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Garazi Murua

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Garazi Murua
Murua in 2017
Personal information
Full name Garazi Murua Astorkiza
Date of birth (1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 (age 29)[1]
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 168 (4)
Total 257 (12)
International career
2012 Spain U17 1 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U19 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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 2023–24 but never made a competitive comeback, retiring as a player in June 2024 aged 29.[9] She was honoured with a farewell ceremony and a last starting appearance - along with fellow departing veterans Yulema Corres and Eunate Arraiza - on the final matchday of the season, in which Athletic defeated Sevilla 2–1 at San Mamés.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ Garazi Murua at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Garazi". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "La reivindicación del fútbol femenino" [The vindication of women's football] (in Spanish). Deia. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Garazi Murua". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. ^ 2014-15 Roster | #3 Garazi Murua, East Tennessee State Buccaneers
  6. ^ "Tres semanas de baja para Garazi Murua" [Three weeks out for Garazi Murua]. ElDesmarque (in Spanish). 10 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ Garazi Murua signs one-year extension, Athletic Club, 14 June 2023
  9. ^ Garazi retires from football at Athletic Club, Athletic Club, 4 June 2024
  10. ^ "Garazi, Eunate y Yulema han dado un ejemplo de pensar en el otro y no en el yo" ["Garazi, Eunate and Yulema have given an example of thinking about others and not about one's self"], Mundo Deportivo, 14 June 2024 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Athleticek Garazi Murua, Yulema Corres eta Eunate Arraiza omendu ditu San Mamesen [Athletic has honored Garazi Murua, Yulema Corres and Eunate Arraiza in San Mames], EITB, 16 June 2024 (in Basque)
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