Imanol Agirretxe

Imanol Agirretxe

Agirretxe in 2010
Personal information
Full name Imanol Agirretxe Arruti
Date of birth (1987-02-24) 24 February 1987
Place of birth Usurbil, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Real Sociedad
Number 9
Youth career
Antiguoko
2001–2003 Athletic Bilbao
2003–2004 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Real Sociedad B 110 (33)
2005– Real Sociedad 235 (71)
2007Castellón (loan) 8 (1)
National team
2003 Spain U16 3 (4)
2004–2005 Spain U17 7 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2016.

† Appearances (goals)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Agirretxe and the second or maternal family name is Arruti.

Imanol Agirretxe Arruti (born 24 February 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Sociedad as a striker.

Club career

Born in Usurbil, Gipuzkoa, Agirretxe was a product of Real Sociedad's youth system. He first appeared with the first team in 2004–05, amassing three substitute appearances – during his second, a 1–3 home loss against Málaga CF on 15 May 2005, he managed to score after just 16 minutes on the pitch.[1] In the following three seasons combined, however, he only appeared in nine league matches, and also served a six-month loan spell at CD Castellón in the second division.

In 2008–09's second level, Agirretxe appeared regularly for the main squad, mainly due to the serious injury to Iñigo Díaz de Cerio.[2] He netted nine goals in 28 games, but the Basques again failed to return to La Liga.

Again mainly a backup after the signing on loan of Uruguayan Carlos Bueno, Agirretxe scored six times in the following campaign, in 36 matches, as Real finally promoted as champions. In 2011–12, following Raúl Tamudo's departure and the continuous physical problems that bothered Joseba Llorente, he was finally made first-choice, and netted three goals in his first two league games: two against Sporting de Gijón in a 2–1 away win[3] and one against FC Barcelona, helping the hosts come from behind 0–2 for an eventual 2–2 draw;[4] he finished with ten successful strikes, only trailing Carlos Vela in the squad.

On 19 January 2013, Agirretxe came from the bench for the last six minutes of a home fixture against Barcelona, and scored in the last minute to help Real Sociedad seal a 3–2 comeback (they trailed 0–2 in the 40th minute) and end the Catalans' unbeaten domestic run.[5] At the season's end he again finished second in team scoring (13), again only behind the Mexican.[6][7][8]

Club statistics

As of 13 March 2016[9][10][11]
Club Season League Cup Continental[nb 1] Other[nb 2] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Sociedad B 2004–05 237237
2005–06 34123412
2006–07 123123
2007–08 309309
2008–09 7171
Total 110 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 33
Castellón 2006–07 81237
Real Sociedad 2004–05 3131
2005–06 101020
2006–07 6060
2007–08 2020
2008–09 289289
2009–10 36610376
2010–11 11321134
2011–12 3610323912
2012–13 3414213615
2013–14 3183060408
2014–15 3172040377
2015–16 161300001613
Total 235 71 14 4 10 0 0 0 260 75
Career total 353 105 14 4 10 0 0 0 392 115

Notes

  1. Includes appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. Includes appearances in the Supercopa de España

References

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