Garazi Murua
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Garazi Murua Astorkiza | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 24 January 1995||
Place of birth | Getxo, Spain[2] | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2010 | Bizkerre | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | ETSU Buccaneers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2015 | Athletic Club B | 89 | (8) |
2014–2024 | Athletic Club | 167 | (4) |
International career | |||
2012 | Spain U17 | 1 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Spain U19 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 |
Garazi Murua Astorkiza (born 24 January 1995) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender. Her only professional team was Athletic Club, where she was the captain for several seasons.[3]
Club career[edit]
Murua started her career in Bizkerre's academy.[4] In 2014 she spent one semester in the United States playing with the ETSU Buccaneers (East Tennessee State University) as part of a degree in economics she was undertaking at the University of the Basque Country.[5] Soon after returning to Bilbao, she made her Primera División debut for Athletic, and in her first full season – 2015–16 – the club finished as national champions.[6]
A back injury sustained before the start of the 2022–23 season caused her to miss all of the campaign.[7] Having agreed a one-year contract extension in the hope of returning to full fitness,[8] she was named among the substitutes for 13 league and cup fixtures towards the end of the 2023–24 season but never made another competitive appearance, retiring as a player in June 2024 aged 29.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Garazi Murua at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Garazi". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "La reivindicación del fútbol femenino" [The vindication of women's football] (in Spanish). Deia. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Garazi Murua". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ 2014-15 Roster | #3 Garazi Murua, East Tennessee State Buccaneers
- ^ "Tres semanas de baja para Garazi Murua" [Three weeks out for Garazi Murua]. ElDesmarque (in Spanish). 10 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ El Athletic de Iraia Iturregi pierde a su capitana Garazi Murua [Iraia Iturregi's Athletic loses its captain Garazi Murua], Asís Martín, El Desmarque, 22 September 2022
- ^ Garazi Murua signs one-year extension, Athletic Club, 14 June 2023
- ^ Garazi retires from football at Athletic Club, Athletic Club, 4 June 2024
External links[edit]
- Garazi Murua at Athletic Club
- Garazi Murua at ESPN FC
- Garazi Murua at FBref.com
- Garazi Murua at Soccerway
- Garazi Murua on LinkedIn
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Women's association football defenders
- Spanish women's footballers
- Athletic Club (women) players
- Liga F players
- Footballers from Getxo
- Spanish expatriate women's footballers
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's soccer players
- East Tennessee State University alumni
- University of the Basque Country alumni
- Athletic Club (women) B players
- Spain women's youth international footballers
- Spanish women's football biography stubs