Joseba Zaldúa Bengoetxea (born 24 June 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Cádiz CF.
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Zaldúa training with Real Sociedad in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Joseba Zaldúa Bengoetxea[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-06-24) 24 June 1992 (age 30)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | San Sebastián, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cádiz | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Real Sociedad B | 67 | (2) |
| 2013–2022 | Real Sociedad | 152 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Leganés (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2022– | Cádiz | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016– | Basque Country | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:43, 31 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 December 2016 | |||
Born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Zaldúa played his youth football with local Real Sociedad. He made his senior debut with the reserves, spending several seasons in the Segunda División B with them.
Zaldúa appeared in his first official match with the main squad on 23 November 2013, featuring the first 80 minutes before being substituted for Javi Ros in a 4–3 La Liga home win against RC Celta de Vigo.[2] Roughly a month later, he signed a new deal with the Basques until 2016.[3]
On 20 May 2014, Zaldúa renewed his contract with the Txuri-urdin until 2018, and was definitely promoted to the first team.[4] On 4 July 2017, he was loaned to fellow top-flight club CD Leganés for one year.[5] He made 30 appearances as the side from the outskirts of Madrid avoided relegation, and scored a last-minute equaliser in a 2–2 draw at Deportivo Alavés on 21 January 2018.[6] On 7 May, he was sent off in a 3–0 home loss to Levante UD for denying José Luis Morales a goalscoring opportunity.[7]
Zaldúa scored his first goal for Real Sociedad on 12 May 2019 in a 3–1 victory over Real Madrid at Anoeta Stadium, but was replaced in the same game with a broken left leg.[8]
On 11 July 2022, Zaldúa joined Cádiz CF on a three-year contract.[9]
| 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 B | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 32 | 1 | — | — | — | 32 | 1 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 2 | ||
| Real Sociedad | 2013–14 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Total | 152 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 1 | ||
| Leganés (loan) | 2017–18 | La Liga | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 249 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 287 | 4 | ||
Real Sociedad
Cádiz CF – current squad | |
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