Joseba Garmendia Elorriaga (born 4 October 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career Garmendia was born in Basauri, Biscay.Joseba Garmendia busca su sitio (Joseba Garmendia in search of his place); El Correo, 18 September 2018 (in Spanish) A product of Athletic Bilbao's famed youth system, he made his first-team debut in 2006–07's first matchday, a 1–1 local derby against Real Sociedad.Athletic y Real Sociedad empatan un derbi pobre en juego y ambiente (Athletic and Real Sociedad draw in derby lacking in play and atmosphere); El Mundo, 27 August 2006 (in Spanish)
During his three-season spell with the Basques, Garmendia never appeared in more than 18 La Liga matches, totalling 51 overall. He scored his first goal in the competition on 10 December 2006, helping to a 4–2 home win over Recreativo de Huelva.Urzaiz da al Athletic su primera victoria en casa (Urzaiz gives first home win to Athletic); El Mundo, 10 December 2006 (in Spanish)
In late July 2009, Garmendia bought out the remaining year of his contract and moved to Segunda División club CD Numancia in a 2+1 deal; his former Athletic teammate Iñigo Vélez also made the move.Joseba Garmendia ficha por el Numancia (Joseba Garmendia signs for Numancia); Diario AS, 24 July 2009 (in Spanish) He continued competing at that level the following years, with Girona FCJoseba Garmendia, nuevo refuerzo del Girona (Joseba Garmendia, new Girona addition); Marca, 29 July 2011 (in Spanish) and CD Mirandés,Joseba Garmendia, nuevo jugador del CD Mirandés (Joseba Garmendia, new CD Mirandés player); CD Mirandés, 24 January 2014 (in Spanish) suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury whilst at the service of the former that sidelined him for several months.Posible lesión de cruzados para Joseba Garmendia (Possible cruciate injury for Joseba Garmendia); El Desmarque, 4 October 2012 (in Spanish)
On 1 September 2014, Garmendia joined Real Murcia CF, recently relegated to the Segunda División B.Joseba Garmendia, David Prieto y Víctor Ruiz vestirán de grana (Joseba Garmendia, David Prieto and Víctor Ruiz will wear grana); Real Murcia, 1 September 2014 (in Spanish) He continued playing in the lower leagues until his retirement,El Socuéllamos ficha a Joseba Garmendia, que jugó en Primera División con el Athletic de Bilbao (Socuéllamos sign Joseba Garmendia, who played in Primera División with Athletic de Bilbao); Lanza Digital, 14 July 2016 (in Spanish)El fichaje esperado (The expected signing); Diario Palentino, 27 January 2017 (in Spanish)Joseba Garmendia, nuevo fichaje de clase de la SD Formentera (Joseba Garmendia, new deluxe signing of SD Formentera); Fútbol Balear, 21 January 2019 (in Spanish) which was confirmed in May 2022 at the age of 36.El ex del Athletic Joseba Garmendia cuelga las botas: "¡Besarkada bat!" (Former Athletic man Joseba Garmendia hangs up boots: "Have a hug!"); El Desmarque, 17 May 2022 (in Spanish)
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