He spent his entire professional career contracted to Real Sociedad, with whom he made 303 competitive appearances over 12 seasons, and was also loaned to Eibar in the Segunda División.

[2] Zurutuza was born in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France, to a French mother and a Spanish father; the family returned to the latter's native Basque Country shortly after.

[4] Zurutuza joined Real Sociedad's youth system after starting his football career in Deba, Gipuzkoa.

On 23 November 2008 he made his debut for the main squad, playing ten minutes as a substitute for Necati Ateş in a 1–0 home win against SD Huesca.

[8] He continued to be first choice the next season, making his debut in the competition on 29 August 2010 in the 1–0 home victory over Villarreal CF[9] and scoring his first goal on 28 November in a 3–1 away defeat of Sporting de Gijón;[10][11] he only missed two league matches as the club managed to retain its status.