Iñaki Garmendia Larrea (born 18 August 1981) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iñaki Garmendia Larrea | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitoria, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Durango | ||
| 2003–2005 | Alavés B | 64 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Extremadura | 31 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Jaén | 53 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Amurrio | 30 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Mirandés | 110 | (3) |
| 2013–2017 | Amorebieta | 109 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Aurrerá | ||
| Total | 397 | (7) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He spent most of his 16-year senior career in the lower leagues. His professional input consisted of 29 Segunda División matches with Mirandés, in the 2012–13 season.
Club career
editGarmendia was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava. After starting out at SCD Durango, he spent the vast majority of his career in the Segunda División B, representing Deportivo Alavés' reserves, CF Extremadura and Real Jaén.[1][2] In 2008–09 he moved down to the Tercera División, and joined Amurrio Club.
On 21 July 2009, Garmendia signed a contract with CD Mirandés of the third division.[3] He contributed 28 games (all starts) and two goals in his third season,[4] as the Castile and León-based team promoted to Segunda División for the first time in its history.[5]
On 17 August 2012, one day shy of his 31st birthday, Garmendia made his debut in the second tier, starting in a 0–1 home loss against SD Huesca.[6] He left the club the following year,[7] and joined SD Amorebieta in division three.[8]
Garmendia moved to amateurs CD Aurrerá de Vitoria – also in his native region – in the summer of 2017.[9]
References
edit- ^ El Extremadura ficha por tres años al meta Arturo (Extremadura sign goalkeeper Arturo for three years); El Periódico de Extremadura, 9 July 2005 (in Spanish)
- ^ Garmendia abandona el Extremadura y ficha por el Jaén por dos temporadas (Garmendia leaves Extremadura and signs with Jaén for two seasons); Hoy, 30 June 2006 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Mirandés refuerza la línea defensiva con De la Plata y Garmendia (Mirandés strengthen defensive line with De la Plata and Garmendia); El Correo, 21 July 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Un punto de campeonato (Point worth a championship); Diario de Burgos, 30 April 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Mirandés es de Segunda (Mirandés to Segunda); Marca, 27 May 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Huesca amarga el estreno del Mirandés (Huesca bitter Mirandés debut); Marca, 17 August 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Mirandés renueva por otro año a Iván Agustín y a César Caneda (Mirandés renew Iván Agustín and César Caneda for another year); Diario de Burgos, 10 July 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Iñaki Garmendia es la nueva incorporación del Amorebieta (Iñaki Garmendia is Amorebieta's new addition); Planeta Fichajes, August 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Label vitoriano para el Aurrera (Vitorian label for Aurrera); Noticias de Álava, 7 July 2017 (in Spanish)
External links
edit- Iñaki Garmendia at BDFutbol
- Iñaki Garmendia at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Iñaki Garmendia at Soccerway