.jpg) Berchiche withReal Sociedad in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yuri Berchiche Izeta[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-02-10)10 February 1990 (age 36)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Zarautz, Spain[2] | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | Antiguoko[3] | ||
| 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 | 211 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006 | Spain U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2014– | Basque Country | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:16, 8 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:30, 17 November 2020 (UTC) | |||
Yuri Berchiche Izeta (born 10 February 1990) is a Spanish professionalfootballer who plays as aleft-back forLa Liga clubAthletic Bilbao.
He began his senior career atTottenham Hotspur without making a first-team appearance, being loaned toCheltenham Town andReal Valladolid. In 2010, he joinedReal Unión in theSegunda División, moving on toReal Sociedad who loaned him two years toEibar, where he won two successive promotions, later spending three seasons inLa Liga with Real, leading to him being signed byParis Saint-Germain in 2017; he played a part in atreble-winning season in France, but transferred back to theBasque region with Athletic Bilbao in 2018.
Born inZarautz,Gipuzkoa,Basque Country to anAlgerian father and aSpanish mother,[4] Berchiche started his career in thecantera ofReal Sociedad, but left for rivalsAthletic Bilbao at the age of 16. On 8 June 2007, Athletic andTottenham Hotspur agreed on a transfer, and the player continued his footballing development in England atthe club's academy;[5] 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 beatingR.S.C. Anderlecht 4–0 in the final.[5]
Berchiche joinedLeague One teamCheltenham Town on a month's loan, on 26 March 2009.[6] He made his league debut two days later, in a 1–1 away draw againstWalsall.[7]
In April 2009, Berchiche made a robust tackle onScunthorpe United'sHenri Lansbury (on loan fromArsenal), leaving his opponent with a suspected broken leg. Although he was notsent off for the challenge, Cheltenham managerMartin Allen ordered him to leave the field anyway;[8] it was later revealed that Lansbury did not sustain any major damage to his leg.[9]
In July 2009, Berchiche returned to Spain and joinedReal Valladolid, still on loan.[10] Benefitting from the absence of longtime incumbentAlberto Marcos due to injury, he started in the first league game, a 0–0 draw atUD Almería.[11] It would be his onlyLa Liga appearance ofthe season as he was mainly registered bythe reserves,[12] and theCastile and León side also suffered relegation.
In the summer of 2010, aged 20, Berchiche was released by Tottenham, signing a two-year contract withReal Unión in theSegunda División B.[13] On 29 June 2012, after two full campaigns, he returned to Real Sociedad, who immediately loaned him to another team in the third tier, neighbouringSD Eibar.[14]
In early 2014, Berchiche renewed his contract with theTxuriurdin until 2016.[15] In June, after helping Eibar obtainpromotion to the top flight for the first time in its history, he was selected by theLiga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional to its starting XI.[16]
Berchiche returned to Real Sociedad in August 2014, being assigned to the main squad.[17] He subsequently became the starter, replacing longtime incumbentAlberto de la Bella.[18][19][20][21]
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On 7 July 2017, Berchiche signed a four-year contract withParis Saint-Germain FC.[22] He made hisLigue 1 debut on 8 September, playing the full 90 minutes in the 5–1 away win againstFC Metz.[23] His first goal in the competition arrived on 20 December, in a 3–1 home victory overStade Malherbe Caen.[24]
Berchiche played 32 competitive matches in hisonly season,[25] winning three trophies includingthe national championship and theCoupe de France, defeating amateursLes Herbiers VF 2–0 inthe final of the latter tournament.[26]
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).[27] The contract was announced as running through 2022, with a release clause of €100 million.[28] He scored in only his second league appearance on 27 August, helping the hosts draw 2–2 againstSD Huesca.[29] Two teammates from his time at Eibar,Dani García andAnder Capa, had also recently joined the squad, and before the end of the calendar year they were reunited with their coach from that time,Gaizka Garitano.[30]
On 5 March 2020, Berchiche scored late in thesemi-final second leg of theCopa del Rey againstGranada CF and enabled his team to progress on theaway goals rule.[31] In addition to thedecisive game, which was delayed until April 2021 by theCOVID-19 pandemic in Spain, they also qualified for the2020–21 Supercopa de España which they won by beatingFC Barcelona;[32] however, he was unable to take part in those matches due to a thigh injury sustained against the same opposition a few weeks earlier.[33] He recovered by the time the postponed 2020 final did take place, but his side lost to his previous employers Real Sociedad.[34] Athletic also reached the2021 Copa del Rey Final, played two weeks after the 2020 edition, only to be defeated again, 4–0 by Barcelona.[35] That proved to be the player's last appearance ofthe campaign due to a persistentpubalgia issue which light treatment failed to cure, and an operation was carried out in July with an estimated recovery time of three months – managerMarcelino García Toral expressed his frustration at the delay in the injury being dealt with.[36][37] Despite his physical problems, in October he agreed to an extension to his contract to run until 2024.[38]
Berchiche representedSpain atunder-17 andunder-18 levels.[5] He also featured for the unofficialBasque Country regional team.[39]
Berchiche declined approaches to play forAlgeria on several occasions.[40][41]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2008–09 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2008–09[42] | League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Valladolid (loan) | 2009–10[42] | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Valladolid B (loan) | 2009–10 | Tercera División | 25 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| Real Unión | 2010–11[42] | Segunda División B | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2011–12[42] | Segunda División B | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 48 | 1 | |||
| Real Sociedad | 2012–13[42] | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[42] | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15[42] | La Liga | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16[42] | La Liga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17[42] | La Liga | 35 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 3 | |||
| Total | 77 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 88 | 3 | |||
| Eibar (loan) | 2012–13[42] | Segunda División B | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 39 | 4 | |
| 2013–14[42] | Segunda División | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 3 | |||
| Total | 67 | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 77 | 7 | |||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2017–18[42] | Ligue 1 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Athletic Bilbao | 2018–19[42] | La Liga | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20[42] | La Liga | 33 | 2 | 7[d] | 4 | — | — | 40 | 6 | |||
| 2020–21[42] | La Liga | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22[42] | La Liga | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[e] | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23[42] | La Liga | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24[42] | La Liga | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 3 | |||
| 2024–25[42] | La Liga | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11[f] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 44 | 1 | |
| 2025–26[42] | La Liga | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[g] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Total | 211 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 265 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 455 | 23 | 59 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 545 | 28 | ||
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