Oier

Oier Olazabal Paredes (born 14 September 1989), known simply as Oier, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Club Career

Barcelona

Born in Irun, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Oier arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy at the age of 18, from local Real Union. He spent his first years with the reserves as backup to another youth product, Ruben.

Oier made his debut for the first team on 2 January 2008, in the 2–2 home draw against CD Alcoyano in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey. More than one year after, on 17 May, he appeared for the first time in La Liga as Barca were already champions, in a 2–1 away loss to RCD Mallorca.

For the 2009–10 campaign, after Albert Jorquera left for neighbours Girona FC, Oier was promoted to third choice. He still continued to appear regularly for the B's, however.

Granada

On 11 July 2014, Oier signed a three-year deal with Granada CF for an undisclosed fee. On 25 August of the following year, he was loaned to fellow top-division side Real Sociedad in a season-long deal.

Levante

On 29 January 2017, Oier was loaned to Levante UD for the rest of the campaign with the option to buy in event of promotion; he replaced Alex Remiro, whose own temporary switch from Athletic Bilbao had been curtailed. Manager Juan Ramon Lopez Muniz began playing him in place of Raul Fernandez in the final matches, including in the goalless draw at CD Tenerife on 20 May that saw the Granotas crowned Segunda Division champions.

Oier took the starting place from Fernandez in the top flight, and signed a new deal in June 2018 to last until 2021, with a further year as an option.

Espanyol

Having only been used in cup games due to Paco Lopez' preference for Aitor Fernandez, Oier left for RCD Espanyol on 31 January 2020 for a €1.

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