Ezequiel Garay
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Garay playing for Zenit in 2015
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| Full name | Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Valencia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newell's Old Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Newell's Old Boys | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Racing Santander | 60 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Real Madrid | 31 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 24 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Benfica | 78 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 50 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Valencia | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Argentina U17 | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Argentina U23 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007– | Argentina | 32 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:53, 9 October 2015 (UTC) |
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Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González (Spanish pronunciation: [eseˈkjel ɣaˈɾai]; born 10 October 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Valencia CF and the Argentina national team as a central defender.
He started his career with Newell's Old Boys but moved to Spain at the age of 19, going on to amass La Liga totals of 109 games and 15 goals over the course of six seasons, with Racing de Santander and Real Madrid. In 2011 he signed with Benfica, winning four major titles, most notably the domestic treble in the 2013–14 season.
Garay represented Argentina at the 2014 World Cup, and two Copa América tournaments.
Garay was born in Rosario, Santa Fe. At the early age of 18, he made his professional debut for hometown's Newell's Old Boys, in the Primera División. His first match was against Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, as the local team eventually won the Apertura championship in the 2004–05 season.
Garay made another 12 league appearances for Newell's, scoring his first and only goal for the club in the local derby against Rosario Central, a 2–1 win.
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