Garazi Murua

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Murua and the second or maternal family name is Astorkiza.

Garazi Murua
Murua in 2017
Personal information
Full name Garazi Murua Astorkiza
Date of birth (1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth Getxo, Spain
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2008–2010 Bizkerre
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 ETSU Buccaneers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Athletic Club B 89 (8)
2014–2024 Athletic Club 168 (4)
Total 257 (12)
International career
2012 Spain U17 1 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U19 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garazi Murua Astorkiza (born 24 January 1995) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender. Her only professional team was Athletic Club, where she was the captain for several seasons.

Club career

Murua started her career in Bizkerre's academy. In 2014 she spent one semester in the United States playing with the ETSU Buccaneers (East Tennessee State University) as part of a degree in economics she was undertaking at the University of the Basque Country. Soon after returning to Bilbao, she made her Primera División debut for Athletic, and in her first full season – 2015–16 – the club finished as national champions.

A back injury sustained before the start of the 2022–23 season caused her to miss all of the campaign. Having agreed a one-year contract extension in the hope of returning to full fitness, she was named among the substitutes for 13 league and cup fixtures towards the end of 2023–24 but never made a competitive comeback, retiring as a player in June 2024 aged 29. She was honoured with a farewell ceremony and a last starting appearance - along with fellow departing veterans Yulema Corres and Eunate Arraiza - on the final matchday of the season, in which Athletic defeated Sevilla 2–1 at San Mamés.

References

  1. ^ Garazi Murua at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Garazi". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "La reivindicación del fútbol femenino" [The vindication of women's football] (in Spanish). Deia. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Garazi Murua". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. ^ 2014-15 Roster | #3 Garazi Murua, East Tennessee State Buccaneers
  6. ^ "Tres semanas de baja para Garazi Murua" [Three weeks out for Garazi Murua]. ElDesmarque (in Spanish). 10 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  7. ^ El Athletic de Iraia Iturregi pierde a su capitana Garazi Murua [Iraia Iturregi's Athletic loses its captain Garazi Murua], Asís Martín, El Desmarque, 22 September 2022
  8. ^ Garazi Murua signs one-year extension, Athletic Club, 14 June 2023
  9. ^ Garazi retires from football at Athletic Club, Athletic Club, 4 June 2024
  10. ^ "Garazi, Eunate y Yulema han dado un ejemplo de pensar en el otro y no en el yo" ["Garazi, Eunate and Yulema have given an example of thinking about others and not about one's self"], Mundo Deportivo, 14 June 2024 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Athleticek Garazi Murua, Yulema Corres eta Eunate Arraiza omendu ditu San Mamesen [Athletic has honored Garazi Murua, Yulema Corres and Eunate Arraiza in San Mames], EITB, 16 June 2024 (in Basque)