Beñat Turrientes

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Turrientes and the second or maternal family name is Imaz.

Beñat Turrientes
Turrientes with Real Sociedad in 2025
Personal information
Full name Beñat Turrientes Imaz[1]
Date of birth (2002-01-31) 31 January 2002 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Beasain, Spain[2]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
Number 8
Youth career
2014–2019 Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Real Sociedad C 17 (0)
2020–2022 Real Sociedad B 35 (0)
2021– Real Sociedad 73 (0)
International career‡
2019–2020 Spain U17 19 (1)
2019 Spain U18 4 (0)
2021–2025 Spain U21 29 (5)
2024 Spain U23 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:02, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:03, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Beñat Turrientes Imaz (born 31 January 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Sociedad.

Club career

Born in Beasain, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Turrientes joined Real Sociedad's youth setup in 2014, aged 12. He made his senior debut with the C-team on 8 September 2019, starting in a 0–0 Tercera División home draw against CD Vitoria.[3]

On 20 September 2019, Turrientes renewed his contract until 2025.[4] Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2020–21 campaign, he featured in 16 matches as the side returned to Segunda División after 59 years.

Turrientes made his professional debut on 21 August 2021, starting in a 0–0 away draw against CD Lugo.[5] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 26 September, starting in a 1–0 home win over Elche CF.[6]

On 7 August 2022, Turrientes was definitely promoted to the main squad, being assigned the number 22 jersey.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 March 2026[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Sociedad C 2019–20 Tercera Federación 17 0 — — — 17 0
Real Sociedad B 2020–21 Segunda División B 15 0 — — 1[a] 0 16 0
2021–22 Segunda División 20 0 — — 1 0 21 0
Total 35 0 — — 1 0 36 0
Real Sociedad 2022–23 La Liga 6 0 1 0 6[b] 0 — 13 0
2023–24 La Liga 29 0 6 0 5[c] 0 — 41 0
2024–25 La Liga 21 0 3 0 7[b] 0 — 31 0
2025–26 La Liga 17 0 6 3 — — 23 3
Total 73 0 16 3 18 0 — 109 3
Career total 125 0 16 3 18 0 1 0 159 3
  1. ^ Appearance in Segunda División play-offs
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Turrientes with Spain U21 in 2021

Real Sociedad B

Spain U23

References

  1. ^ a b "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: Spain (ESP)" (PDF). FIFA. 27 July 2024. p. 13. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Beñat Turrientes". World Football. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Justo empate" [Fair draw] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Renueva hasta 2025" [Renews until 2025] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  5. ^ "El Lugo puso corazón, pero no logró ningún gol" [Lugo put their heart out, but did not score any goals] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Oyarzabal y un regalo de Enzo Roco colocan a la Real a un punto del líder" [Oyarzabal and a gift from Enzo Roco put Real one point shy of the leaders] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Juventud, trabajo e ilusión" [Youth, work and enthusiasm] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  8. ^ Beñat Turrientes at Soccerway
  9. ^ Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C3%B1at_Turrientes