Aritz Aduriz

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Aduriz and the second or maternal family name is Zubeldia.
Aritz Aduriz

Aduriz with Valencia in 2011
Personal information
Full name Aritz Aduriz Zubeldia
Date of birth (1981-02-11) 11 February 1981
Place of birth San Sebastián, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 20
Youth career
1998–1999 Antiguoko
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1999–2000 Aurrerá 25 (8)
2000–2002 Bilbao Athletic 90 (18)
2002–2004 Athletic Bilbao 3 (0)
2003–2004 → Burgos (loan) 36 (16)
2004–2005 Valladolid 46 (20)
2005–2008 Athletic Bilbao 82 (22)
2008–2010 Mallorca 69 (23)
2010–2012 Valencia 58 (17)
2012– Athletic Bilbao 130 (66)
National team‡
2010– Spain 3 (1)
2006– Basque Country 10 (11)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2016

Aritz Aduriz Zubeldia (born 11 February 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a striker.

He spent most of his career with Athletic Bilbao, scoring over 100 goals across all competitions for the team.[1] He also surpassed a century of goals in La Liga, in which he additionally represented Mallorca and Valencia.

In addition to playing for Spain, Aduriz was a regular goalscorer for the Basque representative side.

Club career

Athletic Bilbao

Aduriz in 2008

Born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Aduriz was brought through the ranks of the famed Lezama youth system at Athletic Bilbao, although he was already 19 when he arrived from amateurs CD Aurrerá de Vitoria.[2] He made his first-team debut on 14 September 2002 against FC Barcelona in a 0–2 home loss, and went on to spend almost three seasons (one in Burgos CF, one and-a-half in Real Valladolid) in the second division before returning to Athletic in December 2005.[3][4]

Aduriz showed continuous progress ever since, attested by his nine La Liga goals in 34 games in the 2006–07 season, including a hat-trick against Real Zaragoza on 19 May 2007, albeit in a 3–4 defeat.[5] In the following campaign, he was overshadowed by teammate Fernando Llorente, but still managed seven goals in 33 league appearances.

Mallorca

On 4 August 2008, Aduriz became the first player to score at the Colchester Community Stadium, in a friendly match with Colchester United.[6] On the 23rd he was sold to RCD Mallorca, signing a four-year contract.[7]

On 26 October, Aduriz scored a brace for his new club in a 3–0 home success over RCD Espanyol,[8] and finished his first year as the side's top scorer, for a final ninth position. He repeated the individual feat in 2009–10 – improving to 12 – as the Balearic Islands side ranked fifth, with qualification to the UEFA Europa League.

Valencia

Aduriz in action for Valencia in 2011

Aged 29, Aduriz moved to Valencia CF on 14 July 2010, for about €4 million.[9] He scored on his official debut on 28 August, opening the scoresheet at Málaga CF in an eventual 3–1 win.[10]

From January 2011, after the arrival of Brazilian Jonas in the winter transfer window, and due to the fact manager Unai Emery often only played with one pure striker – Roberto Soldado – Aduriz found himself on the bench more often than not.[11] He still managed to finish his first season as a Che with 14 official goals, including two in the side's UEFA Champions League campaign, one in each of the games against Bursaspor.[12][13]

Return to Athletic

On 27 June 2012, Aduriz rejoined first professional club Athletic Bilbao for a fee in the region of €2.5 million, signing for three seasons.[14] On 23 August he scored his first goals in his second spell, netting a brace in a 6–0 home win against HJK Helsinki for the Europa League playoff round (9–3 on aggregate);[15] on 20 October he returned to the Mestalla Stadium to face his previous team and netted twice, albeit in a 2–3 loss.[16]

Aduriz continued with his form on 4 November 2012, scoring two goals in a 2–1 away win over Granada CF.[17] He quickly profitted from Llorente's shaky contractual situation to become first-choice,[18][19] and finished his first season in his second spell with 18 official goals, 14 in the league.

Llorente left for Juventus F.C. in the 2013 summer, and Aduriz was made the starter by new manager Ernesto Valverde. On 28 February of the following year, he scored three of his team's goals to help the hosts defeat Granada CF 4–0.[20]

On 8 February 2015, Aduriz scored in a 2–5 home loss to Barcelona to complete a century of goals in Spain's top flight.[21] In the last match of the campaign on 23 May, he netted twice in a 4–0 home victory over Villarreal CF to clinch the Zarra Trophy by surpassing Rayo Vallecano's Alberto Bueno, whilst also qualifying Athletic to the Europa League. In the 24th minute, he ceded a penalty kick to Andoni Iraola who was leaving the club after 16 years, but his teammate declined, so he converted it instead.[22]

Aduriz scored a hat-trick as Athletic won 4–0 against Barcelona in the first leg of the Supercopa de España, on 14 August 2015,[23] and equalised in a 1–1 draw in the return match to hand his team the trophy, the first of his career.[24] On 16 October, after starting the season strongly with 11 goals in 14 matches in all competitions, the 34-year-old agreed to a contract extension until 2017.[25]

Aduriz again proved influential for his team on 5 November, scoring one goal and assisting a further two in a 5–1 defeat of FK Partizan in the Europa League group stage – in the process, he reached the 100-goal mark with the club.[26][27] On 24 January 2016, he netted through a bicycle kick to help his team come back from a 0–1 deficit to win 5–2 over neighbouring SD Eibar.[28] On 18 February, in the Europa League's round-of-32 tie at Olympique de Marseille, he scored what was described as a "wonderful" and "incredible" goal, the only one at the Stade Vélodrome.[29][30]

Aduriz was the La Liga Player of the Month for March 2016 after scoring three goals, becoming the first Athletic player to win the award. In that month, he also struck to eliminate former team Valencia from the last 16 in Europe.[31]

International career

After an impressive start to his Valencia career, 29-year-old Aduriz earned a first call-up to the Spanish national team, being picked for two UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers in October 2010. He made his debut on the 8th, replacing Llorente for the last 15 minutes of a 3–1 home win against Lithuania.[32]

Six years later, at the age of 35, Aduriz was recalled by manager Vicente del Bosque for friendlies with Italy and Romania.[33] He started and scored in the first match, a 1–1 draw at the Stadio Friuli.[34]

Aduriz made his debut for the Basque representative team on 8 October 2006, opening a 2–2 draw at the Camp Nou against their equivalents from Catalonia.[35] He also scored braces in victories over FIFA members Estonia, Bolivia and Peru.[36][37][38]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 May 2016[39][40]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aurrerá 1999–2000 258––258
Total 258––258
Bilbao Athletic 2000–01 338––338
2001–02 357––357
2002–03 223––223
Total 9018––9018
Athletic Bilbao 2002–03 3010–40
Burgos 2003–04 361620–3816
Total 361620–3816
Valladolid 2004–05 321462–3816
2005–06 14600–146
Total 462062–5222
Athletic Bilbao 2005–06 15620–176
2006–07 34910–359
2007–08 33751–388
Mallorca 2008–09 351150–4011
2009–10 341231–3713
Total 692381–7724
Valencia 2010–11 291022763818
2011–12 29761101459
Total 5817831778327
Athletic Bilbao 2012–13 361421634418
2013–14 311652--3618
2014–15 311885834726
2015–16 32187614105334
Athletic Bilbao total 2158831152816275119
Career total 53919055214523639234

Honours

Club

Athletic Bilbao[41]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Los discípulos de Pichichi" [Pichichi's disciples]. El Correo (in Spanish). 9 October 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Aritz sentencia a los cachorros en Lezama" [Aritz sentences puppies in Lezama]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 15 May 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Aritz Aduriz to play for Athletic Club". Athletic Bilbao. 18 December 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Aduriz back in Bilbao; UEFA.com, 19 December 2005
  5. ↑ Real Zaragoza 4–3 Athletic Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 19 May 2007
  6. ↑ "U's beaten by late penalty". Gazette News. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "El Mallorca ficha a Aduriz" [Mallorca signs Aduriz]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 23 August 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mallorca 3–0 Espanyol". ESPN Soccernet. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Aduriz ya es jugador del Valencia" [Aduriz a Valencia player]. Marca (in Spanish). 14 July 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Valencia shrug off departures". ESPN Soccernet. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  11. ↑ "Soldado y Aduriz para derribar a Ballesteros" [Soldado and Aduriz to take down Ballesteros]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 5 November 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "El Valencia sale líder del infierno turco" [Valencia emerges leader from Turkish hell]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 14 September 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  13. ↑ "Los Che run riot". ESPN Soccernet. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  14. ↑ "Athletic seal Aduriz return". ESPN Soccernet. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  15. ↑ "Bielsa delighted as Athletic get back on track". UEFA.com. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  16. ↑ "La épica silencia los silbidos" [Epics quiet booing]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  17. ↑ "Bilbao back on track". ESPN FC. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  18. ↑ "Aduriz: "Llorente es el primero que quiere tranquilidad"" [Aduriz: "Llorente is the first to want tranquility"] (in Spanish). 20 Minutos. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "Aduriz eclipsa a Llorente" [Aduriz eclipses Llorente]. Marca (in Spanish). 27 December 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  20. ↑ "Aduriz lidera a un Athletic de Champions" [Aduriz leads Champions-bound Athletic]. Marca (in Spanish). 28 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  21. ↑ "Aduriz se hace centenario" [Aduriz becomes a centenarian]. Marca (in Spanish). 9 February 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "El Athletic monta la fiesta" [Athletic gets the party started]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  23. ↑ "Athletic Bilbao 4–0 Barcelona: Aduriz hits hat-trick in Supercopa shocker". Goal.com. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  24. ↑ "Barcelona lose Super Cup final to Athletic Bilbao". BBC Sport. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  25. ↑ "Aritz Aduriz agrees Athletic Bilbao contract extension". ESPN FC. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  26. ↑ "Williams at the double as Athletic go clear". UEFA.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  27. ↑ "Aduriz se pone a cien" [Aduriz gets to one hundred]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  28. ↑ "European football: Things you may have missed this weekend". BBC Sport. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  29. ↑ "Aduriz wonder goal earns Athletic win at Marseille". UEFA.com. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  30. ↑ "Watch: Aritz Aduriz scores on incredible Europa League volley". Sports Illustrated. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  31. ↑ "Aduriz named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for March". La Liga. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  32. ↑ "Mata the catalyst as Spain win in Lithuania". UEFA.com. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  33. ↑ "Aduriz earns Spain call-up". Football España. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  34. ↑ "Friendlies go well for Aduriz, Turkey and Ukraine". UEFA.com. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  35. ↑ "Tablas en el Catalunya-Euskadi" [All square in Catalonia-Basque Country]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 9 October 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  36. ↑ "Aduriz puede con Estonia" [Aduriz deals with Estonia]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  37. ↑ "Euskadi se divierte con Bolivia" [Basque Country has fun with Bolivia]. Marca (in Spanish). 29 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  38. ↑ "Euskadi se divierte con una floja Perú" [Basque Country has fun against a weak Peru]. Marca (in Spanish). 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  39. ↑ Athletic Bilbao profile
  40. ↑ "Aduriz". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  41. ↑ "Aduriz – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  42. ↑ "Los galardonados en los Premios MARCA de Fútbol" [The feted ones at the MARCA Football awards]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 February 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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