Iñigo Idiakez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Iñigo Idiakez

Spanish football player/manager

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1973

Place of Birth: Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Iñigo Idiakez Barkaiztegi (born 8 November 1973) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder or forward, and is the youth-team coach of English League One club Luton Town. Beginning his career at Real Sociedad, he appeared in 254 official matches during his tenure while competing in ten La Liga seasons (36 goals scored).
In his homeland, he also represented Segunda División clubs Oviedo and Rayo Vallecano.
He moved to England in 2004 at the age of 30, where he represented Championship teams Derby County, Southampton and Queens Park Rangers, retiring in 2008; he played for Spain at under-21 and under-23 levels. Idiakez went into coaching in 2009, working at amateur level in Spain before signing with Apollon Limassol from Cyprus as assistant manager.
He moved back to England in 2013, taking up a youth coaching position at Leicester City.
He joined Derby County as first-team coach in 2016, before being appointed at Luton Town.