 Ocio also began 2009–10 in the starting XI.However, after an injury suffered in early October 2009, he missed the rest of the season, with Athletic finishing eighth, adding just five official appearances in the following year also due to persistent physical problems but renewing his contract on 23 May 2011.35-year-old Ocio was deemed surplus to requirements at Athletic in 2011–12 season after the appointment of manager Marcelo Bielsa, alongside teammates Koikili and Iban Zubiaurre.