Aritz Elustondo

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Aritz Elustondo
Aritz Elustondo 2018.jpg
Elustondo with Real Sociedad in 2018
Personal information
Full name Aritz Elustondo Irribarria [1]
Date of birth (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30) [1]
Place of birth Beasain, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2] [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
Number 6
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 Real Sociedad B 59 (6)
2012–2013 → Beasain (loan) 29 (0)
2015– Real Sociedad 213 (11)
International career‡
2016 Spain U21 1 (0)
2018– Basque Country 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024

Aritz Elustondo Irribarria (born 28 March 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a right-back but also as a central defender for La Liga club Real Sociedad.

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Club career

Born in Beasain, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, [3] Elustondo graduated from Real Sociedad's youth system. On 13 July 2012, he was loaned to Tercera División club SD Beasain, [4] and made his senior debut for the latter.

Elustondo returned to his alma mater in June 2013, and was assigned to the reserves in the Segunda División B. He signed a new contract on 31 January 2014, running until 2016. [5]

On 14 January 2015, Elustondo made his first-team debut, starting in a 2–2 home draw against Villarreal CF in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. [6] He first appeared in La Liga three days later, in the 0–1 home loss to Rayo Vallecano. [7]

Elustondo scored his first professional goal on 31 January 2015, but in a 4–1 defeat at Real Madrid. [8] On 3 January of the following year, after being regularly used by new manager Eusebio Sacristán, he agreed to an extension until 2020. [9]

Elustondo remained at Anoeta Stadium in the ensuing years, signing new deals in February 2018 (to June 2022) [10] and August 2020 (to June 2024). [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 January 2025 [12] [13] [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Copa del Rey EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Sociedad B 2013–14 Segunda División B 314——00314
2014–15 242——00242
2015–16 40——0040
Total596000000596
Real Sociedad 2014–15 La Liga 4120——61
2015–16 31100——311
2016–17 9030——120
2017–18 193005 [a] 0—243
2018–19 27120——291
2019–20 2205 [b] 0——270
2020–21 231203 [a] 000281
2021–22 304406 [a] 0—404
2022–23 250506 [a] 1—361
2023–24 150505 [c] 0—250
2024–25 80005 [a] 0—130
Total213112803010027112
Career total272172803010033018
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Includes appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey final (played in 2021)
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Real Sociedad

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aritz Elustondo Irribarria". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Aritz Elustondo at AS.com (in Spanish) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Aritz Elustondo: "La Real es el club de mi vida"" [Aritz Elustondo: "Real is the club of my life"] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Zuhaitz Gurrutxagak eta Aritz Elustondok Beasainen jokatuko dute aurten" [Zuhaitz Gurrutxaga and Aritz Elustondo will play in Beasain this year] (in Basque). Beasain Hitza. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Aritz Elustondo renueva hasta 2016" [Aritz Elustondo renews until 2016] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "El Villarreal no pierde el control" [Villarreal do not lose control]. Marca (in Spanish). 14 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  7. ↑ S. Ramos, Antonio (17 January 2015). "Manucho castiga a Moyes" [Manucho punishes Moyes]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Real Madrid smash David Moyes' Real Sociedad". ESPN FC. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Ramajo, Roberto (5 January 2016). "El canterano Aritz Elustondo renueva hasta 2020" [Youth graduate Aritz Elustondo renews until 2020]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Aritz Elustondo renueva hasta 2022" [Aritz Elustondo renews until 2022]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 February 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "La Real renueva a Elustondo hasta 2024" [Real renew with Elustondo until 2024] (in Spanish). Be Soccer. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  12. ↑ Aritz Elustondo at BDFutbol
  13. ↑ Aritz Elustondo at Soccerway
  14. ↑ Aritz Elustondo at FBref.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  15. ↑ Reidy, Paul (3 April 2021). "Athletic Club 0–1 Real Sociedad: result, summary, goal". Diario AS. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  16. ↑ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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