Ander Murillo García (born 22 July 1983) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender. He is the current assistant manager of Athletic Bilbao B.
 Murillo as an Athletic Bilbao player (2008) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ander Murillo García[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1983[1] | ||
| Place of birth | San Sebastián, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bilbao Athletic (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1999 | Antiguoko[2] | ||
| 1999–2001 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Bilbao Athletic | 14 | (0) |
| 2001–2010 | Athletic Bilbao | 132 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Salamanca (loan) | 37 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Celta | 23 | (0) |
| 2011–2018 | AEK Larnaca | 145 | (3) |
| Total | 351 | (4) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Spain U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Spain U19 | 7 | (2) |
| 2003 | Spain U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Spain U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2006 | Basque Country | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2019 | AEK Larnaca (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | ASIL Lysi (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | ASIL Lysi (caretaker) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Leganés (assistant) | ||
| 2023– | Bilbao Athletic (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He spent most of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao and AEK Larnaca, appearing in 157 competitive matches with the former over nine seasons and 184 for the latter in seven.
Club career
editAthletic Bilbao
editMurillo was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa. A product of Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system, he made his debut for their first team on 24 November 2001, in a 2–1 away win against FC Barcelona;[3] he played a further 18 La Liga games the following season, after breaking his leg during preseason.[4]
From 2004 to 2007, Murillo would be an important defensive element for the Lions, being deployed as a right-back or in the middle, but he suffered greatly with injuries subsequently.[5][6] On 21 December 2008, after nearly a year without competitive appearances, he started in the 1–0 away victory over Real Betis only to leave the pitch before half-time injured.[7][8]
On 11 August 2009, after only two matches during the 2008–09 campaign, Murillo moved to Segunda División side UD Salamanca in a season-long move.[9] In late August 2010 he terminated his Athletic contract and left the club after 11 years, signing with RC Celta de Vigo also of the second tier.[10]
AEK Larnaca
editHaving joined in the summer of 2011 at the age of 28, Murillo went on to play several years with AEK Larnaca FC in the Cypriot First Division, as part of a large contingent of Spanish players and managers at the side.[11][12] He helped the club finish second in the league table for three consecutive seasons between 2015 and 2017, their highest-ever placings; his final professional match was the 2018 Cypriot Cup final which was won 2–1 against Apollon Limassol FC (the scorer of the winning goal being another Spanish veteran, Acorán), to collect their first silverware since lifting the same trophy in 2004.[13]
In June 2018, Murillo retired and was named AEK's director of football as longtime Athletic Bilbao teammate Andoni Iraola signed as manager.[14]
Personal life
editMurillo's father Luciano and his uncle Eliseo were also footballers and defenders who played for Real Sociedad, having moved to San Sebastián at a young age from Extremadura.[15]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bilbao Athletic | 2001–02 | Segunda División B | 14 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Athletic Bilbao | 2001–02[16] | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2002–03[16] | La Liga | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04[16] | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05[16] | La Liga | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 2005–06[16] | La Liga | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07[16] | La Liga | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08[16] | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09[16] | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 132 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 157 | 1 | ||
| Salamanca (loan) | 2009–10[16] | Segunda División | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |
| Celta | 2010–11[16] | Segunda División | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
| AEK Larnaca | 2011–12[17] | Cypriot First Division | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 2012–13[17] | Cypriot First Division | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[17] | Cypriot First Division | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15[17] | Cypriot First Division | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16[17] | Cypriot First Division | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17[17] | Cypriot First Division | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[17] | Cypriot First Division | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Total | 145 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 184 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 351 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 419 | 4 | ||
Honours
editAEK Larnaca
Spain U19
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Ander MURILLO García". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2007.
- ^ "Jugadores relevantes" [Relevant players] (in Spanish). Antiguoko KE. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Llamas, Fernando (24 November 2001). "El Athletic devora al Barça" [Athletic eat Barça up]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Stefanovic move completed". UEFA. 28 July 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Ander Murillo no se entrenó en la concentración de Puzol por una fuerte contusión" [Ander Murillo did not train in Puzol training camp due to strong bruise]. Marca (in Spanish). 22 January 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "La resonancia confirma las lesiones de Ustaritz y Javi Martínez" [MRI confirms Ustaritz and Javi Martínez injuries]. Marca (in Spanish). 9 February 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Real Betis 0–1 Athletic Bilbao". ESPN Soccernet. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ "Iraola y Murillo, tres semanas de baja" [Iraola and Murillo, three weeks out]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 23 December 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Ander Murillo llega cedido al Salamanca" [Ander Murillo arrives to Salamanca on loan]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 11 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Ander Murillo ficha por el Celta" [Ander Murillo signs for Celta] (in Spanish). Canal Athletic. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ "AEK Larnaca, el club más español de Europa" [AEK Larnaca, Europe's most Spanish club]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ Rubio, Quique (22 August 2016). "El 'Spanish AEK Larnaca' insiste con su fórmula en Chipre" [Spanish AEK Larnaca insist on formula in Cyprus]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ a b Mantzas, Andreas (16 May 2018). "AEK take Cypriot Cup as Apollon fall short again". Agona Sport. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ García, Alberto (18 June 2018). "Iraola y Murillo, presentados por el AEK Larnaca" [Iraola and Murillo, presented by AEK Larnaca]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Garrido, D. (11 January 2002). "Ander Murillo se enfrenta al equipo de su padre" [Ander Murillo takes on his father's team]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ander García Murillo". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ander Murillo". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "España vence a Alemania y se proclama campeona de Europa Sub-19" [Spain beat Germany and are crowned Under-19 European champions]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 July 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ Duret, Sébastien. "European U-17 Championship 2002 – Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
External links
edit- Ander Murillo at Athletic Bilbao
- Ander Murillo at BDFutbol