Naia Landaluce

Naia Landaluze Marquínez (born 25 September 2000) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Athletic Club.

Club career Landaluze began her career at local teams Laudio, Altzarrate and Lakua (playing at senior level from the age of 14) then spent three seasons with one of the Basque region's stronger amateur clubs, Pauldarrak. In 2019, aged 18, she moved to the United States to study at the Campbellsville University, as part of her degree in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Deusto. There she played for the Campbellsville Tigers and received an 'All-America Honorable Mention' from the NAIA. However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic she returned home, and in the summer of 2020 was offered a contract by Athletic Club so opted not to go back to America (but would continue her studies in Deusto). despite the emergence of right-back Ane Elexpuru to replace Hernández and the signing of Maddi Torre, as Oihane Valdezate's move to Roma freed up a place to be fought over between two of Torre, Bibiane Schulze and Landaluze, who in June 2024 signed a new contract running to 2026.

At the start of 2024–25, a serious injury to Schulze meant that Torre and Landaluze were the regular defensive partnership for Athletic.