In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prieto and the second or maternal family name is Argarate.
Xabi Prieto
Prieto with Real Sociedad in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Xabier Prieto Argarate
Date of birth
(1983-08-29) 29 August 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth
San Sebastián, Spain
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)
Right midfielder
Youth career
Ikastola Santo Tomas Lizeoa
2000–2002
Real Sociedad
2000–2001
→ Hernani (loan)
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2001–2004
Real Sociedad B
48
(8)
2003–2018
Real Sociedad
479
(67)
Total
527
(75)
International career
2004–2005
Spain U21
5
(0)
2004–2016
Basque Country
14
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Xabier "Xabi" Prieto Argarate (born 29 August 1983) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played mainly as a right midfielder. A player of good dribbling skills, he was also a penalty kick specialist.[1][2] He spent his entire career with Real Sociedad, playing 530 competitive matches for the club.[3][4]
^Ramajo, Roberto (24 February 2015). "Xabi Prieto solo ha fallado un penalti en Primera División" [Xabi Prieto has only missed one penalty in Primera División]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^López, Ángel (15 May 2017). "Prieto rebautiza el penalti: alegría máxima" [Prieto rechristens penalty: maximum joy]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^Lowe, Sid (20 October 2017). "Xabi Prieto as happy as ever as Real Sociedad's long-serving heart and soul". ESPN FC. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^Pérez, Javier (25 August 2017). "Andrés Fernández se lesiona de gravedad en el homenaje con goleada de la Real a Xabi Prieto" [Andrés Fernández seriously injured in Real's homage with goals to Xabi Prieto]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2018.
Xabier "Xabi" Prieto Argarate (born 29 August 1983) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played mainly as a right midfielder. A player of good...
Darko Kovačević Imanol Agirretxe Bittor Alkiza Periko Alonso Xabi Alonso Xabier Prieto Mikel Aranburu Agustín Aranzábal José Araquistáin Luis Arconada...
15 November 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2016. "XabiPrieto, el jugador con más partidos desde 1979" [XabiPrieto, the player with the most matches since 1979]...
11 November 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2017. "Para Prieto todo empezó contra Honduras" [For Prieto everything started against Honduras]. Mundo Deportivo...
team players since 1990 # Name Position First cap Last cap Caps Goals 1 XabiPrieto MF 2004 2016 14 0 2 Aritz Aduriz FW 2006 2019 13 12 3 Igor Gabilondo...
1997, against Yugoslavia. Both were records for some years, although XabiPrieto went on to appear in more matches and Aritz Aduriz scored more goals...
Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2023. "XabiPrieto, el jugador con más partidos desde 1979" [XabiPrieto, player with the most matches since 1979]...
action on 19 August 2017 following a 20-month hiatus, replacing captain XabiPrieto as their team came from behind to defeat hosts RC Celta de Vigo 3–2 in...
Unión. A product of Real Sociedad's youth ranks, as was younger brother Xabi, Alonso was born in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa, and made his debut in La Liga on 22...
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