Markel Bergara

Markel Bergara
Personal information
Full name Markel Bergara Larrañaga
Date of birth 5 May 1986 (1986-05-05) (age 25)
Place of birth Elgoibar, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Real Sociedad
Number 5
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Real Sociedad B 55 (0)
2005– Real Sociedad 71 (0)
2005–2006 Eibar (loan) 25 (0)
2006–2007 Vecindario (loan) 18 (0)
National team
2002 Spain U16 3 (0)
2002–2003 Spain U17 16 (0)
2004–2005 Spain U19 16 (0)
2005 Spain U20 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Markel Bergara Larrañaga (born 5 May 1986 in Elgoibar, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Sociedad in La Liga, as a defensive midfielder.

Football career

A Real Sociedad youth graduate, Bergara started his professional career on loan, having season-long spells in the second division, with SD Eibar and UD Vecindario; both ended in relegation.

On 4 September 2007, he made his first-team debut for Real, appearing in a 0–1 away defeat against UD Las Palmas for the season's Spanish Cup. He only played four times in the league in his first year (also in the second level).

Honours

Spain U19

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