_(cropped).jpg) Prieto with Real Sociedad in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Xabier Prieto Argarate | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1983 | ||
| 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. 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.