Asier Illarramendi
Illarramendi in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Asier Illarramendi Andonegi | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Mutriku, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Real Sociedad | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Real Sociedad B | 93 | (7) |
| 2010–2013 | Real Sociedad | 54 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Real Madrid | 59 | (2) |
| 2015– | Real Sociedad | 49 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Spain U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2009 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Spain U21 | 16 | (0) |
| 2012 | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013– | Basque Country | 3 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 December 2016 |
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Asier Illarramendi "Illarra" Andonegi, with nickname Risa Mendu (Spanish pronunciation: [a'sjer iʎara'mendi]; born 8 March 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Sociedad as a defensive midfielder.
He developed at Real Sociedad, appearing in 56 competitive games with the first team and helping it qualify for the Champions League in 2013. He then transferred to Real Madrid for €32.2 million, the most they had ever paid for a Spanish player, returning to his first team for half of that fee two years later.
Illarramendi earned 31 caps for Spain from under-17 to under-23 level, winning the 2013 European Championship with the under-21 side.
A product of local Real Sociedad's youth system, Illarramendi was born in Mutriku, Gipuzkoa, and he spent the vast majority of his first four senior seasons with the B-team, contributing with 27 games and two goals in 2009–10 as the Basque returned to Segunda División B after one year out. On 19 June 2010, in the last day of the Segunda División campaign, as the first team had already sealed its promotion to La Liga as champions, he made his first official appearance, in a 1–4 away loss against Elche CF.
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