Igor Zubeldia

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Igor Zubeldia
Igor Zubeldia 2018.jpg
Zubeldia with Real Sociedad in 2018
Personal information
Full name Igor Zubeldia Elorza [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Azkoitia, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
Number 5
Youth career
2008–2015 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Real Sociedad B 52 (3)
2016– Real Sociedad 224 (3)
International career
2015 Spain U18 4 (0)
2018–2019 Spain U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:21, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Igor Zubeldia Elorza (born 30 March 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a central defender for La Liga club Real Sociedad.

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Club career

Born in Azkoitia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Zubeldia joined Real Sociedad's youth setup in 2008, at the age of 11. [2] On 6 June 2015, he promoted to the reserve team in Segunda División B. [3]

Zubeldia made his senior debut on 29 August 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 away loss against CD Ebro. On 25 February of the following year, he renewed his contract with Sanse until 2021. [4]

Zubeldia made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 13 May 2016, replacing fellow youth graduate Rubén Pardo in the dying minutes of a 1–0 away win over Valencia CF. [5] Ahead of the 2017–18 season, he was definitely promoted to the main squad.

On 20 December 2017, after just 30 seconds on the pitch, Zubeldia scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight to put the hosts ahead in the 76th minute of an eventual 3–1 home defeat of Sevilla FC. [6] The following 29 June, he agreed to an extension until 2024. [7]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 January 2025 [8] [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Sociedad B 2015–16 Segunda División B 271———271
2016–17 252———252
Total523000000523
Real Sociedad 2015–16 La Liga 1000——10
2016–17 4000——40
2017–18 251105 [a] 0—311
2018–19 33041——371
2019–20 3308 [b] 0——410
2020–21 241204 [a] 01 [c] 0311
2021–22 260107 [a] 0—220
2022–23 311305 [a] 0—390
2023–24 300508 [d] 0—430
2024–25 170205 [a] 0—240
Total2243261340102853
Career total2766261340103376
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Includes appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey final (played in 2021)
  3. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa de España
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Real Sociedad

Spain U21

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Zubeldia". Diario AS . Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Elkarrizketa" [Interview] (in Basque). CD Azkoitia. Retrieved 14 May 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Altas y bajas en el Sanse" [Ins and outs at Sanse] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bautista, Zubeldia, Odriozola and Sangalli renew with Real Sociedad". Real Sociedad. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Picó, Diego (13 May 2016). "Al final, por fin el fin" [In the end, finally the end]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Malagón, Manuel (20 December 2017). "Un final de cuento" [Fairy tale to end it]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Presente y futuro asegurados" [Present and future assured] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  8. ↑ Igor Zubeldia at BDFutbol
  9. ↑ Igor Zubeldia at Soccerway
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Spain U21 2–1 Germany U21". BBC Sport. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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