Oier Luengo Redondo (born 11 November 1997) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

Club career

Born in Amorebieta-Etxano,

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, Basque Country, Luengo was a

SD Amorebieta Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in , holding home games temporarily at the Lezama Facilities outside Bilbao (its own ground '' Campo ...

youth graduate. He made his first team debut on 30 October 2016, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer

Koldo Obieta Koldo Obieta Alberdi (born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Real Unión. Club career Born in Guernica, Biscay, Basque Country, Obieta finished his formation with hometown side Gernika Club. Aft ...

in a 1–2

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home loss against

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. Luengo established himself as a starter in the 2017–18 season, and scored his first senior goal on 16 September 2017 by netting his side's second in a 2–3 home loss to

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. On 13 June of the following year, he signed for

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

and was assigned to the reserves also in the third division. On 7 January 2019, after featuring rarely for the ''Lions'', Luengo was loaned back to his former club Amorebieta until June. Upon returning, he started to feature more regularly, but still left the club on 14 June 2021 as his contract was due to expire. In July 2021,

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Luengo returned to Amorebieta, with the club now in

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. He made his professional debut on 14 August, starting in a 0–2 away loss against

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. ( ) is a Spanish professional Football team, football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, the team plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 ...

. On 4 July 2022, after Amorebieta's

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, Luengo signed for fellow second division side

on a two-year contract.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luengo, Oier 1997 births Living people People from Amorebieta-Etxano Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players SD Amorebieta footballers Athletic Bilbao B footballers Real Oviedo players Footballers from Biscay 21st-century Spanish sportsmen