Ander Murillo

Ander Murillo García (born 22 July 1983) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Murillo and the second or maternal family name is García.
Ander Murillo
Murillo as an Athletic Bilbao player (2008)
Personal information
Full name Ander Murillo García[1]
Date of birth (1983-07-22) 22 July 1983[1]
Place of birth San Sebastián, Spain[1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1992–1999 Antiguoko[2]
1999–2001 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Bilbao Athletic 14 (0)
2001–2010 Athletic Bilbao 132 (1)
2009–2010 → Salamanca (loan) 37 (0)
2010–2011 Celta 23 (0)
2011–2018 AEK Larnaca 145 (3)
Total 351 (4)
National team
2001 Spain U17 2 (0)
2001–2002 Spain U19 7 (2)
2003 Spain U20 2 (0)
2003–2005 Spain U21 11 (0)
2006 Basque Country 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent most of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao and AEK Larnaca, appearing in 157 competitive matches with the former over nine seasons and 184 for the latter in seven.

Club career

Athletic Bilbao

Murillo was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa. A product of Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system, he made his debut for their first team on 24 November 2001, in a 2–1 away win against FC Barcelona;[3] he played a further 18 La Liga games the following season, after breaking his leg during preseason.[4]

From 2004 to 2007, Murillo would be an important defensive element for the Lions, being deployed as a right back or in the middle, but he suffered greatly with injuries subsequently.[5][6] On 21 December 2008, after nearly a year without competitive appearances, he started in a 1–0 away victory over Real Betis only to leave the pitch before half-time injured.[7][8]

On 11 August 2009, after only playing two matches during the 2008–09 campaign, Murillo moved to Segunda División's UD Salamanca, in a season-long move.[9] In late August 2010 he terminated his Athletic contract and left the club after 11 years, signing with RC Celta de Vigo also of the second tier.[10]

AEK Larnaca

Having joined in the summer of 2011 at the age of 28, Murillo went on to play several years with AEK Larnaca FC in the Cypriot First Division, as part of a large contingent of Spanish players and managers at the side.[11][12] He helped the club finish second in the league table for three consecutive seasons between 2015 and 2017, their highest-ever placings; his final professional match was the 2018 Cypriot Cup final which was won 2–1 against Apollon Limassol (the scorer of the winning goal being another Spanish veteran, Acorán), to collect their first silverware since lifting the same trophy in 2004.[13]

In June 2018, Murillo retired and was named AEK's director of football as longtime Athletic Bilbao teammate Andoni Iraola signed as manager.[14]

Personal life

Murillo's father Luciano and his uncle Eliseo were also footballers and defenders who played for Real Sociedad, having moved to San Sebastián at a young age from Extremadura.

Club statistics
As of 1 June 2018
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bilbao Athletic 2001–02 Segunda División B 140—140
Athletic Bilbao 2001–02[15] La Liga 11060—170
2002–03[15] La Liga 18000—180
2003–04[15] La Liga 4010—50
2004–05[15] La Liga 310507[lower-alpha 1]0430
2005–06[15] La Liga 26030—290
2006–07[15] La Liga 34120—361
2007–08[15] La Liga 6010—70
2008–09[15] La Liga 2000—20
Total 1321180701571
Salamanca (loan) 2009–10[15] Segunda División 37030—400
Celta 2010–11[15] Segunda División 23010—240
AEK Larnaca 2011–12[16] Cypriot First Division 240605[lower-alpha 2]0350
2012–13[16] Cypriot First Division 23030—260
2013–14[16] Cypriot First Division 29040—330
2014–15[16] Cypriot First Division 25150—301
2015–16[16] Cypriot First Division 7030—100
2016–17[16] Cypriot First Division 202106[lower-alpha 2]0270
2017–18[16] Cypriot First Division 170303[lower-alpha 2]0230
Total 14532501401843
Career total 35144702104194
  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

AEK Larnaca

Spain U19

References
  1. "Ander MURILLO García". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  2. "Jugadores relevantes" [Relevant players] (in Spanish). Antiguoko KE. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. El Athletic devora al Barça (Athletic eat Barça up); El Mundo, 24 November 2001 (in Spanish)
  4. Stefanovic move completed; UEFA, 28 July 2003
  5. Ander Murillo no se entrenó en la concentración de Puzol por una fuerte contusión (Ander Murillo did not train in Puzol training camp due to strong bruise); Marca, 22 January 2007 (in Spanish)
  6. La resonancia confirma las lesiones de Ustaritz y Javi Martínez (MRI confirms Ustaritz and Javi Martínez injuries); Marca, 9 February 2009 (in Spanish)
  7. Real Betis 0–1 Athletic Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 21 December 2008
  8. Iraola y Murillo, tres semanas de baja (Iraola and Murillo, three weeks out); El Diario Vasco, 23 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  9. Ander Murillo llega cedido al Salamanca (Ander Murillo arrives to Salamanca on loan); Diario AS, 11 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  10. Ander Murillo ficha por el Celta (Ander Murillo signs for Celta); Canal Athletic, 19 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  11. AEK Larnaca, el club más español de Europa (AEK Larnaca, Europe's most Spanish club); Mundo Deportivo, 22 December 2014 (in Spanish)
  12. El ‘Spanish AEK Larnaca’ insiste con su fórmula en Chipre (Spanish AEK Larnaca insist on formula in Cyprus); Diario AS, 22 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  13. "AEK take Cypriot Cup as Apollon fall short again". Agona Sport. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  14. "Iraola y Murillo, presentados por el AEK Larnaca" [Iraola and Murillo, presented by AEK Larnaca]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  15. "Ander García Murillo". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  16. "Ander Murillo". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  17. "España vence a Alemania y se proclama campeona de Europa Sub-19" [Spain beat Germany and are crowned Under-19 European champions]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 July 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  18. "European U-17 Championship 2002 – Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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