David Zurutuza

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zurutuza and the second or maternal family name is Veillet.
David Zurutuza
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Zurutuza with Real Sociedad in 2018
Personal information
Full name David Zurutuza Veillet
Date of birth (1986-07-19) 19 July 1986 (age 35)
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)
National team
2010–2018 Basque Country 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

David Zurutuza Veillet (born 19 July 1986) is a Spanish-French 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 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 also held French citizenship.[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 the second division.[3][4]

Zurutuza spent the following campaign with Real's B team in the third level, 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 with four goals in 28 games as Real Sociedad returned to La Liga after a three-year absence. He continued to be first choice the next season, making his debut in the competition on 29 August 2010 in a 1–0 home victory over Villarreal CF[6] and scoring his first goal on 28 November in a 3–1 away defeat of Sporting de Gijón;[7][8] he only missed two league matches as the club managed to retain its division status.

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 0–2 behind to win the game 4–2.[9] Five years later, on 14 September, he made his 300th appearance against Atlético Madrid.[10]

Zurutuza retired from football in July 2020, at the age of 34.[11]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

[12][13]

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

References[]

  1. ^ «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)
  2. ^ "Biografía" [Biography] (in Spanish). Official website. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ La Real trilingüe (Trilingual Real); El País, 21 September 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Un cañón de oxígeno (A rocket of oxygen); Mundo Deportivo, 24 November 2008 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Sociedad make winning return; ESPN Soccernet, 29 August 2010
  7. ^ Sociedad leave it late; ESPN Soccernet, 28 November 2010
  8. ^ El bautismo goleador soñado (A dream scoring baptism); Mundo Deportivo, 29 November 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Real Sociedad 4–2 Real Madrid; ESPN FC, 31 August 2014
  10. ^ "Zurutuza alcanzó los 300 partidos con la Real" [Zurutuza reached 300 matches for Real] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ David Zurutuza at Soccerway
  13. ^ David Zurutuza at WorldFootball.net

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