Joseba Garmendia

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

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Garmendia and the second or maternal family name is Elorriaga.
Joseba Garmendia
Personal information
Full name Joseba Garmendia Elorriaga
Date of birth (1985-10-04) 4 October 1985
Place of birth Basauri, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Formentera
Youth career
1995–1996 Colegio Etxegaray
1996–2003 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Basconia 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 16 (0)
2017 Palencia 14 (0)
2017–2018 Formentera 34 (0)
2019– Formentera 32 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2019

Club career

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

In late July 2009, Garmendia bought out the remaining year of his contract and moved to second division club CD Numancia in a 2+1 contract – former Athletic teammate Iñigo Vélez also made the move.[3] He continued competing in that level 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, recently relegated to division three.[7] He continued competing in the lower leagues until his retirement.[8][9][10]

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 (in Spanish)
  2. Urzaiz da al Athletic su primera victoria en casa (Urzaiz gives first home win to Athletic); El Mundo, 10 December 2006 (in Spanish)
  3. Joseba Garmendia ficha por el Numancia (Joseba Garmendia signs for Numancia); Diario AS, 24 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  4. Joseba Garmendia, nuevo refuerzo del Girona (Joseba Garmendia, new Girona addition); Marca, 29 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. Joseba Garmendia, nuevo jugador del CD Mirandés (Joseba Garmendia, new CD Mirandés player) Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine; CD Mirandés, 24 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. Posible lesión de cruzados para Joseba Garmendia (Possible cruciate injury for Joseba Garmendia); El Desmarque, 4 October 2012 (in Spanish)
  7. Joseba Garmendia, David Prieto y Víctor Ruiz vestirán de grana (Joseba Garmendia, David Prieto and Víctor Ruiz will wear grana); Real Murcia, 1 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. El Socuéllamos ficha a Joseba Garmendia, que jugó en Primera División con el Athletic de Bilbao (Socuéllamos sign Joseba Garmendia, who played in Primera División with Athletic de Bilbao); Lanza Digital, 14 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  9. El fichaje esperado (The expected signing); Diario Palentino, 27 January 2017 (in Spanish)
  10. Joseba Garmendia, nuevo fichaje de clase de la SD Formentera (Joseba Garmendia, new deluxe signing of SD Formentera); Fútbol Balear, 21 January 2019 (in Spanish)
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