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Ezequiel Garay

Argentine association football player

Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González (Spanish pronunciation: [eseˈkjel ɣaˈɾai]; born 10 October 1986) is a former Argentine professional footballer who played as a central defender for Spanish club Valencia CF.

Ezequiel Garay
Garay playing for Zenit in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González[1]
Date of birth (1986-10-10) 10 October 1986 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Newell's Old Boys 13 (1)
2005–2008 Racing Santander 60 (12)
2008–2011 Real Madrid 25 (1)
2008–2009 → Racing Santander (loan) 24 (2)
2011–2014 Benfica 78 (9)
2014–2016 Zenit Saint Petersburg 50 (3)
2016–2020 Valencia 92 (6)
Total 342 (34)
National team
2003 Argentina U17 6 (2)
2008 Argentina U23 9 (0)
2007–2015 Argentina 32 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2014 Brazil Team
Copa América
Runner-up 2015 Chile Team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
FIFA World Youth Championship
Winner 2005 Netherlands U-20 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Garay represented Argentina at the 2014 World Cup, and two Copa América tournaments.

On 15 March 2020, Garay became the first La Liga player to test positive for COVID-19.[4]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newell's Old Boys 2004–05 Argentine Primera División 1 0 — 1 0
2005–06 12 1 — 12 1
Total 13 1 — 13 1
Racing Santander 2005–06 La Liga 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
2006–07 31 9 1 0 — 32 9
2007–08 22 3 7 2 — 29 5
Racing Santander (loan) 2008–09 24 2 2 0 — 4[a] 0 — 30 2
Total 84 14 10 2 — 4 0 — 98 16
Real Madrid 2009–10 La Liga 20 1 0 0 — 3[b] 0 — 23 1
2010–11 5 0 2 0 — 1[b] 0 — 8 0
Total 25 1 2 0 — 4 0 — 31 1
Benfica 2011–12 Primeira Liga 24 2 2 0 3 0 11[b] 0 — 40 2
2012–13 27 1 4 0 1 0 14[c] 1 — 46 2
2013–14 27 6 5 0 3 0 14[c] 2 — 49 8
Total 78 9 11 0 7 0 39 3 — 135 12
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2014–15 Russian Premier League 26 1 1 0 — 15[d] 0 — 42 1
2015–16 20 2 2 0 — 6[b] 0 0 0 28 2
2016–17 4 0 0 0 — 1[e] 0 5 0
Total 50 3 3 0 — 21 0 1 0 75 3
Valencia 2016–17 La Liga 27 4 1 0 — 28 4
2017–18 24 0 4 0 — 28 0
2018–19 24 2 3 0 — 8[f] 0 — 35 2
2019–20 17 0 0 0 — 5[b] 0 1[g] 0 23 0
Total 92 6 8 0 — 13 0 1 0 114 6
Career total 342 34 34 2 7 0 81 3 2 0 466 39
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Ten appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Russian Super Cup
  6. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

International

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Source:[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2007 1 0
2011 2 0
2012 8 0
2013 7 0
2014 7 0
2015 7 0
Total 32 0

Honours

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Newell's Old Boys

Real Madrid

Benfica

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Valencia

Argentina U17

Argentina U20

Argentina U23

Argentina

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "Acta del partido celebrado el 12 de mayo de 2019, en Valencia" [Minutes of the match held on 12 May 2019, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Эсекиэль Гарай" [Ezequiel Garay] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Rathborn, Jack (15 March 2020). "Coronavirus: First La Liga player tests positive for virus as Spain prepares to go into lockdown". The Independent. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "E. Garay". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Ezequiel Garay at BDFutbol
  7. ↑ Ezequiel Garay at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Ezequiel Garay". GFDB. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Rogovitskiy, Dmitriy (25 June 2014). "Zenit win race to sign Argentina defender Garay". Reuters. Retrieved 29 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
  10. ↑ Atkin, John (14 May 2014). "Spot-on Sevilla leave Benfica dreams in tatters". UEFA. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Chowdhury, Saj (25 May 2019). "Barcelona 1–2 Valencia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Mundial Sub 17: el casillero vacío que tiene la Argentina en su historia de juveniles" [Under 17 World Cup: the empty cabinet Argentina have in their youth history]. La Nación (in Spanish). 26 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "Ezequiel Garay #2, Argentina; #24, Zenit St Petersburg". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  14. ↑ Dawkes, Phil (5 July 2015). "Chile 0–0 Argentina (Chile win 4–1 on penalties)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "UEFA Europa League squad of the season". UEFA. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
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