "Éibar: Ander Capa, gros plan sur la comète" [Eibar: Ander Capa, big plan under the comet] (in French). Furia Liga. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Cinco jugadores del Eibar B harán la pretemporada con el primer equipo, entrenados por Garitano" [Five players from Eibar B will make the pre-season with the first team, trained by Garitano]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "El Eibar regresa a Segunda" [Eibar return to Segunda]. El Correo (in Spanish). 30 June 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "El Jaén muere en la orilla" [Jaén die on the shore]. Marca (in Spanish). 18 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Con Scepovic todo es más fácil" [With Scepovic everything is easier]. Marca (in Spanish). 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Victoria a domicilio del Eibar ante el Real Madrid Castilla (0–1)" [Away win for Eibar against Real Madrid Castilla (0–1)] (in Spanish). EITB. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  10. 1 2 Ramos, Gabi (8 June 2014). "¡Campeones de Segunda!" [Segunda champions!] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Lara seals dream start for Eibar". ESPN FC. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Eibar 5–2 Almeria". ESPN FC. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  13. ↑ Aiete, Iñaki (13 August 2015). "El cambio de rol de Ander Capa" [Ander Capa's change of role]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Capa: En el Eibar he crecido como persona y como futbolista" [Capa: I have grown as a person and a footballer at Eibar] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Capa, con Bustinza, Sabin y Aurtenetxe en el Infantil del 92" [Capa, with Bustinza, Sabin and Aurtenetxe in the 'Infantil' of 92] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "Ander Capa signs with Athletic Club". Athletic Bilbao. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  17. ↑ Cotorro, Ander (13 December 2018). "Los tres hombres de Garitano" [The three men of Garitano]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  18. ↑ "2–1. Ander Capa leads the comeback of Athletic". EN24. 10 November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  19. ↑ "Ander Capa: "Marcelino me ha despreciado"" [Ander Capa: "Marcelino did not consider me at all"]. Sport (in Spanish). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  20. ↑ Río, Endika (2 July 2022). "Capa no renueva y dice agur al Athletic" [Capa does not renew and says agur to Athletic]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  21. ↑ Mejías, Noelia (12 July 2022). "Oficial: Ander Capa seguirá en el Athletic" [Official: Ander Capa will continue at Athletic] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  22. ↑ "Ander Capa finalmente renueva dos años más con el Athletic" [Ander Capa finally renews two more years with Athletic]. Sport (in Spanish). 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  23. ↑ "Ander Capa se convierte en jugador del Levante UD" [Ander Capa becomes a player of Levante UD] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  24. ↑ Ruiz, Pako (13 November 2024). "Ander Capa, nuevo jugador del Portugalete: "Cuando salí del Athletic se me pasó por la cabeza dejar el fútbol"" [Ander Capa, new Portugalete player: "When I left Athletic quitting football did cross my mind"]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  25. ↑ Ander Capa at BDFutbol
  26. ↑ Ander Capa at Soccerway
  27. ↑ Ander Capa at ESPN FC
  28. ↑ Carnerero, Fernando (17 January 2021). "La Supercopa de Williams" [Williams' Supercup]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  29. ↑ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  30. ↑ Lowe, Sid (17 April 2021). "Messi stars as Barcelona thrash Athletic Bilbao to lift Copa del Rey". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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