Gaizka Toquero

Gaizka Toquero Pinedo ( born August 9, 1984 in Vitoria- Gasteiz, Basque Country ) is a Spanish football player. He plays since 2008 at Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, the Spanish top flight.

Career

Toquero began his career in the youth team of Ariznabarra, from where he moved to Real Sociedad San Sebastian 2002. In 2003, he joined the second team of Deportivo Alavés. 2005/ 06, the team was relegated from the Segunda División B from. Then he returned to Deportivo back and moved to the SD Lemona where he División again in the Segunda B was active. After just one season, the striker went to Sestao RC, where he finished tenth in turn in the same league. Only in the 2008/ 09 season, he came to a club the Primera División, of this he was again loaned to second-division club SD Eibar, where he scored four goals in 15 games.

In the second half of the season 2008/ 09, after returning, he made his debut for Athletic Bilbao, as he came on in the 82nd minute for Velez in the match against Espanyol on January 4, 2009. The game ended 1-1. His Premierentor succeeded Torquero on 21 April 2009 against CD Numancia, as he scored the meantime it 1-1 2-1 win. After the cup final 2008/09 Athletic failed to qualify for the Europa League. His debut at European club level was the striker in the third round of qualifying against representatives from Switzerland Young Boys Bern on July 30, 2009. The home game was lost 0-1.