Joseba Garmendia

Joseba Garmendia
Personal information
Full name Joseba Garmendia Elorriaga
Date of birth (1985-10-04) 4 October 1985
Place of birth Basauri, Spain
Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Socuéllamos
Youth career
1995–1996 Colegio Etxegaray
1996–2003 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Baskonia 36 (9)
2004–2006 Bilbao Athletic 42 (14)
2006–2009 Athletic Bilbao 45 (3)
2009–2011 Numancia 45 (7)
2011–2013 Girona 21 (0)
2014 Mirandés 15 (2)
2014–2015 Murcia 21 (2)
2015–2016 Amorebieta 8 (2)
2016– Socuéllamos 9 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 October 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Garmendia and the second or maternal family name is Elorriaga.

Joseba Garmendia Elorriaga (born 4 October 1985 in Basauri, Biscay) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Socuéllamos as a midfielder.

Football career

A product of Athletic Bilbao's famed youth system, Garmendia made his first-team debut in 2006–07's first matchday, in a 1–1 local derby with Real Sociedad.[1] During his three-year professional spell with the Basque, he never appeared in more than 18 La Liga games; he scored his first goal in the competition on 10 December 2006, helping to a 4–2 home win against Recreativo de Huelva.[2]

In late July 2009, Garmendia bought out the remaining year of his contract and moved to CD Numancia in the second division, in a 2+1 link – former Athletic teammate Iñigo Vélez also made the move.[3] He continued competing in the category in the following years, with Girona FC[4] and CD Mirandés,[5] suffering an anterior cruciate ligament whilst at the service of the former that sidelined him for several months.[6]

On 1 September 2014 Garmendia joined Real Murcia, freshly relegated to the third level.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Athletic y Real Sociedad empatan un derbi pobre en juego y ambiente (Athletic and Real Sociedad draw in derby lacking in play and atmosphere); El Mundo, 27 August 2006 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Urzaiz da al Athletic su primera victoria en casa (Urzaiz gives first home win to Athletic); El Mundo, 10 December 2006 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Joseba Garmendia ficha por el Numancia (Joseba Garmendia signs for Numancia); Diario AS, 24 July 2009 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Joseba Garmendia, nuevo refuerzo del Girona (Joseba Garmendia, new Girona addition); Marca, 29 July 2011 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Joseba Garmendia, nuevo jugador del CD Mirandés (Joseba Garmendia, new CD Mirandés player); Mirandés' official website, 24 January 2014 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Posible lesión de cruzados para Joseba Garmendia (Possible cruciate injury for Joseba Garmendia); El Desmarque, 4 October 2012 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Joseba Garmendia, David Prieto y Víctor Ruiz vestirán de grana (Joseba Garmendia, David Prieto and Víctor Ruiz will wear grana); Murcia's official website, 1 September 2014 (Spanish)
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