Peru Nolaskoain Esnal (born 25 October 1998) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as either a

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or a

defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for

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 ...

Club career

Born in

Zumaia Zumaia (, ) is a small town in the north of Spain in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. The town has two beaches (Itzurun and Santiago), which are of interest to geologists because they are situated among the longest set ...

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 ...

, Basque Country, joined

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 ...

's Lezama academy in 2015, from

Antiguoko Antiguoko Kirol Elkartea (Sport Club of Antiguo in English) is an amateur youth Spanish football club based in Antiguo, a part of San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain. It acts as feeder club to Athletic Bilbao, previously having the sam ...

. On 13 June 2016, he was promoted to the farm team, but moved straight to the reserves. Nolaskoain made his senior debut on 21 August 2016, coming on as a first-half substitute for Tarsi and scoring his team's second in a 3–0

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 ...

home win against

UD Socuéllamos Unión Deportiva Socuéllamos is a Spanish football team based in Socuéllamos, Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. Founded in 1924, it plays in , holding home games at 2,500-seat '' Estadio Paquito Jiménez'' . Hi ...

. During the 2018 pre-season, he was converted to a

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

by new first-team manager

Eduardo Berizzo Manuel Eduardo Berizzo Magnolo (; born 13 November 1969) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of Liga MX club León. During his 18-year professional career he played for six teams in four countr ...

. Nolaskoain made his professional – and

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– debut on 20 August 2018, starting and scoring the opener in a 2–1 home win against

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

. The following 9 August, after featuring sparingly with the main squad, he was loaned to

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side

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

for one year. In July 2020, he suffered a serious

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injury which kept him out for nearly 18 months. On 21 January 2022, he was loaned to second division side

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 ...

for the remainder of the campaign. On 26 August 2022, Nolaskoain moved to

in the second division, on loan for one year; he featured regularly as they reached the promotion play-offs, losing out to local rivals

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually known as Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Basque ...

. Back to the Lions in July 2023, he only made two late substitute appearances in the league and two starts against lower-division opponents in the

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

, before returning to Eibar on a permanent three-and-a-half-year contact on 31 January 2024; Athletic retained a buy-back option and a bonus for Eibar gaining promotion to La Liga.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nolaskoain, Peru 1998 births Living people People from Zumaia Footballers from Gipuzkoa Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Spain men's youth international footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Antiguoko players Athletic Bilbao B footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Deportivo de La Coruña players SD Amorebieta footballers SD Eibar footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen