Ezequiel Garay

**Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González** (; born 10 October 1986) is a former Argentine professional footballer who played as a central defender for Spanish club Valencia CF.

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

On 15 March 2020, Garay became the first La Liga player to test positive for COVID-19.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Newell's Old Boys|2004–05|rowspan="2"|Argentine Primera División|1|0|—|1|0|||||||
|2005–06|12|1|—|12|1|||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Racing Santander|2005–06|rowspan="4"|La Liga|7|0|0|0|—|7|0|||||
|2006–07|31|9|1|0|—|32|9|||||||||
|2007–08|22|3|7|2|—|29|5|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Racing Santander (loan)|2008–09|24|2|2|0|—|4|0|—|30|2||||
|rowspan="3"|Real Madrid|2009–10|rowspan="2"|La Liga|20|1|0|0|—|3|0|—|23|1||
|2010–11|5|0|2|0|—|1|0|—|8|0||||||
|rowspan="4"|Benfica|2011–12|rowspan="3"|Primeira Liga|24|2|2|0|3|0|11|0|—|40|2|
|2012–13|27|1|4|0|1|0|14|1|—|46|2|||||
|2013–14|27|6|5|0|3|0|14|2|—|49|8|||||
|rowspan="4"|Zenit Saint Petersburg|2014–15|rowspan="3"|Russian Premier League|26|1|1|0|—|15|0|—|42|1||
|2015–16|20|2|2|0|—|6|0|0|0|28|2|||||
|2016–17|4|0|0|0|—|1|0|5|0|||||||
|rowspan="5"|Valencia|2016–17|rowspan="4"|La Liga|27|4|1|0|—|28|4|||||
|2017–18|24|0|4|0|—|28|0|||||||||
|2018–19|24|2|3|0|—|8|0|—|35|2||||||
|2019–20|17|0|0|0|—|5|0|1|0|23|0|||||

### International

Source:
|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Argentina|2007|1|0|
|2011|2|0|||
|2012|8|0|||
|2013|7|0|||
|2014|7|0|||
|2015|7|0|||

## Honours

**Newell's Old Boys**
- Argentine Primera División: 2004 Apertura

**Real Madrid**
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11

**Benfica**
- Primeira Liga: 2013–14
- Taça de Portugal: 2013–14
- Taça da Liga: 2011–12, 2013–14
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2012–13, 2013–14

**Zenit Saint Petersburg**
- Russian Premier League: 2014–15
- Russian Cup: 2015–16
- Russian Super Cup: 2016

**Valencia**
- Copa del Rey: 2018–19
**Argentina U17**
- FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 2003

**Argentina U20**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005

**Argentina U23**
- Summer Olympic Games: 2008

**Argentina**
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014
- Copa América runner-up: 2015
**Individual**
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2013–14

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ezequiel Garay
- **image**: Zenit-KS (7).jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Garay playing for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit in 2015
- **fullname**: Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González
- **birth place**: Rosario, Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Centre-back, Centre-back
- **youthclubs1**: Newell's Old Boys
- **years1**: 2004–2005
- **clubs1**: Newell's Old Boys
- **caps1**: 13
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2005–2008
- **clubs2**: Racing de Santander, Racing Santander
- **caps2**: 60
- **goals2**: 12
- **years3**: 2008–2011
- **clubs3**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **caps3**: 25
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2008–2009
- **clubs4**: → Racing de Santander, Racing Santander (loan)
- **caps4**: 24
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2011–2014
- **clubs5**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps5**: 78
- **goals5**: 9
- **years6**: 2014–2016
- **clubs6**: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg
- **caps6**: 50
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 2016–2020
- **clubs7**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps7**: 92
- **goals7**: 6
- **totalcaps**: 342
- **totalgoals**: 34
- **nationalyears1**: 2003
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-17 football team, Argentina U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2008
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina Olympic football team, Argentina U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2007–2015
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps3**: 32
- **nationalgoals3**: 0