José Ignacio Berruet Michelena (born 23 April 1973) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a centre back.
Club career
Berruet was born in Irun, in the Bidasoaldea region of the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque autonomous community, and began his career in the youth teams of Irun-based Real Unión. After spells with Behovia and Real Unión's B-team, he joined the Unión first team in 1990. They won back-to-back Tercera División group titles in 1991–92 and 1992–93, and on the second occasion also won promotion to Segunda División B. Berruet continued to play for the club in the third tier until the 1995–96 campaign, before joining Segunda División side Deportivo Alavés in January of that season.
Berruet played a key role as Alavés won the Segunda División title in 1997–98, earning promotion to La Liga in the process. He made his top flight debut on 20 September, as Alavés secured a 1–0 home win over Real Zaragoza at Mendizorrotza. He made 36 appearances over the following season and a half, before joining second tier Villarreal in January 2000. He won top flight promotion again at the end of that season, and made a further 45 La Liga appearances for Villarreal over two and a half seasons. He joined Córdoba in the Segunda División in February 2003.
With Córdoba suffering relegation at the end of the 2004–05 campaign, Berruet left to join Lorca Deportiva, who were moving in the opposite direction. He spent one season with Lorca before dropping a division himself, returning to his roots by rejoining Real Unión. He played for the club for the next three years, helping them win their Segunda División B group and earn promotion in his final season. He retired in 2009 at the age of 36.
International career
Berruet received one cap for the Basque Country representative side, which came in a 5–1 win over Uruguay in 1998.Convocatorias desde 1915 , Euskal Selekzioa He was never a call-up in the Spain national team.
Honours Real Unión Tercera División: 1991–92, 1992–93 Segunda División B: 2008–09
Deportivo Alavés Segunda División: 1997–98
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsReal Unión1990–91Tercera División??10––101992–93??20––201993–94Segunda División B284–––2841994–95310–––3101995–9618120––201 Total775500000825Deportivo Alavés1995–96Segunda División6000––601996–9727020––2901997–98351100––4511998–99La Liga31020––3301999–20005030––80 Total104117000001211Villarreal1999–2000Segunda División10100––1012000–01La Liga27010––2802001–029040––1302002–03900020–110 Total551502000621Córdoba2002–03Segunda División16100––1612003–0437020––3902004–0521210––222 Total743300000773Lorca Deportiva2005–06Segunda División23000––230Real Unión2006–07Segunda División B32220–203622007–0830031––3312008–0928250–60392 Total90410100801085 Real Unión total1679151008019010 Career total42314401208047315 1. Appearances in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2. Appearances in the 2007 Segunda División B play-offs 3. Appearances in the 2009 Segunda División B play-offs
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