| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Xabier Prieto Argarate | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | San Sebastián, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Real Sociedad | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2002 | Real Sociedad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2004 | Real Sociedad B | 48 | (8) |
| 2003– | Real Sociedad | 256 | (36) |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2005 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Xabier 'Xabi' Prieto Argarate (born 29 August 1983 in San Sebastián, Basque Country) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Sociedad in La Liga, mainly as a right midfielder.
A player of good dribbling skills, he is also a penalty kick specialist.
Prieto made his debut with hometown Real Sociedad's on October 8, 2003, in a 1–0 home win over Navarrese neighbours CA Osasuna, going on to collect a further eight - seven of them late in the game - substitute appearances. However, as the league's outcome was already decided, he profitted from his second start to net twice at Real Madrid, one of them from the penalty spot, in a 4–1 success on 23 May 2004.
Subsequently, Prieto was definitely promoted to the first squad and, in 2005–06, participated in all 38 La Liga matches, scoring nine times, six of them being penalties. In the following season he was also everpresent, but the Basque dropped down a level.
Prieto played in 35 games in 2009–10, totalling exactly 3000 minutes and contributing with seven goals, as Real Sociedad returned to the first division after three years. In the first game of the following season, at home against Villarreal CF, he scored the game's only goal, after a backheel pass from newly-signed Joseba Llorente.[1]
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