Ander Barrenetxea Muguruza (born 27 December 2001), commonly known mononymously as Barrene, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Sociedad as a forward or left winger.
 Barrenetxea training with Real Sociedad in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ander Barrenetxea Muguruza[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 December 2001[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Sebastián, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) |
Forward Left winger | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Real Sociedad | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Antiguoko[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Real Sociedad[4] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Real Sociedad C | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Real Sociedad B | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Real Sociedad | 133 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Spain U18 | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Spain U19 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Spain U21 | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:23, 15 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Barrenetxea is a graduate of Real Sociedad's youth setup (he joined the club from Antiguoko in 2013, on the same day as Martín Zubimendi).[4]
In the 2018–19 season, he began to train with the senior team, while registered with the club's C-team playing in the amateur fourth tier. In early December 2018, he renewed his contract until 2025.[5]
On 22 December 2018, Barrenetxea made his professional and La Liga debut as a late substitute for Real Sociedad in a 1–0 home loss against Deportivo Alavés. In so doing, he became the first player born in the 21st century to appear in the competition,[6][7] the 26th-youngest debutant in the division overall, and the club's youngest since the Spanish Civil War (behind only 15-year-old Pedro Irastorza in 1934).[8] By coincidence, the player who left the field, Juanmi, was even younger when making his bow in the competition eight years earlier.[8]
Barrenetxea's rapid progression to the senior team made him the first youth product to appear at that level without already playing for the club's B-team, known as Sanse, since Antoine Griezmann did likewise in 2009.[2] Two days after his breakthrough, he was back playing with the C-team.[9]
Barrenetxea made his debut for Sanse on 6 January 2019, scoring on his debut in the third tier in a 3–0 home victory over Izarra.[10] He scored his first professional goal for the first team on 12 May, in a 3–1 home victory over Real Madrid.[11]
On 9 June 2019, Barrenetxea was definitely promoted to the main squad of the Txuri-urdin.[12] He played a part in the club's run to the 2020 Copa del Rey final, starting in the earlier rounds (contributing three goals) and coming off the bench in the quarter-final win against Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.[13] The final was delayed for almost a year due to COVID-19, with Barrenetxea introduced as a late substitute in the 1–0 Basque derby victory over Athletic Bilbao.[14]
He missed the second half of the 2021–22 season with a thigh injury which required surgery,[15] but recovered successfully after an operation by surgeon Lasse Lempainen in Turku, Finland.[16] By February 2023, he had reached the milestone of 100 appearances for the club, aged 21;[17] at the end of that season, Real qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in a decade.[18]
International career
editBarrenetxea was called up for the Spain Under-16 team in 2016[19] and 2017,[3] and appeared for the Under-18s in November 2018.[20] He also featured for the regional Basque Country in the same age groups.[21][22]
He was selected for the 20-man Spain squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, and came on as an 80th-minute substitute as Spain beat Portugal 2–0 in the final to be crowned winners of the competition.[23]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 15 December 2024[24]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Sociedad C | 2018–19 | Tercera División | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Real Sociedad B | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Real Sociedad | 2018–19 | La Liga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 1[a] | 7[b] | 3 | — | — | 24 | 4[a] | ||||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7[e] | 2 | — | 39 | 6 | |||
| 2024–25 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4[c] | 2 | — | 19 | 5 | |||
| Total | 133 | 14[a] | 18 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 172 | 23[a] | ||
| Career total | 145 | 16[a] | 18 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 184 | 34[a] | ||
- ^ a b c d e f Includes one goal against Mallorca on 26 January 2020, credited as an own goal in some sources.[25]
- ^ Includes appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey Final (played in 2021)
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
Honours
editReal Sociedad
Spain U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship: Champion 2019
Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Runner-up 2023[27]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Ander Barrenetxea". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ a b "El camino de las estrellas" [The way of the stars]. Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). 24 December 2018. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Ander Barrenetxea y Peru Ruiz, con la sub-16" [Ander Barrenetxea and Peru Ruiz, with the under-16s]. Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 29 March 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ a b "RealSociedad ha fichado a los jugadores de Antiguoko para la 13/14, Jesus Owono, Ander Barrenetxea,Jon Sanchez y Martin Zubimendi,Zorionak". Antiguoko. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2018 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Amplía su compromiso hasta 2025" [Extended his link until 2025] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Barrenetxea becomes the first player born in the 21st century to play in LaLiga Santander". Marca. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Debuta en LaLiga el primer futbolista nacido en el siglo XXI" [First LaLiga debut for a footballer born in the 21st century]. El País (in Spanish). 23 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Barrenetxea, el 26º debutante más joven de la historia de la Liga" [Barrenetxea, the 26th youngest debutant in the history of the League]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Real Sociedad starlet Barrenetxea goes from top flight to fourth tier in 48 hours". Marca. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Barrenetxea, Roberto López y Olaizola hacen de Reyes Magos" [Barrenetxea, Roberto López and Olaizola are the Wise Men]. Grada 3 (in Spanish). 6 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Real Sociedad vs. Real Madrid – Football Match Report". ESPN.com. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Promote to the first team". Real Sociedad. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Real Madrid dumped out by Real Sociedad in Copa del Rey thriller, Sid Lowe, The Guardian, 6 February 2020
- ^ a b Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Ander Barrenetxea será operado en Finlandia de su grave lesión en el muslo izquierdo" [Ander Barrenetxea will undergo surgery in Finland for his serious injury to his left thigh]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 5 January 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ ”Yksi hirveimmistä vammoista, mitä olen nähnyt” – kammoarvion saanut huippupelaaja leikattiin Turussa, Iltalehti, 15 January 2022
- ^ Roberto Ramajo (16 February 2023). "Barrenetxea, centenario con sólo 21 años" [Barrenetxea, centenarian at only 21 years old]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Real Sociedad aiming for Champions League return against Atlético, France24, 26 May 2023
- ^ "Ander Barrenetxea, convocado con la sub-16" [Ander Barrenetxea, summoned to the under-16s] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Match Report: Second win for Spain against China (2–0)". Sefutbol. Royal Spanish Football Federation. 22 November 2018. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Convocatoria selección de Euskadi sub 18 y 16 Masculina" [Call for Euskadi under 18 and under 16 Men's selections] (in Spanish). Kirolak. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Tres victorias y una derrota para Euskadi en la 1ª fase disputada en Navarra" [Three victories and one defeat for Euskadi in the first phase played in Navarra]. La Cantera de Lezama (in Spanish). 29 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Spain win 2019 U19 EURO: at a glance". UEFA.com. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Ander Barrenetxea at BDFutbol
- ^ Real Sociedad 3 Mallorca 0, BDFutbol
- ^ "Athletic Club 0–1 Real Sociedad: result, summary, goal". AS.com. 4 April 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ England 1-0 Spain: James Trafford saves last-gasp penalty as England win dramatic UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Ben Southby, TNT Sports, 9 July 2023
External links
edit- Profile at the Real Sociedad website
- Ander Barrenetxea at BDFutbol
- Ander Barrenetxea at Soccerway
- Ander Barrenetxea at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)