Ander Barrenetxea Muguruza (born 27 December 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Sociedad as a forward or left winger.
![]() Barrenetxea training with Real Sociedad in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ander Barrenetxea Muguruza[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2001-12-27) 27 December 2001 (age 20)[1] | ||
Place of birth | San Sebastián, Spain | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Forward Left winger | ||
Club information | |||
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 | 68 | (6) |
National team‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Spain U18 | 6 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Spain U19 | 5 | (0) |
2020– | Spain U21 | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 September 2021 |
Born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Barrenetxea is a graduate of Real Sociedad's youth setup.
In the 2018–19 season, he began to become involved in training 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 CD Izarra.[10] He scored his first professional goal for the first team on 12 May, in a 3–1 home victory over Real Madrid CF.[11]
On 9 June 2019, Barrenetxea was definitely promoted to the main squad of the Txuri-urdin.[12]
Barrenetxea was called up for the Spain Under-16 team in 2016[13] and 2017,[3] and appeared for the Under-18s in November 2018.[14] He also featured for the regional Basque Country in the same age groups.[15][16]
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.[17]
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 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | — | — | 24 | 4 | ||||
2020–21 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
2021–22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
Total | 68 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 9 | ||
Career total | 80 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 20 |
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad – current squad | |
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