Jon Gaztañaga Arrospide (born 28 June 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender or a defensive midfielder.
Club career Born in Andoain, Gipuzkoa, Gaztañaga was a product of Real Sociedad's youth system. He made his senior debut with their reserves, spending several seasons in the Segunda División B with the side and also achieving promotion from Tercera División in 2010.
Gaztañaga made his official debut with the first team on 18 August 2013, replacing fellow youth graduate Gorka Elustondo in the dying minutes of the 2–0 La Liga home win against Getafe. His first appearance in the UEFA Champions League took place on 10 December, as he came on for Mikel González in a 0–1 group-stage defeat to Bayer Leverkusen also at the Anoeta Stadium.
In early 2014, Gaztañaga renewed his contract with Real Sociedad until 2016,Gaztañaga y Berchiche renuevan con la Real Sociedad hasta 2016 (Gaztañaga and Berchiche renew with Real Sociedad until 2016); Real Sociedad, 8 January 2014 (in Spanish) being promoted to the main squad in May.El sueño de Joseba y Jon (Joseba and Jon's dream); Real Sociedad, 20 May 2014 (in Spanish) On 26 January 2015, having featured sparingly during the first half of the campaign, he joined Segunda División club Ponferradina on loan until June.Jon Gaztañaga, S.D. Ponferradinara utzita (Jon Gaztañaga, loaned to S.D. Ponferradina), Real Sociedad, 26 January 2015 (in Basque)
On 9 July 2015, Gaztañaga was loaned to Numancia of the same league for one year.Jon Gaztañaga joins C.D. Numancia on loan; Real Sociedad, 9 July 2015 On 22 August 2017, he agreed to a three-year deal with Gimnàstic de Tarragona also from the second tier after becoming a free agent.Jon Gaztañaga, nou jugador grana (Jon Gaztañaga, new grana player) ; Gimnàstic Tarragona, 22 August 2017 (in Catalan)
Gaztañaga terminated his contract with Nàstic on 13 June 2018.Matilla, Gaztañaga i Perales finalitzen la seva etapa a Tarragona (Matilla, Gaztañaga and Perales end their spells in Tarragona); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 13 June 2018 (in Catalan) On 20 August, he moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Cypriot First Division side AEL Limassol. He made his debut five days later, coming on for Marko Adamović late into a 1–0 away victory over Ermis Aradippou.
Gaztañaga spent 2020–21 in the Romanian Liga I with Viitorul Constanța. On 24 June 2021, he returned to Spain and joined Cultural Leonesa of the newly created Primera División RFEF.
On 7 September 2022, Gaztañaga signed for NorthEast United of the Indian Super League on a one-year contract.
International career Gaztañaga was picked by the Spain under-17 team for the 2008 UEFA European Championship. He started as a stopper in the final against France, which ended with a 4–0 win.
Gaztañaga was selected by the under-18 side for the unofficial 2009 Copa del Atlántico,XXXV Torneo Internacional Sub.-18 (XXXV Under-18 International Tournament); Royal Spanish Football Federation, 30 January 2009 (in Spanish) which his country won.España revalida su condición de campeón en el Torneo Atlántico, tras derrotar a Alemania, 4–1. (Spain win Atlantic Tournament again, after beating Germany 4–1.); Royal Spanish Football Federation, 6 February 2009 (in Spanish)
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsReal Sociedad B2010–11Segunda División B30100——3012011–12Segunda División B30100——3012012–13Segunda División B24000——2402013–14Segunda División B31100——311Total11530000001153Real Sociedad2013–14La Liga305010—902014–15La Liga3020——502016–17La Liga2020——40Total80901000180Ponferradina (loan)2014–15Segunda División12000——120Numancia (loan)2015–16Segunda División34000——340Gimnàstic2017–18Segunda División27010—10290AEL Limassol2018–19Cypriot First Division17060—713012019–20Cypriot First Division140402010210Total3101002081511Viitorul2020–21Liga I18110——191Cultural Leonesa2021–22Primera División RFEF27221——293NorthEast United2022–23Indian Super League13000——130Career total285623130913208
Honours Real Sociedad B Tercera División: 2009–10
AEL Limassol Cypriot Cup: 2018–19
Spain U17 UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2008
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