Roberto Pampin

Athletic Bilbao

Roberto Pampín was born in Barakaldo on the outskirts of Bilbao, and joined the youth academy at Athletic Bilbao at the age of 12. He moved steadily through the ranks before joining Basconia, which is essentially Athletic's C team, in the summer of 2002. He made 35 appearances in the 2002–03 Tercera División as Basconia won their group. His performances earned him a promotion to Athletic Bilbao B in January 2003. He made three appearances in the rest of that season's Segunda División B campaign, while still completing his Basconia duties, before joining the B team full time for the 2003–04 season. Behind both Miguel Escalona and Oinatz Aulestia in the pecking order, he played only once that season, but by the following season he was first choice, making 29 appearances. An injury to Iñaki Lafuente saw Pampín on the bench for Bilbao's first team for the Basque derby match against Real Sociedad at the Anoeta Stadium on 21 November 2004, acting as backup to Dani Aranzubia. Just after the hour mark, with Athletic leading 2–1, Aranzubia was shown a red card for a foul on Nihat Kahveci. Pampín was thrust into the limelight, being brought on in place of goalscorer Santi Ezquerro. Things quickly went from bad to worse: by the time Pampín had been on the pitch for ten minutes, he had conceded two goals (to Kahveci and Igor Gabilondo) and Bilbao had transformed a promising 2–1 lead into a humiliating 3–2 defeat. With Aranzubia suspended for the next match, at…

In 2018, Pampín returned to the Athletic Bilbao youth academy, this time as a coach. He became coach of the girls' "Cadete" (intermediate) side, which feeds eventually into the highly successful women's team.

Basconia

Tercera División: 2002–03