 Zurutuza with Real Sociedad in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Zurutuza Veillet | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Rochefort, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lengokoak | |||
| Decathlon Ondarroa | |||
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2009 | Real Sociedad B | 83 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | → Eibar (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2008–2020 | Real Sociedad | 267 | (20) |
| Total | 374 | (27) | |
| International career | |||
| 2010–2018 | Basque Country | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David Zurutuza Veillet (born 19 July 1986) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He spent his entire professional career contracted to Real Sociedad, with whom he made 303 competitive appearances across over a decade, and was also loaned to Eibar in the Segunda División.
Early years
Zurutuza was born in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France, to a French mother and a Spanish father; the family returned to the latter's native Basque Country shortly after.[1] He holds both Spanish and French nationalities.[2]
Club career
Zurutuza joined Real Sociedad's youth system after starting his football career in Deba, Gipuzkoa. In the 2007–08 season, he was loaned to neighbours SD Eibar of Segunda División.[3][4]
Zurutuza spent the following campaign with Real's B team in the Segunda División B, suffering relegation. On 23 November 2008 he made his debut for the main squad, playing ten minutes as a substitute for Necati Ateş in a 1–0 home win against SD Huesca.[5]
In 2009–10, Zurutuza contributed four goals in 28 games as Real Sociedad returned to La Liga after a three-year absence.[6] He continued to be first choice the next season, making his debut in the competition on 29 August 2010 in the 1–0 home victory over Villarreal CF[7] and scoring his first goal on 28 November in a 3–1 away defeat of Sporting de Gijón;[8][9] he only missed two league matches as the club managed to retain its status.[6]
On 31 August 2014, in the second matchday of the new season, Zurutuza put on a Player of the match performance at home against Real Madrid, his brace helping Real Sociedad come from 2–0 behind to win 4–2.[10] Five years later, on 14 September, he made his 300th appearance against Atlético Madrid.[11]
Zurutuza retired from football in July 2020, at the age of 34.[12]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe / Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Real Sociedad B | 2005–06 | Segunda División B | 29 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | Segunda División B | 30 | 5 | — | — | 30 | 5 | |||
| 2008–09 | Segunda División B | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 5 | ||
| Eibar (loan) | 2007–08 | Segunda División | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | |
| Real Sociedad | 2008–09 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Segunda División | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | La Liga | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | La Liga | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
| 2012–13 | La Liga | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | La Liga | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | La Liga | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 3 | |
| 2015–16 | La Liga | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | La Liga | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | 37 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | La Liga | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | La Liga | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | La Liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 267 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 303 | 22 | ||
| Career Total | 372 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 411 | 29 | ||
Honours
Real Sociedad
References
- ↑ «Nací en Rochefort por accidente, crecí en Deba, vivo en Hendaia y no me siento francés» ("I was born in Rochefort by accident, grew up in Deba, live in Hendaia and I don't feel French") Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; El Diario Vasco, 7 October 2009 (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Biografía" [Biography] (in Spanish). Official website. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ Zurutuza renueva con la Real y llega al Eibar cedido por una temporada (Zurutuza renews with Real and arrives at Eibar on loan for one season); El Diario Vasco, 4 August 2007 (in Spanish)
- ↑ La Real trilingüe (Trilingual Real); El País, 21 September 2010 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Un cañón de oxígeno (A rocket of oxygen); Mundo Deportivo, 24 November 2008 (in Spanish)
- 1 2 "Zurutuza, un futbolista de los que quedan pocos" [Zurutuza, not many footballers like him left] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ↑ Sociedad make winning return Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN Soccernet, 29 August 2010
- ↑ Sociedad leave it late Archived 7 January 2013 at WebCite; ESPN Soccernet, 28 November 2010
- ↑ El bautismo goleador soñado (A dream scoring baptism); Mundo Deportivo, 29 November 2010 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Real Sociedad 4–2 Real Madrid; ESPN FC, 31 August 2014
- ↑ "Zurutuza alcanzó los 300 partidos con la Real" [Zurutuza reached 300 matches with Real] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "David Zurutuza cuelga las botas en la Real Sociedad con una subasta solidaria" [David Zurutuza hangs up boots at Real Sociedad with solidary auction] (in Spanish). Goal. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- 1 2 David Zurutuza at Soccerway
- ↑ David Zurutuza at WorldFootball.net
External links
- Real Sociedad official profile
- David Zurutuza at BDFutbol
- David Zurutuza at Futbolme (in Spanish)