Ander Guevara

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guevara and the second or maternal family name is Lajo.

Ander Guevara
Guevara with Real Sociedad in 2021
Personal information
Full name Ander Guevara Lajo
Date of birth (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 27)[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 37 (1)
International career‡
2020– Basque Country 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024

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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Sociedad B 2016–17 Segunda División B 13 0 — — — 13 0
2017–18 32 0 — — 2[a] 0 34 0
2018–19 26 1 — — — 26 1
Total 71 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 73 1
Real Sociedad 2017–18 La Liga 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
2018–19 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2019–20 14 0 7[b] 0 — — 21 0
2020–21 31 1 1 0 5[c] 0 1[d] 0 38 1
Total 46 1 9 0 5 0 1 0 61 1
Career total 117 2 9 0 5 0 3 0 134 2
  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. ^ a b "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.