Aitor Tornavaca Fernández
Aitor Tornavaca Fernández (born 24 March 1976), known simply as Aitor, is a Spanish former footballer who played mainly as a left midfielder.
He am*ed Segunda División totals of 328 games and 16 goals over 11 seasons, representing five clubs, mainly Recreativo de Huelva. He added 105 matches and five goals in La Liga, where he appeared for Recreativo and Sporting de Gijón.
Club career
Aitor was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country. During his early career he played almost exclusively in Segunda División, representing Sporting de Gijón, CD Leganés, Levante UD, Real Jaén and SD Eibar and moving to Recreativo de Huelva for the 2004–05 campaign. With the first club he appeared in two La Liga games, scoring against Real Valladolid in a 4–2 home win on 29 October 1995.
At Recre, Aitor was first choice from the start, being instrumental in the Andalusian side's 2006 promotion and also a regular in the top tier (never played less than 30 league matches in his eight-year spell). He was also deployed several times as a left back.
On 12 July 2012, after three seasons in division two and 294 official games for Recreativo, 36-year-old Aitor returned to Asturias and joined Real Avilés in Segunda División B, signing a two-year contract but retiring at the end of his first, following which he immediately joined the club's coaching staff.
Aitor returned to active on 14 June 2014, signing for CD Llanes of Tercera División.
References
External links
- Aitor at BDFutbol
- Aitor at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Aitor at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Aitor at Soccerway