Carlos Gurpegui

Football player infobox
playername = Carlos Gurpegui


fullname = Carlos Gurpegui Nausia
height = height|m=1.81
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|8|19
cityofbirth = Pamplona
countryofbirth = Spain
currentclub = Athletic Bilbao
clubnumber = 18
position = Central midfielder
youthyears = 1997-1998
1998-2002
youthclubs = CD Izarra
Athletic Bilbao
years = 1999–2000
2000–2002
2002–
clubs = CD Baskonia
Bilbao Athletic
Athletic Bilbao
caps(goals) = 33 (15)
66 (5)
130 (11)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = May 21, 2008
ntupdate =

Carlos Gurpegui Nausia (alternate spelling "Gurpegi") (born August 19, 1980 in Pamplona, Navarre) is a Spanish Football player who plays for Athletic Bilbao. He is a central midfielder.

A product of the famous Lezama youth academy, Gurpegui debuted in La Liga on March 31, 2002, in a 5-2 away defeat against Villarreal CF, going on to establish himself as the first-choice holding midfielder in the following years (121 matches in 4 seasons). On January 17, 2004, he scored a late equaliser against FC Barcelona, at Camp Nou (1-1).

Gurpegui was banned for two years [ [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=123545.html Gurpegui banned for 2 years] ] on November 3, 2003, for testing positive for nandrolone in a September 1 game against Real Sociedad (2-4 away defeat, scoring both goals) the previous season. The ban was initially suspended [ [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=131199.html Gurpegui given permission to play] ] after repeated appeals, with Gurpegui claiming that his body produced nandrolone naturally, but the appeals were in vain as he eventually was forced to serve his sentence, which ran until April 23, 2008. [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=262633.html Athletic make new Gurpegui appeal] ] Athletic Bilbao, however, neither released the player nor took his number from the official squad, and Gurpegui returned to action in a 3-0 away loss to Real Madrid, on April 27.

ee also

*List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

External links

* [http://www.athletic-club.net/acc/home.asp?a=1&b=250&equipo=1&jug=406&idi=2 Athletic Bilbao profile]
* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=7105 Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional]