Iñaki Berruet

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Iñaki Berruet
Personal information
Full name José Ignacio Berruet Michelena
Date of birth (1973-04-23) 23 April 1973 (age 50)
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 Apps (Gls)
Behovia
Real Unión B
1990–1995 Real Unión 77 (5)
1996–1999 Deportivo Alavés 104 (1)
2000–2002 Villarreal 55 (1)
2003–2005 Córdoba 74 (3)
2005–2006 Lorca Deportiva 23 (0)
2006–2009 Real Unión 90 (4)
Total 423 (14)
International career
1998 Basque Country 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Berruet and the second or maternal family name is Michelena.

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

Club career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Real Unión

Deportivo Alavés

Career statistics[edit]

As of 18 May 2021[3]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Unión 1990–91 Tercera División ? ? 1 0 – – 1 0
1992–93 ? ? 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 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "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.
  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, Euskal Selekzioa

External links[edit]

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