Yuri Berchiche

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Yuri Berchiche
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Berchiche with Real Sociedad in 2014
Personal information
Full name Yuri Berchiche Izeta [1]
Date of birth (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 (age 34) [2]
Place of birth Zarautz, Spain [2]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 17
Youth career
2000–2004 Antiguoko [3]
2004–2005 Real Sociedad
2005–2007 Athletic Bilbao
2007–2009 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2009 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 7 (0)
2009–2010 → Valladolid B (loan) 25 (0)
2009 → Valladolid (loan) 1 (0)
2010–2012 Real Unión 45 (1)
2012–2017 Real Sociedad 77 (3)
2012–2014 → Eibar (loan) 67 (7)
2017–2018 Paris Saint-Germain 22 (2)
2018– Athletic Bilbao 174 (10)
International career‡
2006 Spain U17 6 (0)
2014– Basque Country 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:10, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:30, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Yuri Berchiche Izeta (born 10 February 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao.

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He began his senior career at Tottenham Hotspur without making a first-team appearance, being loaned to Cheltenham Town and Real Valladolid. In 2010, he joined Real Unión in the Segunda División, moving on to Real Sociedad who loaned him two years to Eibar, where he won two successive promotions, later spending three seasons in La Liga with Real, leading to him being signed by Paris Saint-Germain in 2017; he played a part in a treble-winning season in France, but transferred back to the Basque region with Athletic Bilbao in 2018.

Club career

Early years and Tottenham

Born in Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country to an Algerian father and a Spanish mother, [4] Berchiche started his career in the cantera of Real Sociedad, but left for rivals Athletic Bilbao at the age of 16. On 8 June 2007, Athletic and Tottenham Hotspur agreed on a transfer, and the player continued his footballing development in England at the club's academy; [5] while playing for Tottenham's under-18 at the Eurofoot Tournament in Belgium, he was named "Player of the tournament", as Spurs won the competition after beating R.S.C. Anderlecht 4–0 in the final. [5]

Berchiche joined League One team Cheltenham Town on a month's loan, on 26 March 2009. [6] He made his league debut two days later, in a 1–1 away draw against Walsall. [7]

In April 2009, Berchiche made a robust tackle on Scunthorpe United's Henri Lansbury (on loan from Arsenal), leaving his opponent with a suspected broken leg. Although he was not sent off for the challenge, Cheltenham manager Martin Allen ordered him to leave the field anyway; [8] it was later revealed that Lansbury did not sustain any major damage to his leg. [9]

In July 2009, Berchiche returned to Spain and joined Real Valladolid, still on loan. [10] Benefitting from the absence of longtime incumbent Alberto Marcos due to injury, he started in the first league game, a 0–0 draw at UD Almería. [11] It would be his only La Liga appearance of the season as he was mainly registered by the reserves, [12] and the Castile and León side also suffered relegation.

Real Sociedad

In the summer of 2010, aged 20, Berchiche was released by Tottenham, signing a two-year contract with Real Unión in the Segunda División B. [13] On 29 June 2012, after two full campaigns, he returned to Real Sociedad, who immediately loaned him to another team in the third tier, neighbouring SD Eibar. [14]

In early 2014, Berchiche renewed his contract with the Txuriurdin until 2016. [15] In June, after helping Eibar obtain promotion to the top flight for the first time in its history, he was selected by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional to its starting XI. [16]

Berchiche returned to Real Sociedad in August 2014, being assigned to the main squad. [17] He subsequently became the starter, replacing longtime incumbent Alberto de la Bella. [18] [19] [20] [21]

Paris Saint-Germain

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Berchiche playing with Paris Saint-Germain, 2018

On 7 July 2017, Berchiche signed a four-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain FC. [22] He made his Ligue 1 debut on 8 September, playing the full 90 minutes in the 5–1 away win against FC Metz. [23] His first goal in the competition arrived on 20 December, in a 3–1 home victory over Stade Malherbe Caen. [24]

Berchiche played 32 competitive matches in his only season, [25] winning three trophies including the national championship and the Coupe de France, defeating amateurs Les Herbiers VF 2–0 in the final of the latter tournament. [26]

Athletic Bilbao

On 2 July 2018, PSG announced they had agreed a deal with Athletic Bilbao for the permanent transfer of Berchiche (an initial fee of €19 million, with a further €6 million in possible add-ons). [27] The contract was announced as running through 2022, with a release clause of €100 million. [28] He scored in only his second league appearance on 27 August, helping the hosts draw 2–2 against SD Huesca. [29] Two teammates from his time at Eibar, Dani García and Ander Capa, had also recently joined the squad, and before the end of the calendar year they were reunited with their coach from that time, Gaizka Garitano. [30]

On 5 March 2020, Berchiche scored late in the semi-final second leg of the Copa del Rey against Granada CF and enabled his team to progress on the away goals rule. [31] In addition to the decisive game, which was delayed until April 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, they also qualified for the 2020–21 Supercopa de España which they won by beating FC Barcelona; [32] however, he was unable to take part in those matches due to a thigh injury sustained against the same opposition a few weeks earlier. [33] He recovered by the time the postponed 2020 final did take place, but his side lost to his previous employers Real Sociedad. [34] Athletic also reached the 2021 Copa del Rey Final, played two weeks after the 2020 edition, only to be defeated again, 4–0 by Barcelona. [35] That proved to be the player's last appearance of the campaign due to a persistent pubalgia issue which light treatment failed to cure, and an operation was carried out in July with an estimated recovery time of three months – manager Marcelino García Toral expressed his frustration at the delay in the injury being dealt with. [36] [37] Despite his physical problems, in October he agreed to an extension to his contract to run until 2024. [38]

International career

Berchiche represented Spain at under-17 and under-18 levels. [5] He also featured for the unofficial Basque Country regional team. [39]

Berchiche declined approaches to play for Algeria on several occasions. [40] [41]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 2008–09 Premier League 0000000000
2009–10 Premier League0000—0000
Total0000000000
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2008–09 [42] League One 7000—0070
Valladolid (loan) 2009–10 [42] La Liga 1020——30
Valladolid B (loan) 2009–10 Tercera División 250———250
Real Unión 2010–11 [42] Segunda División B 14110—2 [a] 0171
2011–12 [42] Segunda División B31000——310
Total45110—20481
Real Sociedad 2012–13 [42] La Liga0000——00
2013–14 [42] La Liga000000—00
2014–15 [42] La Liga2104000—250
2015–16 [42] La Liga21010——220
2016–17 [42] La Liga35360——413
Total77311000—883
Eibar (loan) 2012–13 [42] Segunda División B30430—6 [a] 0394
2013–14 [42] Segunda División 37310——383
Total67740—60777
Paris Saint-Germain 2017–18 [42] Ligue 1 222502 [b] 03 [c] 0322
Athletic Bilbao 2018–19 [42] La Liga35220——372
2019–20 [42] La Liga3327 [d] 4——406
2020–21 [42] La Liga23160—00291
2021–22 [42] La Liga14140—2 [e] 0201
2022–23 [42] La Liga29170——361
2023–24 [42] La Liga27360——333
2024–25 [42] La Liga130005 [f] 000180
Total17410324502021314
Career total418235547013049327
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
  4. ↑ Includes appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey final (played in 2021)
  5. ↑ Appearances in Supercopa de España
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Eibar

Paris Saint Germain

Athletic Bilbao

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