Ander Bardají

Ander Bardají
Personal information
Full name Ander Bardají Maiza
Date of birth (1995-04-20) 20 April 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Lasarte, Spain
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Real Sociedad B 74 (0)
2016–2017 Real Sociedad 0 (0)
2017–2020 Huesca 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Fuenlabrada (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Ejea (loan) 5 (0)
International career
2013 Spain U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2020
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bardají and the second or maternal family name is Maiza.

Ander Bardají Maiza (born 20 April 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Lasarte-Oria, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Bardají graduated with Real Sociedad's youth setup. On 1 September 2012, aged only 17, he made his debut as a senior, appearing with the reserves in a 2–1 home win against Real Zaragoza B in the Segunda División B championship.

Bardají was definitely promoted to the B-side on 17 July 2013, after already making seven appearances for it in the previous campaign.[1] On 16 April of the following year he renewed his link with the Txuri-urdin, signing until 2018.[2]

Initially promoted to the main squad for the 2014–15 season after the departure of Claudio Bravo to FC Barcelona,[3] Bardají was only named third-choice due to the arrival of Gerónimo Rulli. After Eñaut Zubikarai's release in June 2015, he was called up to the first team by manager David Moyes for the pre-season,[4] but was only utilized for the B-side after the signing of Oier Olazábal.

Bardají was definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2016–17 campaign,[5] but remained as a backup to Rulli and new signing Toño Ramírez. On 24 July 2017 he cut ties with Real,[6] and signed a three-year deal with Segunda División side SD Huesca just hours later.[7]

Bardají made his professional debut on 6 September 2017, starting in a 0–2 home loss against Real Valladolid, for the season's Copa del Rey.[8] He achieved promotion to La Liga at the end of the campaign, but acting as a third-choice behind Álex Remiro and Roberto Santamaría.

On 14 August 2018, Bardají was loaned to CF Fuenlabrada in the third division for one year,[9] but spent the campaign as a backup to Biel Ribas as his side achieved promotion to the second level. The following 31 July, he moved to fellow third tier side SD Ejea also in a temporary deal.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Ya está en marcha el Sanse" [Sanse is already under way] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Ander Bardají renueva hasta 2018" [Ander Bardají renews until 2018] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Real Sociedad to hand Ander Bardaji first-team chance". Sports Mole. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ^ "The 2015-2016 campaign now underway for Real Sociedad". Real Sociedad. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. ^ "La portería será la primera línea en quedar cubierta en la Real Sociedad" [The goal will be the first line to be covered at Real Sociedad] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Rescisión de contrato" [Rescision of contract] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Ander Bardají se incorpora a la SD Huesca" [Ander Bardají joins SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  8. ^ "El Valladolid se sirve otra ronda a costa del Huesca" [Valladolid take another round at Huesca's expense] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Bardají, cedido al CF Fuenlabrada" [Bardají, loaned to Fuenlabrada] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Bardají jugará en la SD Ejea" [Bardají will play at SD Ejea] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.