Santiago Ezquerro

Infobox Football biography
playername = Santiago Ezquerro


fullname = Santiago Ezquerro Marín
nickname =
height = height|m=1.81
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|12|14
cityofbirth = Calahorra
countryofbirth = Spain
position = Forward
currentclub = Osasuna
clubnumber = 15
youthyears = ?-1994
youthclubs = Osasuna
years = 1994-1996 1996-1998 1998 1998-2005 2005-2008 2008-
clubs = Osasuna Atlético Madrid Real Mallorca Athletic Bilbao FC Barcelona Osasuna
caps(goals) = 38 (8) 8 (0) 14 (6) 222 (45) 24 (3) 0 (0)
nationalyears = 1998
nationalteam = Spain
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
pcupdate = July 30, 2008
ntupdate = July 30, 2008

Santiago Ezquerro Marín, Ezquerro (born December 14, 1976 in Calahorra, La Rioja), is a Spanish football forward, who currently plays with "La Liga" CA Osasuna. He has also played with Atlético Madrid (1996-98), RCD Mallorca (1998), Athletic Bilbao (1999-2005) and FC Barcelona (2005-2008).

Having emerged through the youth ranks of CA Osasuna, Ezquerro joined Athletic Bilbao in 1998. There, he established himself as one of the most promising forwards in Spain's top flight, also making one appearance for Spain, in an infamous September 5, 1998, away Euro 2000 qualifier against Cyprus, which ended with a 3-2 loss and the sacking of coach Javier Clemente.

His form in 2004-05 led to him signing for FC Barcelona in a period of three+one years, on a free transfer. However, he was not able to establish himself in the first team.

In 2007-08, Ezquerro was not given the free transfer by the Catalan club and, not being signed by any team in the summer on in the January transfer window, was virtually absent for the season's duration, although he did score twice in a January Spanish Cup round-of-32 contest against lowly CD Alcoyano, in a 2-2 second leg home draw (5-2 aggregate).

In July 2008, he was released by Barcelona and, late in the month, rejoined Osasuna, in a 2+1-years deal. [ [http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/osasuna/es/desarrollo/1151400.html Ezquerro signs with Osasuna] es icon]

Honours

*UEFA Champions League: 2005-06
*Spanish League: 2005-06
*Spanish Supercup: 2005, 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=6352 Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional] es icon
* [http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_jugador.asp?j=196&n=ezquerro/santiago/ezquerro/marin National team data] es icon
* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=6460&pn=Santiago_Ezquerro_Mar%C3%ADn FootballDatabase profile and stats]
* [http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j2456.html BDFutbol.com profile]