Dani Estrada

Dani Estrada
Personal information
Full name Daniel Estrada Agirrezabalaga
Date of birth (1987-01-03) 3 January 1987
Place of birth Zarautz, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder / Full back
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Real Sociedad B 66 (15)
2007–2015 Real Sociedad 139 (3)
2015–2016 Alavés 19 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Estrada and the second or maternal family name is Agirrezabalaga.

Daniel 'Dani' Estrada Agirrezabalaga (born 3 January 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays mainly as a right midfielder.

Football career

A product of Basque Country giants Real Sociedad's youth system, Estrada was born in Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, and he spent his first two senior seasons with the reserves in the third division. In 2006–07 he finished second in Group II in goalscoring, netting a career-best 13 goals.

On 10 February 2007, Estrada made his debut for the first team, playing five minutes in a 1–2 home loss against Real Madrid.[1] Three months later, in his third La Liga appearance, he was also brought from the bench against FC Barcelona (0–2 defeat, also at home), and finished his first year with eight games in an eventual relegation.

In the following two second level campaigns, Estrada was irregularly put to use at Real Sociedad, as it consecutively failed to regain its first division status. In 2009–10, as the club returned to the top division after a three-year absence, he contributed with 18 matches and 1,538 minutes.

After being reconverted by manager Martín Lasarte the previous year,[2][3] Estrada was used exclusively as a full back in 2010–11.[4] On 26 February 2011, he scored his first goal for Real Sociedad's first team, but also put one in his own net in a 1–4 loss at RCD Espanyol.[5]

In May 2014, Estrada renewed his contract with Real Sociedad until 2015.[6] On 6 July of the following year he signed a one-year deal with Deportivo Alavés, after his link to the Txuriurdin expired.[7]

Honours

Alavés

References

  1. ↑ "Victoria regalada" [Given victory] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 11 February 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Estrada, "encantado" de jugar de lateral" [Estrada, "thrilled" to play as a fullback] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 1 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Dani Estrada, dos asistencias y seis puntos" [Dani Estrada, two assists and six points] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 26 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Estrada y el jugador del filial Illarramendi, novedades en la lista de Lasarte" [Estrada and B-team player Illarramendi, novelties in Lasarte list] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Espanyol rally to beat Real". ESPN Soccernet. 26 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dani Estrada renueva hasta 2015" [Dani Estrada renews until 2015] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 30 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "El conjunto albiazul incorpora a Dani Estrada" [The black and blue roster adds Dani Estrada] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 6 July 2015.
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