Peru Nolaskoain

{{Short description|Spanish footballer (born 1998)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{family name hatnote|Nolaskoain|Esnal|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peru Nolaskoain

| image =

| full_name = Peru Nolaskoain Esnal

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|10|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zumaia, Spain

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Centre-back, defensive midfielder

| currentclub = Eibar

| clubnumber = 8

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Zumaiako

| youthyears2 = 2014–2015 | youthclubs2 = Antiguoko

| youthyears3= 2015–2016 | youthclubs3 = Athletic Bilbao

| years1 = 2016–2019 | clubs1 = Bilbao Athletic | caps1 = 77 | goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2018–2024 | clubs2 = Athletic Bilbao | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | caps3 = 28 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2022 | clubs4 = → Amorebieta (loan) | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2022–2023 | clubs5 = → Eibar (loan) | caps5 = 32 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2024– | clubs6 = → Eibar| caps6 = 52 | goals6 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 2017 | nationalteam1 = Spain U19 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2016 | nationalteam2 = Spain U20 | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalgoals2 = 2

| club-update = 19 June 2025

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Peru Nolaskoain Esnal (born 25 October 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as either a centre-back or a defensive midfielder for SD Eibar.

Club career

Born in Zumaia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, joined Athletic Bilbao's Lezama academy in 2015, from Antiguoko.{{cite web|url=http://eldesmarque.com/bizkaia/athletic-club/noticias/45661-el-athletic-capta-antiguoko-nolaskoain|title=El Athletic capta del Antiguoko al juvenil Nolaskoain|trans-title=Athletic get from Antiguoko the youth player Nolaskoain|publisher=El Desmarque|language=es|date=7 April 2015|access-date=1 August 2018}} On 13 June 2016, he was promoted to the farm team, but moved straight to the reserves.{{cite web|url=http://www.athletic-club.eus/en/noticias/16834/players-joining-basconia.html?source=tw|title=New players joining Basconia|publisher=Athletic Bilbao|date=13 June 2016|access-date=1 August 2018}}

Nolaskoain made his senior debut on 21 August 2016, coming on as a first-half substitute for Tarsi and scoring his team's second in a 3–0 Segunda División B home win against UD Socuéllamos.{{cite web|url=http://www.deia.eus/2016/08/22/deportes/futbol/los-cachorros-solucionan-su-destierro|title=(3–0) Los cachorros solucionan su destierro|work=Deia |trans-title=(3–0) The puppies solve their exile|publisher=Deia|language=es|date=22 August 2016|access-date=1 August 2018}} During the 2018 pre-season, he was converted to a central defender by new first-team manager Eduardo Berizzo.{{cite web|url=http://athletic.elcorreo.com/nolaskoain-gana-cuarto-20180731221116-nt.html|title=Nolaskoain se gana ser el cuarto central del Athletic de Berizzo|trans-title=Nolaskoain wins on being the fourth stopper of Berizzo's Athletic|publisher=El Correo|language=es|date=30 July 2018|access-date=1 August 2018}}

Nolaskoain made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 20 August 2018, starting and scoring the opener in a 2–1 home win against CD Leganés.{{cite web|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/athletic-bilbao/20180820/451394551006/athletic-nolaskoain-leganes-laliga-san-mames.html|title=Nolaskoain estrena la era Berizzo y Jonathan Silva empata seis minutos después|trans-title=Nolaskoain debuts the Berizzo era and Jonathan Silva draws five minutes later|publisher=Mundo Deportivo|last1=Zaballa |first1=Carlos|language=es|date=20 August 2018|accessdate=21 August 2018}} The following 9 August, after featuring sparingly with the main squad, he was loaned to Segunda División side Deportivo de La Coruña for one year.{{cite web|url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/noticias/2019/08/09/peru-nolaskoain-cedido-al-deportivo|title=Peru Nolaskoain, cedido al Deportivo|trans-title=Peru Nolaskoain, loaned to Deportivo|publisher=Athletic Bilbao|language=es|date=9 August 2019|accessdate=9 August 2019}}

In July 2020, he suffered a serious ankle injury which kept him out for nearly 18 months.{{cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/torremarathon/2021/12/03/peru-nolaskoain-vuelve-entrenar-grupodespues-ano-medio-lesion/00031638547740290665809.htm|title=Peru Nolaskoain vuelve a entrenar con el grupo en el Athletic tras un año y medio de lesión|trans-title=Peru Nolaskoain returns to training with the group at Athletic after one-and-a-half-year of injury|publisher=La Voz de Galicia|language=es|date=3 December 2021|accessdate=21 January 2022}} On 21 January 2022, he was loaned to second division side SD Amorebieta for the remainder of the campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2022/01/21/peru-nolaskoain-loaned-to-sd-amorebieta|title=Peru Nolaskoain loaned to SD Amorebieta|publisher=Athletic Bilbao|date=21 January 2022|accessdate=21 January 2022}}

On 26 August 2022, Nolaskoain moved to SD Eibar in the second division, on loan for one year;{{cite web|url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2022/08/26/peru-nolaskoain-loaned-to-sd-eibar|title=Peru Nolaskoain loaned to SD Eibar|publisher=Athletic Bilbao|date=26 August 2022|accessdate=26 August 2022}} he featured regularly as they reached the promotion play-offs, losing out to local rivals Deportivo Alavés. Back to the Lions in July 2023, he only made two late substitute appearances in the league and two starts against lower-division opponents in the Copa del Rey, before returning to Eibar on a permanent three-and-a-half-year contact on 31 January 2024; Athletic retained a buy-back option and a bonus for Eibar gaining promotion to La Liga.{{cite web|url=https://as.com/futbol/nolaskoain-rescinde-con-el-athletic-y-se-marcha-al-eibar-n/ |title=Nolaskoain rescinde contrato con el Athletic y se marcha al Eibar|trans-title=Nolaskoain terminates contract with Athletic and leaves for Eibar|publisher=Diario AS|date=30 January 2024|access-date=31 January 2024|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2024/01/31/peru-nolaskoain-signs-for-sd-eibar/ |title=Peru Nolaskoain signs for SD Eibar|publisher=Athletic Bilbao|date=31 January 2024|access-date=31 January 2024}}

Career statistics

= Club =

{{updated|31 January 2024}}{{BDFutbol|22335}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Bilbao Athletic

|2016–17

| rowspan="3" |Segunda División B

|22

1colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—221
2017–18

|37

4colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—2{{efn|name=pp|Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs}}0394
2018–19

|18

0colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—180
colspan="2"|Total

!77

5000020795
rowspan="5"|Athletic Bilbao

|2017–18

| rowspan="4" |La Liga

|0

00000colspan="2" |—00
2018–19

|8

220colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—102
2020–21

|1

020colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—30
2023–24

|2

030colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—50
colspan="2"|Total

!11

2700000182
Deportivo La Coruña (loan)

|2019–20

|Segunda División

|28

210colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—292
Amorebieta (loan)

|2021–22

|Segunda División

|17

100colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—171
Eibar (loan)

|2022–23

|Segunda División

|32

210colspan="2" |—2{{efn|name=pp}}0352
colspan="3"|Career total

!165

1290004017812

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