David Karanka

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::summary Spanish footballer ::

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Field	Value
name	David Karanka
fullname	David Karanka de la Hoz
birth_date
birth_place	Vitoria, Spain
height	1.85 m
position	Striker
youthyears1	1994–1997
youthclubs1	Athletic Bilbao
years1	1997–1998
years2	1998–2000
years3	2000–2003
years4	2000–2001
years5	2002–2003
years6	2003–2005
years7	2005–2007
years8	2008
years9	2008–2009
years10	2009
years11	2010
years12	2010–2013
clubs1	Basconia
clubs2	Bilbao Athletic
clubs3	Athletic Bilbao
clubs4	→ Extremadura (loan)
clubs5	→ Murcia (loan)
clubs6	Murcia
clubs7	Sporting Gijón
clubs8	Real Unión
clubs9	Sant Andreu
clubs10	Guijuelo
clubs11	Orihuela
clubs12	Cieza
caps1	27
caps2	54
caps3	8
caps4	39
caps5	36
caps6	57
caps7	40
caps8	15
caps9	27
caps10	16
caps11	11
caps12	98
totalcaps	428
goals1	15
goals2	17
goals3	1
goals4	13
goals5	13
goals6	8
goals7	2
goals8	3
goals9	5
goals10	1
goals11	2
goals12	62
totalgoals	142
nationalyears1	2003
nationalteam1	Basque Country
nationalcaps1	1
nationalgoals1	0
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He made 39 La Liga appearances over three seasons, scoring eight goals for Athletic Bilbao and Murcia. He added 141 matches and 29 goals in the Segunda División, in a 16-year senior career.

Club career

Karanka was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava. The younger brother of Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid and Colorado Rapids player Aitor Karanka, he was brought up at the Basque giants, and first appeared with the first team on 14 May 2000, playing 15 minutes in a 0–0 La Liga away draw against RCD Espanyol.

After a loan stint to CF Extremadura in 2000–01, where he scored 13 Segunda División goals, Karanka returned to Athletic, with virtually no impact (six games, although he scored once in a 3–2 thriller win at RC Celta de Vigo, as Bilbao trailed 2–0 with eight minutes remaining). He subsequently returned to the second tier, helping Real Murcia CF achieve promotion in 2002–03 by netting 13 goals and adding seven in next season's top flight – already as a permanent player after having been bought outright for €180,000– as the club returned to where it came from.

Two years later, Karanka transferred to fellow second-division side Sporting de Gijón where his form deteriorated, scoring only twice in 33 matches over two complete seasons. In January 2008 he joined Real Unión in Irun, moving in August to another Segunda División B team, UE Sant Andreu.

Karanka split the 2009–10 campaign between CD Guijuelo and Orihuela CF also in division three, totalling just three goals. Aged 32, he dropped down to the Tercera División and signed for CD Cieza.

Karanka went on to work as an assistant manager, starting out at Murcia then joining Nottingham Forest in July 2018. At the second of those clubs and the next, Birmingham City also of the English Championship, he worked under his brother Aitor.

Honours

Basconia

• Tercera División: 1997–98

Murcia

• Segunda División: 2002–03

References

References

1. [http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20111004/deportes_murcia/mas-futbol/anos-nada-20111004.html 33 años no son nada (33 years is nothing)]; [[La Verdad (Murcia). La Verdad]], 4 October 2011 (in Spanish)
2. [http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2000/05/15/pagina-14/706083/pdf.html# El aburrimiento esperado (Expected boredom)]; [[Mundo Deportivo]], 15 May 2000 (in Spanish)
3. [https://as.com/futbol/2002/08/04/mas_futbol/1028412007_850215.html David Karanka jugará cedido en el Real Murcia (David Karanka will play on loan at Real Murcia)]; [[Diario AS]], 4 August 2002 (in Spanish)
4. [http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/2001/11/12/055.html Remontada espectacular del Athletic en Balaídos (Spectacular Athletic comeback at Balaídos)]; [[ABC (newspaper). ABC]], 12 November 2001 (in Spanish)
5. [http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2002/05/20/mas_futbol/1021845623_850215.html David Karanka desvela que Aitor puede volver a Bilbao (David Karanka reveals Aitor may return to Bilbao)]; Diario AS, 20 May 2002 (in Spanish)
6. [http://archivo.marca.com/futbol/pichichi02_03_segunda.html Jesús Perera, Pichichi 2003 en Segunda (Jesús Perera, 2003 ''Pichichi'' in ''Segunda'')]; [[Marca (newspaper). Marca]], 29 June 2003 (in Spanish)
7. [http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2003/07/15/pagina-11/553103/pdf.html#&mode=fullScreen David Karanka ya es del Murcia (David Karanka already belongs to Murcia)]; Mundo Deportivo, 15 July 2003 (in Spanish)
8. [https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/deportes/2013/07/21/murcia-sigue-caza-gol-32502363.html El Murcia sigue a la caza del gol (Murcia still hunting for goals)]; La Opinión de Murcia, 21 July 2013 (in Spanish)
9. [https://www.elcomercio.es/gijon/20070801/deportes/sporting/sporting-ofrece-renovacion-karanka-20070801.html El Sporting ofrece la renovación a Karanka (Sporting offer to renew Karanka)]; [[El Comercio (Spain). El Comercio]], 1 August 2007 (in Spanish)
10. [https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/sporting1905/2025/09/09/eterno-gafe-sporting-9-goleador-largo-historial-decepciones/00031757429722278657581.htm El eterno gafe del Sporting con el «9» goleador y un largo historial de decepciones en más de 20 años (Sporting's eternal jinx with the scoring "9" and a long history of disappointments in more than 20 years)]; [[La Voz de Asturias]], 9 September 2025 (in Spanish)
11. [https://as.com/futbol/2008/01/12/mas_futbol/1200122867_850215.html David Karanka, un refuerzo de lujo para el Real Unión (David Karanka, deluxe signing for Real Unión)]; Diario AS, 12 January 2008 (in Spanish)
12. [https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/20080927/deportes_murcia/lorca/carlos-rueda-lorca-jorge-20080927.html De Carlos, Rueda, Lorca y Jorge Sánchez, juntos en el Sant Andreu (De Carlos, Rueda, Lorca and Jorge Sánchez, together at Sant Andreu)]; La Verdad, 27 September 2008 (in Spanish)
13. [http://www.diarioinformacion.com/deportes/2010/02/04/karanka-francisco-txopi-ordenes-pato/976247.html Karanka, Francisco y Txopi ya están a las órdenes de Pato (Karanka, Francisco and Txopi already working under Pato)]; Diario Información, 4 February 2010 (in Spanish)
14. [http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20100827/deportes_murcia/mas-futbol/cieza-ficha-david-karanka-20100827.html El Cieza ficha a David Karanka (Cieza sign David Karanka)]; La Verdad, 27 August 2010 (in Spanish)
15. [https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/deportes/2018/07/13/david-karanka-llega-nottingham-forest-31663115.html David Karanka llega al Nottingham Forest tras abandonar el Real Murcia (David Karanka arrives at Nottingham Forest after leaving Real Murcia)]; La Opinión de Murcia, 13 July 2018 (in Spanish)
16. [https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/birmingham-city-make-four-key-18803982 Birmingham City make four key signings ahead of the new season]; [[Birmingham Mail]], 20 August 2020
17. [https://www.deia.eus/futbol/2023/06/01/mendilibar-bendita-tombola-sevillismo-6879056.html Mendilibar y la bendita tómbola para el sevillismo (Mendilibar and the holy bingo for Sevilla)]; [[Deia (newspaper). Deia]], 1 June 2023 (in Spanish)
18. [https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20130526/region/ascenso-inolvidable-condomina-20130526.html Un ascenso inolvidable en La Condomina (Unforgettable promotion at La Condomina)]; La Verdad, 26 May 2013 (in Spanish)

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