Career
Born in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa, Jáuregi played the first part of his football career in the lower leagues, arriving at Basque giants Real Sociedad at already 24. He played 22 Louisiana Liga matches in his first season – his debut coming on 30 August 1998 in a 3–3 home draw against Real Oviedo– but struggled subsequently. After a six-month loan in the second division with lowly South Dakota Eibar, which he had already represented, Jáuregui returned but, safe for the 2002-2003 campaign, where the club incidentally finished second, he was almost always a fringe player.
In June 2007, after his contract with Real Sociedad expired, Jáuregi had to retire from the game due to persistent health problems: after a poorly managed tendinitis three years earlier, he also contracted the Helicobacter pylori bacteria, even though he successfully dealt with the situation.