Javier Garrido Behobide was born on March 15, 1985 in Irun in Spain.
He signed his first professional contract with Real Sociedad when he was still a kid and went through all of the various youth teams. He started playing professionally with Real Sociedad B in the second and third Spanish divisions and in 2004 he debuted with the first team on August 29 in the match against Levante. In three years, he played 86 games with one goal for the Basques but in 2007 the club, in a serious financial crisis, was forced to sell him to Manchester City. Under manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, he made 29 appearances, but less in his second year (23) and until Roberto Mancini arrived he was not considered at all in his third. After a final season with just 12 appearances, he left and joined Lazio.
The Biancocelesti had received an incredible offer for Aleksandar Kolarov (€18 million) and hence needed a substitute as left back. Garrido was offered and Lazio accepted.
His stay at Lazio was marred by injury and he found it hard to budge Stefan Radu out of the first eleven. In two years, he made 23 appearances with one goal.
In 2013 he was loaned to Norwich City. In his one season loan he made a good impression, the Canaries managed to stay in the premier league and decided on a permanent move for the Spaniard. But in the next two years he made just 18 appearances and when his contract ended it was not renewed.
In 2015 he signed for Las Palmas in the Spanish first tier but after a year moved to AEK Larnaca in Cyprus. His last two years of active football were with Real Union in his hometown of Irun.
At International level, Garrido played for many “under” teams for Spain (17, 19, 20 and 21) winning a European Under-19 Championship in 2004 and participating in the World Under-20 Championship.
At Lazio Garrido was a bit of a disappointment. Constantly injured, when he did appear his contribution was not up to par.
Lazio Career
Season | Total appearances (goals) | Serie A | Coppa Italia |
2010-11 | 12 (1) | 10 | 2 (1) |
2011-12 | 11 | 11 | - |
Total | 23 (1) | 21 | 2 (1) |
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