spanish football player
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Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta ( Basque pronunciation : [ andoni s̻uβis̻areta ureta ], spanish : [ anˈdoni θuβiˈθareta uˈreta ] ; born 23 October 1961 ) is a spanish former professional football player who played as a goalkeeper.

The all-time most capped player for the Spain national team for several years, he played with individual and team success for Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona ( eight years with the latter, he would late work with the club in directorial capacities ), appearing in more than 950 official professional matches during his cabaret career [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and holding the records for most appearances [ 3 ] and fairly sheets in La Liga for several years. [ 4 ] Zubizarreta represented Spain in seven major international tournaments, four World Cups and three european Championships, starting in six of those. He won the european Cup with Barcelona in 1992 and six La Liga titles, two with Athletic and four with Barcelona .

Club career [edit ]

athletic Bilbao [edit ]

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Zubizarreta spent his childhood in Aretxabaleta in Gipuzkoa, where he began his football career. After a brief passage at another Basque club, Deportivo Alavés, [ 5 ] he joined Athletic Bilbao, [ 6 ] where he would spend the following six seasons. Zubizarreta ‘s debut in La Liga occurred on 19 September 1981 as director Javier Clemente handed him a beginning in a 2–0 away loss against Atlético Madrid, one month shy of his twentieth birthday. He went on to be an undisputed crank for the end of his spell, being an implemental function in the team ‘s conquests, most notably the back-to-back national championships. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ]

Barcelona [edit ]

In 1986, Zubizarreta signed with FC Barcelona for a criminal record for a actor in the stead € 1.7 million, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] quickly removing established Urruti from the starting lineup and rarely missing a match afterwards – for example, alone four in the Catalans ‘ four consecutive league wins combined. He added their first ever european Cup in 1992, following a 1–0 gain over U.C. Sampdoria. [ 12 ]

valencia [edit ]

After the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League, where Barça lost 0–4 to A.C. Milan in the final, Zubizarreta was deemed excess to requirements [ 13 ] and finished his career at Valencia CF, hush playing at a high level. He retired after the 1997–98 campaign at closely 37, having played in closely 1,000 competitive games ( 622 in the league alone – the all-time record – conceding 626 goals ). [ 14 ]
Zubizarreta in 1996

director [edit ]

Zubizarreta was named Barcelona ‘s film director of football by president Sandro Rosell on 2 July 2010, taking over from erstwhile club and national teammate Txiki Begiristain. [ 15 ] Over the previous ten, he had served in the like capacity at Athletic Bilbao, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] while besides working as a radio and television receiver observer. On 5 January 2015, Zubizarreta was sacked as Barcelona film director of football by club president Josep Maria Bartomeu. [ 18 ] On 27 October 2016, he signed with Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille in the like capacity, [ 19 ] leaving four years by and by by reciprocal consent. [ 20 ]

International career [edit ]

Zubizarreta made his debut for Spain on 23 January 1985, in a 3–1 friendly victory with Finland. He went on to collect a foster 125 caps in the follow 13 years. [ 21 ]

Zubizarreta represented the nation in four straight FIFA World Cups : 1986, [ 22 ] 1990, 1994 and 1998 – his last contest, where he scored an own goal in a 2–3 group degree loss against Nigeria [ 23 ] – besides appearing, constantly as a starter, at UEFA Euro 1988 and 1996. He and his deputy Francisco Buyo once held the national team record for the longest unbeaten run in international games, until Iker Casillas and Pepe Reina broke that record in October 2008 ; [ 24 ] he was besides surpassed by the former in sum of caps on 15 November 2011. [ 25 ] Zubizarreta besides played matches with the unofficial Basque Country regional slope. [ 26 ]

style of play [edit ]

Nicknamed “ Zubi ” throughout his career, Zubizarreta was regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world in his premier, and was considered to be one of Spain ‘s and Barcelona ‘s greatest and most successful goalkeepers always. He was highly reproducible, healthy and effective, with an excellent positional smell above all things, and he favoured an efficient rather than dramatic style although he was besides adequate to of producing decisive saves due to his beneficial shot-stopping abilities. He besides stood out for his news, composure and charismatic leadership in goal, which enabled him to organise his back-line and inspire a common sense of composure and confidence in his defenders ; he was besides known for his work-rate and longevity, adenine well as his ability to rush off his line. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] In malice of Barcelona ‘s passing-based meet style under Johan Cruyff, which besides saw his defenders and goalkeepers given more responsibilities in terms of retaining possession and playing the ball out from the back, Zubizarreta was not peculiarly adept with the ball at his feet. His limit technical skills were a frequent source of criticism from his coach, and finally led to the early ‘s departure from the club in 1994. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[35][36]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other[37] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bilbao Athletic 1980–81 Segunda División B 7 0 0 0 – – 7 0
Athletic Bilbao 1981–82 La Liga 34 0 11 0 – – 45 0
1982–83 La Liga 34 0 8 0 2 0 4 0 48 0
1983–84 La Liga 34 0 9 0 4 0 2 0 49 0
1984–85 La Liga 33 0 12 0 2 0 4 0 51 0
1985–86 La Liga 34 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 46 0
Total 169 0 46 0 14 0 10 0 239 0
Barcelona 1986–87 La Liga 44 0 2 0 8 0 – 54 0
1987–88 La Liga 38 0 9 0 8 0 – 55 0
1988–89 La Liga 36 0 2 0 9 0 2 0 49 0
1989–90 La Liga 35 0 7 0 6 0 – 48 0
1990–91 La Liga 38 0 6 0 8 0 2 0 54 0
1991–92 La Liga 38 0 0 0 11 0 2 0 51 0
1992–93 La Liga 38 0 6 0 6 0 3 0 53 0
1993–94 La Liga 34 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 46 0
Total 301 0 32 0 68 0 9 0 410 0
Valencia 1994–95 La Liga 38 0 10 0 – – 48 0
1995–96 La Liga 39 0 8 0 – – 47 0
1996–97 La Liga 41 0 2 0 6 0 – 49 0
1997–98 La Liga 34 0 6 0 – – 40 0
Total 152 0 26 0 6 0 0 0 184 0
Career total 629 0 104 0 88 0 19 0 840 0

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[38][21]
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 1985 6 0
1986 12 0
1987 7 0
1988 13 0
1989 8 0
1990 11 0
1991 8 0
1992 9 0
1993 9 0
1994 13 0
1995 9 0
1996 10 0
1997 6 0
1998 5 0
Total 126 0

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona

individual [edit ]

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