David Karanka

David Karanka de la Hoz (born 20 April 1978) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Karanka and the second or maternal family name is De la Hoz.
David Karanka
Personal information
Full name David Karanka de la Hoz
Date of birth (1978-04-20) 20 April 1978
Place of birth Vitoria, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1994–1997 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Basconia 27 (15)
1998–2000 Bilbao Athletic 54 (17)
2000–2002 Athletic Bilbao 8 (1)
2000–2001 → Extremadura (loan) 39 (13)
2002–2005 Murcia 93 (21)
2005–2007 Sporting Gijón 40 (2)
2008 Real Unión 15 (3)
2008–2009 Sant Andreu 27 (5)
2009 Guijuelo 16 (1)
2010 Orihuela 11 (2)
2010–2013 Cieza 98 (62)
Total 428 (142)
National team
2003 Basque Country 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He is currently the assistant manager at Birmingham City F.C.

Club career

Karanka was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava. The younger brother of Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid and Colorado Rapids player Aitor Karanka,[1] he came up through the ranks of the Basque giants, and first appeared with the first team on 14 May 2000, playing 15 minutes in a 0–0 La Liga away draw against RCD Espanyol.[2]

After a loan stint to CF Extremadura in 2000–01, where he scored 13 second division goals, Karanka returned to Athletic, with virtually no impact (six games, although he scored once in a 3–2 thriller win at RC Celta de Vigo, as Bilbao trailed 0–2 with eight minutes remaining).[3][4] He subsequently returned to the second level, helping Real Murcia achieve promotion in 2002–03 by netting 13 goals,[5] and adding seven in next season's top flight as the club returned to where it came from.

After three years, Karanka was transferred to fellow league side Sporting de Gijón, where his form deteriorated, scoring only twice in 33 matches in two seasons combined. In January 2008 he joined Real Unión in Irun,[6] moving in August to another division three team, UE Sant Andreu.

Karanka split the 2009–10 campaign between CD Guijuelo and Orihuela CF also in the third tier,[7] netting just three goals combined. Aged 32, he dropped down to the fourth division and signed for CD Cieza.[8]

Honours

Basconia

Murcia

References
  1. 33 años no son nada (33 years is nothing); La Verdad, 4 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. El aburrimiento esperado (Expected boredom); Mundo Deportivo, 15 May 2000 (in Spanish)
  3. Remontada espectacular del Athletic en Balaídos (Spectacular Athletic comeback at Balaídos); ABC, 12 November 2001 (in Spanish)
  4. David Karanka desvela que Aitor puede volver a Bilbao (David Karanka reveals Aitor may return to Bilbao); Diario AS, 20 May 2002 (in Spanish)
  5. Jesús Perera, Pichichi 2003 en Segunda (Jesús Perera, 2003 Pichichi in Segunda); Marca, 29 June 2003 (in Spanish)
  6. David Karanka, un refuerzo de lujo para el Real Unión (David Karanka, deluxe signing for Real Unión); Diario AS, 12 January 2008 (in Spanish)
  7. Karanka, Francisco y Txopi ya están a las órdenes de Pato (Karanka, Francisco and Txopi already working under Pato); Diario Información, 4 February 2010 (in Spanish)
  8. El Cieza ficha a David Karanka (Cieza sign David Karanka); La Verdad, 27 August 2010 (in Spanish)
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