Yuri Berchiche

Yuri Berchiche Izeta (born 10 February 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a left-back.

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

Yuri Berchiche
Berchiche with Real Sociedad in 2014
Personal information
Full name Yuri Berchiche Izeta
Date of birth (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990
Place of birth Zarautz, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 17
Youth career
2000–2004 Antiguoko[1]
2004–2005 Real Sociedad
2005–2007 Athletic Bilbao
2007–2009 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2009 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 7 (0)
2009–2010 → Valladolid B (loan) 25 (0)
2009 → Valladolid (loan) 1 (0)
2010–2012 Real Unión 45 (1)
2012–2017 Real Sociedad 77 (3)
2012–2014 → Eibar (loan) 67 (7)
2017–2018 Paris Saint-Germain 22 (2)
2018– Athletic Bilbao 84 (4)
National team‡
2006 Spain U17 6 (0)
2014– Basque Country 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:30, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early years and Tottenham

Born in Zarautz, Basque Country to an Algerian father and a Spanish mother,[2] Berchiche started his career in the cantera of Real Sociedad, but left for rivals Athletic Bilbao at the age of 16. On 8 June 2007 Athletic and Tottenham Hotspur agreed on a transfer, and the player continued his footballing development in England at the club's academy;[3] while playing for Tottenham's under-18 at the Eurofoot Tournament in Belgium, he was named "Player of the tournament", as Spurs won the competition after beating R.S.C. Anderlecht 4–0 in the final.[3]

Berchiche joined League One team Cheltenham Town on a month's loan, on 26 March 2009.[4] He made his league debut two days later, in a 1–1 away draw against Walsall.[5]

In April 2009, Berchiche made a robust tackle on Scunthorpe United's Henri Lansbury (on loan from Arsenal), leaving his opponent with a suspected broken leg. Although he was not sent off for the challenge, Cheltenham manager Martin Allen ordered him to leave the field anyway;[6] it was later revealed that Lansbury did not sustain any major damage to his leg.[7]

In July 2009, Berchiche returned to Spain and joined Real Valladolid, still on loan.[8] Benefitting from the absence of longtime incumbent Alberto Marcos due to injury, he started in the first league game, a 0–0 draw at UD Almería;[9] it would be his only La Liga appearance of the season as he was mainly registered by the reserves,[10] and the Castile and León side also suffered relegation.

Real Sociedad

In the summer of 2010, aged 20, Berchiche was released by Tottenham, signing a two-year contract with Real Unión in the Spanish third division.[11] On 29 June 2012, after two full campaigns, he returned to Real Sociedad, who immediately loaned him to another team in the third level, neighbouring SD Eibar.[12]

In early 2014, Berchiche renewed his contract with the Txuriurdin until 2016.[13] In June, after helping Eibar obtain promotion to the top division for the first time in its history, he was selected by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional to its starting XI.[14]

In August 2014, Berchiche returned to Real Sociedad, being assigned to the main squad.[15] He subsequently became the starter, replacing longtime incumbent Alberto de la Bella.[16][17][18][19]

Paris Saint-Germain
Berchiche playing with Paris Saint-Germain, 2018

On 7 July 2017, Berchiche signed a four-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain FC.[20] He made his Ligue 1 debut on 8 September, playing the full 90 minutes in the 5–1 away win against FC Metz.[21] His first goal in the competition arrived on 20 December, in a 3–1 home success over Stade Malherbe Caen.[22]

Berchiche played 32 competitive matches in his only season, winning three trophies including the national championship and the Coupe de France, defeating amateurs Les Herbiers VF 2–0 in the final of the latter tournament.[23]

Athletic Bilbao

On 2 July 2018, PSG announced they had agreed a deal with Athletic Bilbao for the permanent transfer of Berchiche (an initial fee of €19 million, with a further €6 million in possible add-ons).[24] The contract was announced as running through 2022, with a release clause of €100 million.[25]

International career

Berchiche represented Spain at under-17 and under-18 levels.[3] He also featured for the unofficial Basque Country regional team.[26]

Berchiche declined approaches to play for Algeria on several occasions.[27][28]

Career statistics

Club
As of 19 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 2008–09 Premier League 0000000000
2009–10 Premier League 0000000000
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2008–09[29] League One 7000—0070
Valladolid (loan) 2009–10[29] La Liga 1020——30
Valladolid B (loan) 2009–10 Tercera División 250———250
Real Unión 2010–11[29] Segunda División B 14110—2[lower-alpha 1]0171
2011–12[29] Segunda División B 31000——310
Total 451100020481
Real Sociedad 2012–13[29] La Liga 000000—00
2013–14[29] La Liga 000000—00
2014–15[29] La Liga 2104000—250
2015–16[29] La Liga 21010——220
2016–17[29] La Liga 35360——413
Total 7731100000883
Eibar (loan) 2012–13[29] Segunda División B 30430—6[lower-alpha 2]0394
2013–14[29] Segunda División 37310——383
Total 67740—60777
Paris Saint-Germain 2017–18[29] Ligue 1 222502[lower-alpha 3]03[lower-alpha 4]0322
Athletic Bilbao 2018–19[29] La Liga 35220——372
2019–20[29] La Liga 33264——396
Total 68484——768
Career total 314173142011035621
  1. 2011 Segunda División B play-offs
  2. 2013 Segunda División B play-offs
  3. 2017–18 UEFA Champions League
  4. 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue

Honours

Club

Paris Saint Germain

References
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  2. "Yuri el lateral que aprendió de Bale" [Yuri the fullback who learned from Bale]. Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. "Yuri Berchiche". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  4. "Cheltenham sign Spurs youngsters". BBC Sport. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  5. "Walsall 1–1 Cheltenham". BBC Sport. 28 March 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  6. "Scunthorpe 3–0 Cheltenham". BBC Sport. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  7. "No bone breaks for duo". Scunthorpe United. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  8. "Berchiche ficha por el Promesas" [Berchiche signs for Promesas]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 21 July 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  9. "Almeria 0–0 Valladolid". ESPN Soccernet. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  10. "Del Horno jugará en Valladolid, cedido por el Valencia, hasta final de Liga" [Del Horno will play in Valladolid, loaned by Valencia, until end of League]. Público (in Spanish). 30 January 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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  13. "Gaztañaga y Berchiche renuevan con la Real Sociedad hasta 2016" [Gaztañaga and Berchiche renew with Real Sociedad until 2016] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  14. "The Liga Adelante team of the season". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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  16. Hernández, Iñigo (21 January 2016). "Yuri Berchiche, baja de última hora por lesión" [Yuri Berchiche, last-minute casualty due to injury] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  17. "De la Bella: "Voy a darlo todo si tengo la oportunidad de jugar"" [De la Bella: "I am going to give it my all if I have the chance to play"] (in Spanish). Gipuzkoa Gaur. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  18. González, Miguel (25 November 2016). "«En su día vi las orejas al lobo, por eso ahora juego cada partido como si fuera el último»" ["I saw the signs of danger back in the day, so now I play every game as if it was my last"]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  19. "Yuri berchiche [sic] ya es una pieza preciada" [Yuri Berchiche is already a prized possession]. Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). 22 March 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  20. "Yuri Berchiche signs for Paris Saint-Germain". Paris Saint-Germain. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  21. "Mbappe starts and scores in PSG debut". beIN Sports. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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  26. "Catalunya 0–1 Euskal Selekzioa" [Catalonia 0–1 Basque XI] (in Spanish). Basque Football Federation. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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  30. "Paris Saint-Germain set record with fourth straight Coupe De France crown". Goal. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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