David Karanka

David Karanka

Personal information
Full name	David Karanka de la Hoz
Date of birth	April 20, 1978 (1978-04-20)
Place of birth	Vitoria, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Cieza
Youth career
1994–1997	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1998	Baskonia	27	(15)
1998–2000	Bilbao Athletic	54	(17)
2000–2002	Athletic Bilbao	8	(1)
2000–2001	→ Extremadura (loan)	39	(13)
2002–2005	Murcia	93	(21)
2005–2007	Sporting Gijón	40	(2)
2008	Real Unión	15	(3)
2008–2009	Sant Andreu	28	(5)
2009	Guijuelo	16	(1)
2010	Orihuela	11	(2)
2010–	Cieza	?	(20)
National team
2003	Euskadi XI	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Karanka and the second or maternal family name is De la Hoz.

David Karanka de la Hoz (born 20 April 1978) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Cieza in Tercera División, as a striker.

Football career

Karanka was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava. The younger brother of former Athletic de Bilbao, Real Madrid, Colorado Rapids and Spain central defender Aitor Karanka, he came up through the ranks of the Basque giants, and first appeared with the main side on 14 May 2000, playing 15 minutes of a 0–0 La Liga draw at RCD Espanyol.

After a loan stint to CF Extremadura in 2000–01, where he scored 13 second division goals, Karanka returned to Athletic, with virtually no impact (six matches, although he scored once, in a 3–2 thriller success at Celta de Vigo, as Bilbao trailed 0–2 with eight minutes remaining).

Karanka then returned to the second division, helping Real Murcia achieve promotion in 2002–03, netting 13 goals and adding seven in next season's top flight, as Murcia returned to where they came from.

After two seasons, he was transferred to fellow league side Sporting de Gijón where his form deteriorated, scoring only twice in 33 games over two seasons. In January 2008, Karanka joined Real Unión, in Irun, Gipuzkoa, moving in August to another third division outfit, UE Sant Andreu.

Karanka split the 2009–10 season between CD Guijuelo and Orihuela CF, also in level three, scoring only three goals combined. Aged 32, he dropped down a division and signed for CD Cieza.

External links

• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Athletic Bilbao profile