Personal information | |||
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Full name | Javier Garrido Behobide | ||
Date of birth | 15 March 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Irun, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Manchester City | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
Real Sociedad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2001–2004 | Real Sociedad B | 44 | (1) |
2004–2007 | Real Sociedad | 86 | (1) |
2007– | Manchester City | 43 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2001–2002 | Spain U17 | 13 | (0) |
2004 | Spain U19 | 9 | (0) |
2005 | Spain U20 | 2 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Spain U21 | 9 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 December 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
Javier Garrido Behobide (born 15 March 1985 in Irun) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for English Premier League club Manchester City. He is a left back characterized by his constant overlapping runs.[2] Born in the Basque Country, Garrido is the first Basque player to represent the club.
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Club career
Real Sociedad
Signed for Real Sociedad when he was a child and continued his training at the lower levels of the club. Between 2002 and 2004, he was part of the players of Real Sociedad B, where he played 50 games for this team in the Second Division B.
He made his debut with the first team of Real Sociedad in a Copa del Rey match on October 8, 2003 with a 2–1 win against Real Oviedo. Garrido's professional career began in 2004 when he became a part of the first team in the 2004–05 season to replace Agustín Aranzábal, who had left the club in the summer transfer window for Real Zaragoza. He made his league debut against Levante UD on August 29, 2004. In his three seasons with Real Sociedad in La Liga, he played 86 games and scored 1 goal, winning the world cup, and being the most used left-back for Sociedad in those three seasons. Despite starting the season with Real Sociedad, he left due to his team's economical problems following their relegation in 2006–07.
Manchester City
On 2 August 2007, Garrido signed for Manchester City for £1.5m (€2.2 million),[3] on a 4-year contract.[4][5] He made his debut on 11 August against West Ham. Garrido played a part in the most successful Premiership start in the club's history with four victories and four clean sheets from the opening six games. But he was replaced by Michael Ball just before Christmas. His team eventually ended in the ninth place in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup through fairplay.
Javier scored his first goal for City direct from a free kick against Liverpool in their 3-2 loss on 5 October 2008.[6] His second season with City was more disappointing than the first, as he only made 13 league appearances, 14 less than the previous season. The following summer he took part in the Vodacom Challenge appearing in a game against Kaizer Chiefs and as an unused substitute against Celtic. During his third season in England, Garrido found it increasingly harder to find a place in the first team squad. However this changed when Roberto Mancini replaced Mark Hughes as City manager, he came off the bench against Stoke City on Boxing Day to gain only his first league appearance of the 2009-10 season, a few days later he came off the bench for Stephen Ireland against Wolves and scored a spectacular freekick.[7]
International career
Garrido played for Spain U-19 where he won the 2004 edition of UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He also earned four caps for Spain U-21. He has not received any call-up to the Spain national football team to date.
Statistics
As of 1 December 2008
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Copa de la Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
2004–05 | Real Sociedad | La Liga | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 0 |
2005–06 | 33 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 0 | ||
2006–07 | 25 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 1 | ||
Total | Spain | 86 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 86 | 1 | |
England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
2007–08 | Manchester City | Premier League | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 0 |
2008–09 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
2009–10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Total | England | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 2 | |
Career Total | 126 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 135 | 3 |
Honours
References
- ^ "Manchester City FC profile". Manchester City FC. 2008-07-16. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pagegid={439A001B-9F18-408E-BD8E-8466AB3C97FD}&bioid=92816&siteid=502. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "Javier Garrido". Manchester City F.C.. 2007-08-02. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pagegid={439A001B-9F18-408E-BD8E-8466AB3C97FD}&bioid=92816&siteid=502.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
- ^ "City sign Garrido". BBC Sport. 2007-08-02. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pageid=115&pagegid=%7BDBD12D53%2D8346%2D431D%2DA04F%2D5D0F8664DE80%7D&newsid=449375&siteid=&pageno=2&newscategory=&frommonth=6&fromyear=2007&tomonth=8&toyear=2007.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
- ^ "City sign Garrido". Manchester City F.C.. 2007-08-02. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pageid=115&pagegid=%7BDBD12D53%2D8346%2D431D%2DA04F%2D5D0F8664DE80%7D&newsid=449375&siteid=&pageno=&newscategory=&frommonth=6&fromyear=2007&tomonth=8&toyear=2007. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
- ^ "Elano heads Man City triple swoop". BBC Sport. 2007-08-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6927556.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
- ^ "Man City 2-3 Liverpool". BBC. 5 October 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7639491.stm. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=269989&cc=5901
External links
- Manchester City profile
- BDFutbol profile
- Javier Garrido FIFA competition record
- Javier Garrido career stats at Soccerbase
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