Pablo Orbaiz

Pablo Orbaiz embodies a footballing virtue I deeply admire: loyalty and grit over glamour. Born in Pamplona and raised at Osasuna, he spent eleven years in La Liga with Athletic Bilbao, racking up 318 appearances as a defensive midfielder. That is not the resume of a flashy goal-scorer but of a man who did the unglamorous work week after week. Bilbao famously fields only Basque players, so holding down a regular role there is a badge of honor in itself. I have endless respect for one-club stalwarts who give a single team their best years. His was a dogged, dependable kind of excellence.

Name (English)

Pablo Orbaiz

Name (Japanese)

パブロ・オルバイス

Reading

ぱぶろ・おるばいす

Born

February 6, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

Origin

Pamplona, Navarre, Spain

Height

2 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Navarre
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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