Unai Buján

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Buján and the second or maternal family name is Díez.
Unai Buján
Personal information
Full name Unai Buján Díez
Date of birth (2001-02-08) 8 February 2001
Place of birth Barakaldo, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Podbeskidzie
Number 80
Youth career
Barakaldo
2011–2012 Athletic Bilbao
2012–2016 Barakaldo
2016–2020 Danok Bat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Sestao River 57 (5)
2022–2023 Amorebieta 36 (4)
2023–2024 Osasuna B 33 (3)
2024–2025 Barakaldo 27 (1)
2025– Podbeskidzie 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 August 2025

Unai Buján Díez (born 8 February 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Polish club Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.

Club career

Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, Basque Country, Buján represented Barakaldo CF, Athletic Bilbao and Danok Bat CF as a youth.[1] On 27 August 2020, after finishing his formation, he signed for Tercera División side Sestao River Club.[2]

Buján made his senior debut on 18 October 2020, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Tolosa CF. He scored his first goal on 15 May of the following year, netting his team's second in a 3–0 away win over Urduliz FT,[3] and contributed with 25 appearances overall as his club achieved promotion to Segunda División RFEF.

On 18 July 2022, Buján joined Primera Federación side SD Amorebieta.[4] He scored four times in 36 league matches during his first year, as the club achieved promotion to Segunda División.[1]

In July 2023, however, Buján agreed to a one-year contract with CA Osasuna and was assigned to the reserves in the third division.[5] On 11 July of the following year, he returned to his first club Barakaldo on a one-year deal.[6]

After being mainly a backup option, Buján left Baraka on 26 June 2025,[7] and moved abroad for the first time in his career roughly one month later, signing for Polish II liga side Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.[8] He made his professional debut on 1 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for Maksymilian Sitek in a 5–2 away loss to Stal Stalowa Wola.

Personal life

Buján's younger cousin Endika is also a footballer and a winger. He too played for Barakaldo.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Unai Buján, en la agenda del Bilbao Athletic" [Unai Buján, on the books of Bilbao Athletic] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Unai Buján, juventud y calidad para el nuevo River" [Unai Buján, youth and quality for the new River] (in Spanish). Sestao River Club. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  3. ^ "El Sestao River tendrá que esperar al play-off" [Sestao River will have to wait for the play-off] (in Spanish). El Correo. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  4. ^ "El joven Unai Buján, nuevo jugador de la SDA" [Young Unai Buján, new player of SDA] (in Spanish). SD Amorebieta. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  5. ^ "El Promesas levanta el telón de la pretemporada" [Promesas pull up the pre-season curtains] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Unai Buján, nuevo jugador del Barakaldo CF" [Unai Buján, new player of Barakaldo CF] (in Spanish). Barakaldo CF. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Endika Buján no continuará en el Barakaldo CF" [Endika Buján will not continue at Barakaldo CF] (in Spanish). Barakaldo CF. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Unai Buján nowym zawodnikiem Podbeskidzia!" [Unai Buján is the new player of Podbeskidzie!] (in Polish). Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  9. ^ Olazabal, Peru (11 July 2024). "El Barakaldo reemplaza a Endika Buján con el fichaje de su primo" [Barakaldo replaces Endika Buján by signing his cousin]. El Correo (in Spanish).
  10. ^ "Endika Buján contra Unai Buján, en el derbi entre el Bilbao Athletic y el Barakaldo" [Endika Buján against Unai Buján, in the derby between Bilbao Athletic and Barakaldo] (in Spanish). Deia. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
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