Ezequiel Garay

Ezequiel Garay
Garay playing for Zenit in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González[1]
Date of birth (1986-10-10) 10 October 1986 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Newell's Old Boys 13 (1)
2005–2008 Racing Santander 60 (12)
2008–2011 Real Madrid 25 (1)
2008–2009Racing Santander (loan) 24 (2)
2011–2014 Benfica 78 (9)
2014–2016 Zenit Saint Petersburg 50 (3)
2016–2020 Valencia 92 (6)
Total 342 (34)
International career
2003 Argentina U17 6 (2)
2008 Argentina U23 9 (0)
2007–2015 Argentina 32 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 2005 Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2014 Brazil
Copa América
Runner-up 2015 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González (Spanish pronunciation: [eseˈkjel ɣaˈɾaj]; born 10 October 1986) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

He started his career with Newell's Old Boys but moved to Spain at the age of 19, going on to amass La Liga totals of 201 games and 21 goals over ten seasons with Racing de Santander, Real Madrid and Valencia. In 2011 he signed with Benfica, winning four major titles, most notably the domestic treble in 2013–14.

Garay represented Argentina at the 2014 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments.

  1. ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 12 de mayo de 2019, en Valencia" [Minutes of the match held on 12 May 2019, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 12 May 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Эсекиэль Гарай" [Ezequiel Garay] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.