Club Career
A product of Real Sociedad's youth system, de Pedro first appeared with the main squad on 7 November 1993, subbing in in a 1–3 home defeat against UE Lleida. Subsequently, he became an essential element with the La Liga side, creating opportunities and scoring alike. In the 2002–03 season, he contributed with 29 games and three goals as the Basque finished in second position, trailing eventual champions Real Madrid by only two points.
De Pedro joined Blackburn Rovers in mid-June 2004, after he had been refused a move to Southampton the previous year, playing out undetermined the remaining season of his contract. He made his debut for the club on 14 August, a 1–1 Premier League home draw against West Bromwich Albion, before being substituted by Tugay Kerimoğlu for the second half of the match.
On 31 January 2005, in the last day of the season's winter transfer window, de Pedro was released by Blackburn on a free transfer and signed for Perugia Calcio, where he played only a few matches before joining Swedish club IFK Göteborg, thanks to the presence of former Real Sociedad teammate Håkan Mild, now the club's director of football; he left after only a few days due to personal reasons, in December 2005.
Afterwards, de Pedro would only play some exhibition matches with second tier side Ergotelis FC, in Greece. He would return to Spain to play with an historic club, Burgos CF, but appeared very rarely for the third division side.
In 2007–08, he started the season, alongside former teammate (in both R.Sociedad and country) Agustín Aranzábal, with regional side CD Vera Puerto de la Cruz in the Canary Islands, but was dismissed by the team's coach, due to a lack of commitment. De Pedro retired from football after this experience, and subsequently focused on getting the trainer degree.
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