Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Etxeberria | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | San Sebastián, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Las Palmas | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2011 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Basconia | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Bilbao Athletic | 28 | (0) |
| 2011–2016 | Athletic Bilbao | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Mirandés (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 40 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → Leganés (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Numancia | 37 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Barcelona B | 27 | (1) |
| 2018– | Las Palmas | 7 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2009 | Spain U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Spain U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2018 | |||
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Etxeberria (born 6 August 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas mainly as a central midfielder.
Club career
Born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Ruiz de Galarreta joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 2003, aged 10. On 14 December 2011, while still a junior, he made his debut with the first team, coming on as a substitute for Borja Ekiza in the 88th minute of a 2–4 away loss against Paris Saint-Germain F.C. for the season's UEFA Europa League;[1] during his first year, however, he was almost exclusively played with the reserves in Segunda División B.
On 2 August 2012, Ruiz de Galarreta made his second appearance for the main squad, again in the Europa League but now against NK Slaven Belupo (27 minutes played, 3–1 home win).[2] He played his first La Liga game on the 19th of the same month, replacing Gaizka Toquero at half-time of an eventual 3–5 home defeat to Real Betis.[3]
During a match with the B-side against Lleida Esportiu on 21 October 2012, Ruiz de Galarreta ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament on his left knee, being sidelined for the remainder of the campaign.[4][5] For 2013–14 he was loaned to CD Mirandés in Segunda División,[6] where in a home game against CD Numancia, on 27 October, he suffered the same injury.[7]
The following years, Ruiz de Galarreta played with Real Zaragoza[8] and CD Leganés on loan,[9] helping the latter club achieve a first-ever promotion to the top flight in 2016. He continued to compete in the second division subsequently, representing Numancia,[10] FC Barcelona B and UD Las Palmas.[11]
International career
Ruiz de Galarreta started representing Spain at under-17 level, appearing in friendlies against Portugal, Faroe Islands and Romania. He also played for the under-18s and the under-19s.
Career statistics
- As of match played on 25 March 2018[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 2011–12 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Bilbao Athletic | 2011–12 | Segunda División B | 25 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Mirandés (loan) | 2013–14 | Segunda División | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Zaragoza (loan) | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |||
| Leganés (loan) | 2015–16 | Segunda División | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 22 | 2 | |||
| Numancia | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | |||
| Barcelona B | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 22 | 1 | — | 22 | 1 | |||||
| Career totals | 161 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 171 | 7 | ||
References
- ↑ PSG eliminated despite Athletic win; UEFA, 14 December 2011
- ↑ Athletic – Slaven Koprivnica; UEFA, 2 August 2012
- ↑ Betis fire five in eight-goal thriller Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine.; ESPN FC, 19 August 2012
- ↑ Estado de los jugadores (Injury report); Athletic Bilbao, 22 October 2012 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Galarreta se rompe el ligamento cruzado anterior (Galarreta ruptures anterior cruciate ligament); Marca, 22 October 2012 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Ruiz de Galarreta cedido una temporada al Mirandés (Ruiz de Galarreta loaned to Mirandés for one season); Canal Athletic, 5 August 2013 (in Spanish)
- ↑ La mala suerte se ceba con Galarreta (Bad luck haunts Galarreta); Marca, 28 October 2013 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Acuerdo con el Athletic Club para la cesión de Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (Agreement with Athletic Club for the loan of Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta); Real Zaragoza, 12 August 2014 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Ruiz de Galarreta, calidad y talento para el medio campo (Ruiz de Galarreta, quality and talent for the midfield); CD Leganés, 11 August 2015 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta, nuevo jugador del C.D Numancia (Iñigo Ruiz de Galarretea, new player of C.D. Numancia); CD Numancia, 12 July 2016 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Galarreta, traspasado a la UD Las Palmas procedente del FC Barcelona (Galarreta, transferred to UD Las Palmas from FC Barcelona); UD Las Palmas, 7 August 2018 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta at Soccerway
External links
- FC Barcelona official profile
- Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta at Athletic Bilbao
- Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta at BDFutbol
- Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta – UEFA competition record