Jon Errasti Zabaleta (born 6 June 1988) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Eibar Eibar (, ) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Euskadi. It is the capital of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Debabarrena. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eustat, 2018). Its chief industry is ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...

, Errasti played youth football with Basque Country neighbours

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...

. He made his senior debut in the 2007–08 season with the reserves, in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. In late June 2012, Errasti signed with local

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in ) is a Spanish football league teams, Spanish professional football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the men’s te ...

also in the third tier. In his first season he was an undisputed first choice, totalling nearly 4,000 minutes in all competitions as his team finally achieved promotion in the playoffs. On 28 September 2013, Errasti made his

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

debut when he started in a 3–2 away loss against

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

. He contributed 32 appearances in 2013–14, as the ''Armeros'' were promoted to

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

for the first time ever. Errasti made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 24 August 2014, in the 1–0 home win over his former club. Roughly a year later, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Italian

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side

Spezia Calcio Spezia Calcio is an Italian professional Association football, football club based in La Spezia, Liguria, currently competing in the Serie B. Spezia Calcio was founded in 1906 by the Swiss banker Hermann Hurni (or Hurny in some documents), who ...

. On 11 July 2017, Errasti returned to Spain and its second division after agreeing to a two-year deal at

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, ...

. On 29 January 2019, after being rarely used during the campaign, he terminated his contract. Errasti signed with Polish

II liga II liga (Druga liga, ), currently named Betclic II liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, ''II Liga'' referre ...

team

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on 15 March 2019. He returned to his home country in July, joining third-tier

UD Logroñés Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estad ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Errasti, Jon 1988 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Eibar Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Sociedad B footballers SD Eibar footballers AD Alcorcón footballers UD Logroñés players Serie B players Spezia Calcio players II liga players Elana Toruń players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Spanish sportsmen