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Pablo Orbaiz

パブロ・オルバイス　/　ぱぶろ・おるばいす

Association football player from Spain

February 6, 1979 (age 47)　・　Pamplona, Navarre, Spain

Navarre
association football player

My Take

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.

Overview

Pablo Orbaiz Lesaka (born 6 February 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. After starting out at Osasuna, he went on to play 11 years in La Liga with Athletic Bilbao, appearing in 318 competitive matches and scoring 13 goals.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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
Blood type: Private
Height: 2 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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

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