Josu Sarriegi

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sarriegi and the second or maternal family name is Zumarraga.
Josu Sarriegi
Sarriegi (second from left) in 2009
Personal information
Full name Josu Sarriegi Zumarraga
Date of birth (1979-01-19) 19 January 1979
Place of birth Lazkao, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
1994–1997 Lazkao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Lazkao
1998–1999 Beasain 28 (0)
1999–2004 Alavés B 100 (3)
2000–2006 Alavés 85 (4)
2002–2003 → Eibar (loan) 28 (1)
2006–2007 Athletic Bilbao 36 (0)
2007–2012 Panathinaikos 113 (3)
Total 390 (11)
International career
2006–2007 Basque Country 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josu Sarriegi Zumarraga (born 19 January 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

In his country, he represented Alavés, Eibar and Athletic Bilbao, appearing in 71 La Liga games over four seasons. He added 78 matches in the Segunda División (five goals in total).

From 2007 until his retirement, Sarriegi was a member of Super League Greece club Panathinaikos.

Club career

Sarriegi was born in Lazkao, Gipuzkoa. He began his professional career with modest and amateur Basque clubs, signing for Deportivo Alavés in 1999 and making his first-team debut on 18 February 2001 in a 1–0 away win against CA Osasuna.[1]

After a loan at neighbours SD Eibar in the Segunda División,[2] Sarriegi renewed his contract for a further three years,[3] then played 28 games in the 2004–05 season as Alavés returned to La Liga after two years of absence. In the following campaign he was also first choice, but his team was relegated again.[4]

Having missed only two league matches with another Basque side, Athletic Bilbao, in 2006–07, Sarriegi joined Greece's Panathinaikos F.C. in August 2007.[5] On 26 November 2008, he scored the winning goal for the Athens club as it defeated Inter Milan 1–0 in the UEFA Champions League in a group-stage fixture at the San Siro.[6]

On 9 July 2010, after appearing regularly over the course of three years, the 31-year-old Sarriegi extended his contract for a further two seasons.[7] The following year, as Djibril Cissé and Gilberto Silva had departed, he was voted by his teammates as the new captain.[8]

Honours

Panathinaikos

References

  1. ^ Victoria inteligente (Smart win); Mundo Deportivo, 19 February 2001 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ El valor de la cantera alavesista (The worth of Alavés' youth system); El Correo, 12 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Josu Sarriegi continuará tres años más en Vitoria (Josu Sarriegi will continue a further three years in Vitoria); Diario AS, 30 July 2004 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ «En el Alavés me he sentido especial» ("I felt special at Alavés"); El Correo, 9 June 2006 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Sarriegi se marcha al Panathinaikos (Sarriegi goes to Panathinaikos) Archived 7 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Marca, 10 August 2007 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Inter progress despite Panathinaikos loss; UEFA, 26 November 2008
  7. ^ Ανανέωσε ο Σαριέγκι (Sarriegi renewed); Gazzetta, 9 July 2010 (in Greek)
  8. ^ Σαριέγκι: “Το κλίμα στην ομάδα είναι φανταστικό” (Sarriegi: "The atmosphere in the team is fantastic"); Sport 24, 11 July 2011 (in Greek)
  9. ^ a b Panathinaikos siempre ha tenido sus ojos puestos en Bilbao (Panathinaikos have always had their eyes in Bilbao); El Desmarque, 4 August 2017 (in Spanish)
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