Personal information | |||
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Full name | Xeber Alkain Mitxelena | ||
Date of birth | 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) |
2019 | → Arenas Getxo (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2019–2022 | Real Sociedad B | 81 | (17) |
2022– | Alavés | 44 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024 |
Xeber Alkain Mitxelena (born 26 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a right winger for La Liga club Deportivo Alavés.
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]