Xabi Irureta

Xabi Irureta
Personal information
Full name Xabier Iruretagoiena Arantzamendi
Date of birth (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986
Place of birth Ondarroa, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Delhi Dynamos
Number 1
Youth career
Real Unión
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Real Unión 2 (0)
2006–2007 Aurrerá
2007–2009 Eibar B 48 (0)
2009–2016 Eibar 205 (0)
2016–2017 Zaragoza 17 (0)
2018– Delhi Dynamos 7 (0)
National team‡
2014– Basque Country 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:51, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2015

Xabier 'Xabi' Iruretagoiena Arantzamendi (born 21 March 1986), commonly known as Irureta, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian club Delhi Dynamos FC.

He spent most of his professional career with Eibar, representing the club in all three major levels of Spanish football while appearing in 229 matches across all competitions.

Club career

Eibar

Born in Ondarroa, Biscay, Irureta made his senior debuts with local Real Unión in the 2005–06 season, in Segunda División B. In summer 2006, he moved to amateurs CD Aurrerá Ondarroa also in his native Basque Country.

In July 2007, Irureta joined SD Eibar, being initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.[1] He played his first match as a professional on 30 May 2009, starting in a 0–3 away loss against Xerez CD for the Segunda División championship,[2] and appeared in a further three matches during the campaign as the Armeros suffered relegation after ranking in 21st position.[3]

Irureta was definitely promoted to the main squad in July 2009,[4] being named first-choice ahead of Zigor Goikuria. In 2012–13, he appeared in 46 matches (34 in the league, 4126 minutes of action) to help Eibar return to the second tier after a four-year absence.

On 20 February 2014, Irureta signed a new two-year deal with the club,[5] which was promoted to La Liga for the first time ever. He made his debut in the competition on 24 August, aged 28, starting in a 1–0 home success against Real Sociedad.[6]

Zaragoza

On 20 July 2016, free agent Irureta signed a two-year contract with Real Zaragoza in the second level.[7] On 1 September of the following year, after losing his starting position to youth graduate Álvaro Ratón, he cut ties with the club.[8]

Delhi Dynamos

On 4 January 2018, Irureta moved abroad and signed with Indian Super League franchise Delhi Dynamos FC.[9] He made his debut in the competition three days later, in a 2–2 away draw against Chennaiyin FC.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 15 March 2018[11][12]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Unión 2004–05[13] Segunda División B 2000—20
Eibar 2007–08[13] Segunda División 0000—00
2008–09[13] Segunda División 4000—40
2009–10[13] Segunda División B 2601000270
2010–11[13] Segunda División B 320104[lower-alpha 1]0370
2011–12[13] Segunda División B 330002[lower-alpha 1]0350
2012–13[13] Segunda División B 340606[lower-alpha 1]0460
2013–14[13] Segunda División 39000—390
2014–15[13] La Liga 33000—330
2015–16[13] La Liga 4040—80
Total 20501201202290
Zaragoza 2016–17[13] Segunda División 17000—170
Delhi Dynamos 2017–18[14] Indian Super League 7010—80
Career total 23101301202560
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in Promotion Play-offs

References

  1. ↑ La permanencia y que algún jugador suba al primer equipo, objetivos del Eibar B (Survival and promotion of the odd player to the first team, Eibar B's objectives); El Correo, 5 August 2007 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ El Xerez se paseó y acaricia el ascenso a Primera división (Xerez went sightseeing and caress promotion to Primera); Marca, 30 May 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Una regeneración completa, o casi, para una nueva etapa" [Complete regeneration, or nearly, for a new spell] (in Spanish). Gara. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ↑ «Lo mejor de los porteros del Eibar es su gran predisposición al trabajo» («The best of Eibar's goalkeepers is their willingness to work»); El Correo, 30 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Xabi Irureta renueva por dos temporadas (Xabi Irureta renews for two seasons); SD Eibar, 20 February 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Lara seals dream start for Eibar; ESPN FC, 24 August 2014
  7. ↑ Xabi Irureta defenderá la portería zaragocista (Xabi Irureta will defent the zaragocista goal); Real Zaragoza, 20 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Xabier Irureta y el Real Zaragoza ponen fin a su relación contractual (Xabier Irureta and Real Zaragoza end their contractual relationship); Real Zaragoza, 1 September 2017 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ "ISL 2017: Stuttering Delhi Dynamos rope in Spanish keeper Xabi Irureta". News18 India. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "ISL 2017–18: Chennaiyin FC 2–2 Delhi Dynamos – Late strike by Guyon Fernandez denies win for Super Machans". Yahoo! News. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  11. ↑ Xabi Irureta at Soccerway
  12. ↑ Xabi Irureta at FootballDatabase.eu
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Irureta: Xabier Iruretagoiena Artzamendi". BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Xabi Irureta". Flash Score. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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