Asier Illarramendi will leave Real Sociedad at the end of this season
Euskaraz irakurri: Asier Illarramendik denboraldia amaituta utziko du Reala
Asier Illarramendi will leave the Real society at the end of this season, in which Real has two games left to play, as announced this Wednesday by the San Sebastian club and the player himself. In this way, the midfielder from Mutriku, who has played, for the moment, 251 official matches with the San Sebastian club, will not renew his contract with Real.
As Real has recalled, Illarramendi, 33 years old and team captain, started at the club at just 11 years old, in the Zubieta youth academy. He made his debut in the Real’s first team in June 2010, under the guidance of coach Martín Lasarte, and won a starting position in the 2011-12 season, with Philippe Montanier on the bench for the txuri-urdin team. In the 2012-13 campaign, also with the French coach, Illarramendi and his teammates achieved a brilliant fourth place in the League that gave Real a ticket to the Champions League the following season.
In the summer of 2013, Illarramendi signed for Real Madrid, and remained with that club for two seasons; At the start of the 2015-16 season, the Mutriku player returned to Real, and has since played for the San Sebastian club, with which he has managed to qualify to play in the Europa League in the 2016-17, 2019-20 seasons , 2020-21 and 2021-22. In the campaign that is about to end, Illarramendi’s last as a player for Real, the txuri-urdin team has secured its return to the Europa League, and has many options to play in the next Champions League.
His greatest achievement as a Real player is the Cup title for the 2019-20 season. Asier Illarramendi could not play in the final, played against Athletic on April 3, 2021, due to injury, but he was in charge of collecting the Cup at the Cartuja stadium.
“Illarra leaves the best Real of the last decades”the club has pointed out, what happens, “to a great extent, thanks to all he has contributed the team in these eleven years as a member of the first team”. “He has overcome injuries and has offered a very high level. Zubieta is character. He is ‘made in Gipuzkoa’. We can only thank him for everything he has done for the club, and give him the best farewell possible. In ten days, at the Reale Arena, against Sevilla and, hopefully, with the Champions League in our pocket, we’ll leave our voices for the last ‘Axi, Axi!’, highlighted Real.
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Source: Eitb
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