Javier Garrido

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Garrido and the second or maternal family name is Behobide.

Javier Garrido

Personal information
Full name	Javier Garrido Behobide
Date of birth	15 March 1985 (1985-03-15)
Place of birth	Irun, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Lazio
Number	14
Youth career
	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2004	Real Sociedad B	44	(1)
2004–2007	Real Sociedad	86	(1)
2007–2010	Manchester City	49	(2)
2010–	Lazio	10	(0)
National team‡
2001–2002	Spain U17	13	(0)
2004	Spain U19	9	(0)
2005	Spain U20	2	(0)
2005–2006	Spain U21	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2008

Javier Garrido Behobide (born 15 March 1985 in Irun) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Italian club S.S. Lazio. He is a left back characterized by his constant overlapping runs.

Club career

Real Sociedad

Garrido 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, winning the world cup, and 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), on a four-year contract. He made his debut on 11 August against West Ham United. 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.

Garrido scored his first goal for City direct from a free kick against Liverpool in their 3–2 loss on 5 October 2008. His second season with City was more disappointing than the first, as he only made 13 league appearances, 14 less than the previous season. The following summer he took part in the Vodacom Challenge appearing in a game against Kaizer Chiefs and as an unused substitute against Celtic. During his third season in England, Garrido found it increasingly hard to find a place in the first team squad. However this changed when Roberto Mancini replaced Mark Hughes as City manager, he came off the bench against Stoke City on 26 December to gain only his first league appearance of the 2009–10 season, a few days later he came off the bench for Stephen Ireland against Wolverhampton Wanderers and scored a freekick.

S.S. Lazio

On 30 July 2010 he joined S.S. Lazio from Manchester City - just days after Aleksandar Kolarov joined City from Lazio.

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 end of 2010–11season

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Europe		Total
2004–05	Real Sociedad	La Liga	28	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	0
2005–06			33	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	0
2006–07			25	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	1
Total	Spain		86	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	86	1
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2007–08	Manchester City	Premier League	27	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	27	0
2008–09			13	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	19	1
2009–10			9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
Total	England		49	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	54	2
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
2010–11	Lazio	Serie A	10	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	10	0
Total	Italy		10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Career total			142	3	1	0	2	0	4	0	153	3

Honours

• Manchester City:
  • Vodacom Challenge Runner-up: 2009
• Spain U19:
  • UEFA U-19 Championship : 2004

External links

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