Iñaki Berruet

Iñaki Berruet
Personal information
Full name	José Ignacio Berruet Michelena
Date of birth	23 April 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Irun, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Real Unión
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Behovia
	Real Unión B
1990–1995	Real Unión
1996–1999	Deportivo Alavés
2000–2002	Villarreal
2003–2005	Córdoba
2005–2006	Lorca Deportiva
2006–2009	Real Unión
Total
International career
1998	Basque Country
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Ignacio Berruet Michelena (born 23 April 1973) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a centre back.^[1]

Club career

Berruet was born in Irun, in the Bidasoaldea region of the province of Gipuzkoa^[2] in the Basque autonomous community, and began his career in the youth teams of Irun-based Real Unión. After spells with Behovia and Real Unión's B team, he joined the Unión first team in 1990. They won back-to-back Tercera División group titles in 1991–92 and 1992–93, and on the second occasion also won promotion to Segunda División B. Berruet continued to play for the club in the third tier until the 1995–96 campaign,^[3] before joining Segunda División side Deportivo Alavés in January of that season.^[1]

Berruet played a key role as Alavés won the Segunda División title in 1997–98, earning promotion to La Liga in the process.^[3] He made his top flight debut on 20 September, as Alavés secured a 1–0 home win over Real Zaragoza at Mendizorrotza.^[4] He made 36 appearances over the following season and a half,^[3] before joining second tier Villarreal in January 2000.^[1] He won top flight promotion again at the end of that season, and made a further 45 La Liga appearances for Villarreal over two and a half seasons.^[3] He joined Córdoba in the Segunda División in February 2003.^[1]

With Córdoba suffering relegation at the end of the 2004–05 campaign, Berruet left to join Lorca Deportiva, who were moving in the opposite direction. He spent one season with Lorca before dropping a division himself, returning to his roots by rejoining Real Unión. He played for the club for the next three years, helping them win their Segunda División B group and earn promotion in his final season. He retired in 2009 at the age of 36.^[3]

International career

Berruet received one cap for the Basque Country representative side, which came in a 5–1 win over Uruguay in 1998.^[5] He was never a call-up in the Spain national team.

Honours

Real Unión

Deportivo Alavés

Segunda División: 1997–98

Career statistics

As of 18 May 2021^[3]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Real Unión	1990–91	Tercera División	?	?	1	0	–		–		1	0
	1992–93	Tercera División	?	?	2	0	–		–		2	0
	1993–94	Segunda División B	28	4	–		–		–		28	4
	1994–95		31	0	–		–		–		31	0
	1995–96		18	1	2	0	–		–		20	1
	Total		77	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	82	5
Deportivo Alavés	1995–96	Segunda División	6	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
	1996–97		27	0	2	0	–		–		29	0
	1997–98		35	1	10	0	–		–		45	1
	1998–99	La Liga	31	0	2	0	–		–		33	0
	1999–2000	La Liga	5	0	3	0	–		–		8	0
	Total		104	1	17	0	0	0	0	0	121	1
Villarreal	1999–2000	Segunda División	10	1	0	0	–		–		10	1
	2000–01	La Liga	27	0	1	0	–		–		28	0
	2001–02		9	0	4	0	–		–		13	0
	2002–03		9	0	0	0	2^[1]	0	–		11	0
	Total		55	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	62	1
Córdoba	2002–03	Segunda División	16	1	0	0	–		–		16	1
	2003–04		37	0	2	0	–		–		39	0
	2004–05		21	2	1	0	–		–		22	2
	Total		74	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	77	3
Lorca Deportiva	2005–06	Segunda División	23	0	0	0	–		–		23	0
Real Unión	2006–07	Segunda División B	32	2	2	0	–		2^[2]	0	36	2
	2007–08		30	0	3	1	–		–		33	1
	2008–09		28	2	5	0	–		6^[3]	0	39	2
	Total		90	4	10	1	0	0	8	0	108	5
Real Unión total			167	9	15	1	0	0	8	0	190	10
Career total			423	14	40	1	2	0	8	0	473	15

1.^ Appearances in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup

2.^ Appearances in the 2007 Segunda División B play-offs

3.^ Appearances in the 2009 Segunda División B play-offs

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Berruet". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Irun" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 853–854.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Berruet". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Matches Berruet". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ Convocatorias desde 1915 Archived 2021-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, Euskal Selekzioa

External links

Iñaki Berruet at BDFutbol
Iñaki Berruet at WorldFootball.net

[worldfootball-1] "Berruet". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[2] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Irun" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 853–854.

[BDF-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Berruet". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[4] "Matches Berruet". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[5] Convocatorias desde 1915 Archived 2021-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, Euskal Selekzioa

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