Igor Jauregi

Igor Jauregi
Personal information
Full name Igor Jauregi Iraola
Date of birth 29 April 1974 (1974-04-29) (age 37)
Place of birth Tolosa, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1994–1995 Tolosa
1995–1996 Hernani
1997 Aurrerá 17 (0)
1997–1998 Eibar 38 (3)
1998–2007 Real Sociedad 128 (7)
2002 → Eibar (loan) 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Jauregi and the second or maternal family name is Iraola.

Igor Jauregi Iraola (born 29 April 1974 in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa) is a retired Spanish footballer who played mainly as a central defender - he could also operate as a defensive midfielder.

Football career

Jáuregi played the first stretch off his football career in the lower leagues, arriving at Basque giants Real Sociedad at already 24. He played 22 La Liga matches in his first season, but struggled subsequently.

After a six-month loan in the second division, with lowly SD Eibar, which he had already represented, Jáuregui returned but, safe for 2002–03, where the club incidentally finished second, he was almost always a fringe player.

In June 2007, after his contract with Real Sociedad expired, Jáuregi had to retire from the game, due to persistent health problems: after a poorly managed tendinitis three years earlier, he also contracted the Helicobacter pylori bacteria, even though he successfully dealt with the situation.[1]

References

  1. ^ El parte médico afirma que el cuerpo de Igor Jauregi ya ha erradicado la dichosa bacteria (Medical staff sustain Igor Jauregi's body has already eliminated bacteria); DEIA.com, 26 September 2006 (Spanish)

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