Sheila Elorza Hernández (born 8 June 1996) is a Spanish

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who plays for

Eibar Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants (Eustat ...

as a

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. She began her senior career at

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country of Spain. They are known as ''Los Le ...

but played mainly for the

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, with only two Primera División appearances shortly before leaving the club in 2015. She then spent two seasons with

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and one with San Ignacio prior to joining Eibar in 2018; she was appointed

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, and played an important role in the squad which gained promotion to the top tier in the 2019–20 season, at which point she agreed to her extend her contract to 2022. Sheila has never been selected for Spain at any level, but was selected for the Basque Country squad in 2021 (these were two 45-minute matches and it is not clear if they are considered full

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at BDFutbol {{DEFAULTSORT:Elorza, Sheila 1996 births Living people Spanish women's footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Women's association football midfielders Segunda Federación (women) players Primera División (women) players SD Eibar Femenino players EdF Logroño players Athletic Club Femenino players People from Greater Bilbao Sportspeople from Biscay Athletic Club Femenino B players Primera Federación (women) players