Yuri Berchiche

Yuri Berchiche

File:Krasnodar-Real Sosiedad (10).jpg Berchiche with Real Sociedad in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Yuri Berchiche Izeta
Date of birth	(1990-02-10) 10 February 1990
Place of birth	Zarautz, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Real Sociedad
Number	19
Youth career
	Real Sociedad
2006–2007	Athletic Bilbao
2007–2008	Tottenham Hotpur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Tottenham Hotspur	0	(0)
2009	→ Cheltenham Town (loan)	7	(0)
2009–2010	→ Valladolid B (loan)	25	(0)
2009–2010	→ Valladolid (loan)	1	(0)
2010–2012	Real Unión	45	(1)
2012–	Real Sociedad	42	(0)
2012–2014	→ Eibar (loan)	67	(7)
International career‡
2006	Spain U17	6	(0)
2014–	Basque Country	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 January 2015

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Berchiche and the second or maternal family name is Izeta.

Yuri Berchiche Izeta (born 10 February 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Sociedad as a left back.

Club career

Born in Zarautz, Basque Country to an Algerian father and a Spanish mother, 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: while playing for Tottenham's under-18 at the Eurofootb Tournament in Belgium, he was named "Player of the tournament", as the Spurs won the competition after beating R.S.C. Anderlecht 4–0 in the final.

Berchiche joined League One team Cheltenham Town on a month's loan, on 26 March 2009. Two days later he made his league debut, in a 1–1 away draw against Walsall.

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; it was later revealed that Lansbury did not sustain any major damage to his leg.

In July 2009, Berchiche returned to Spain and joined Real Valladolid, still on loan. 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. It would be his only La Liga appearance of the season, with the Castile and León side also suffering relegation.

In the 2010 summer, aged 20, Berchiche was released by Tottenham, signing a two-year contract with Real Unión in the Spanish third division. On 29 June 2012, after two full campaigns, he returned to Real Sociedad, who immediately loaned him to another team in the third level, neighbouring SD Eibar.

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

In August 2014, Berchiche returned to Real Sociedad, being assigned to the main squad.

International career

Berchiche represented Spain at under-17 and under-18 levels.

External links

• Yuri Berchiche profile at BDFutbol
• Yuri Berchiche profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
• Yuri Berchiche career statistics at Soccerbase
• Yuri Berchiche at Soccerway