Xeber Alkain Mitxelena (born 26 June 1997) is a Spanish professional

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who plays mainly as a

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for club

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 ...

Career

Born in

Hondarribia Hondarribia (; ; ) is a Spanish town situated on the west shore of the Bidasoa river's estuary, in Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community. The border town is situated on a little promontory facing Hend ...

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, Alkain joined

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, ...

in 2016 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 ...

, and was initially assigned to the C-team. On 10 January 2019, after establishing himself as a starter for the C's, he was loaned to

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 ...

side

Arenas Club de Getxo Arenas Club de Getxo is a Spanish football club based in the town of Getxo, near Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it currently plays in , holding home games at Campo Municipal de Gobela, with a 2,000-se ...

for the remainder of the season. Upon returning, Alkain was assigned to the reserves also in the third division, and renewed his contract until 2021 on 1 July 2020. He was a regular starter during the 2020–21 campaign, scoring five goals as his side returned to

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 ...

after 59 years; on 5 July 2021, he extended his link for a further year. Alkain made his professional debut on 14 August 2021, coming on as a late substitute for

Álex Sola Alejandro "Álex" Sola López-Ocaña (born 9 June 1999), sometimes known as Álex Ujía, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as either a right back or a right winger for Getafe CF. Club career Sola was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzko ...

in a 1–0 home win over

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 ...

. He scored his first professional goal on 11 September, netting his side's second in a 3–2 home loss against

. Alkain and his teammate

Jérémy Blasco Jérémy Damien Blasco (born 12 February 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as either a central defender or a right back for Polish club Radomiak Radom. Club career Born in Bayonne, Blasco began his career with hometown side Avi ...

left ''Sanse'' on 30 May 2022, with their contract expiring in the following month. On 7 June, he signed a three-year deal with

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 ...

, freshly relegated to the second level. Alkain scored four goals in 36 appearances overall during the 2022–23 season, as the ''Babazorros'' achieved promotion 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 ...

. He made his debut in the category on 21 August 2023, starting in a 4–3 home win over

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

. On 30 July 2024, Alkain agreed to a two-year contract with Eibar in the second division.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alkain, Xeber 1997 births Living people Footballers from Hondarribia Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Antiguoko players Real Sociedad C footballers Arenas Club de Getxo footballers Real Sociedad B footballers Deportivo Alavés players SD Eibar footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen