Javier Garrido

Javier Garrido
Personal information
Full name	Javier Garrido Behobide
Date of birth	March 15, 1985 (1985-03-15) (age 24)
Place of birth	Irun, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	Manchester City
Number	15
Youth career
2001–2004	Real Sociedad B
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2007 2007–	Real Sociedad Manchester City	86 (1) 40 (1)
National team2
2001–2002 2004 2005 2005–2006	Spain U17 Spain U19 Spain U20 Spain U21	13 (0) 09 (0) 02 (0) 09 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 28, 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of July 1, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Javier Garrido Behobide, (born 15 March 1985 in Irun) is a Spanish football player who currently plays for Manchester City of the English Premier League. He is a left back characterized by his constant overlapping runs.^[2] Born in the Basque Country, Garrido is the first Basque player to represent the club.

Club career

Real Sociedad

Signed for Real Sociedad when he was a child and continued his training at the lower levels of the club. Between 2002 and 2004, he was part of the players of Real Sociedad B, where he played 50 games for this team in the Second Division B.

He made his debut with the first team of Real Sociedad in a Copa del Rey match on October 8, 2003 with a 2–1 win against Real Oviedo. Garrido's professional career began in 2004 when he became a part of the first team in the 2004–05 season to replace Agustín Aranzábal, who had left the club in the summer transfer window for Real Zaragoza. He made his league debut against Levante UD on August 29, 2004. In his three seasons with Real Sociedad in La Liga, he played 86 games and scored 1 goal, being the most used left-back for Sociedad in those three seasons. Despite starting the season with Real Sociedad, he left due to his team's economical problems following their relegation in 2006–07.

Manchester City

On 2 August 2007, Garrido signed for Manchester City for £1.5m (€2.2 million),^[3] on a 4-year contract.^[4][5] He made his debut on 11 August against West Ham. Garrido played a part in the most successful Premiership start in the club's history with four victories and four clean sheets from the opening six games. But he was replaced by Michael Ball just before christmas. His team eventually ended in the ninth place in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup through fairplay.

Javier scored his first goal for City direct from a free kick against Liverpool in their 3-2 loss on 5 October 2008.^[6]

International career

Garrido played for Spain U-19 where he won the 2004 edition of UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He also earned four caps for Spain U-21. He has not received any call-up to the Spain national football team to date.

Statistics

As of 1 December 2008

Honours

• Spain U19:
  • UEFA U-19 Championship : 2004

References

External links

• Manchester City profile
• BDFutbol profile
• Javier Garrido FIFA competition record
• Javier Garrido career stats at Soccerbase