Zubizarreta in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta | ||
Date of birth | 23 October 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1976–1978 | Aretxabaleta | ||
1978–1979 | Alavés | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1980 | Alavés B | 32 | (0) |
1980–1981 | Alavés | 0 | (0) |
1981 | Bilbao Athletic | 7 | (0) |
1981–1986 | Athletic Bilbao | 169 | (0) |
1986–1994 | Barcelona | 301 | (0) |
1994–1998 | Valencia | 152 | (0) |
Total | 661 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1979–1980 | Spain U18 | 12 | (0) |
1981 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
1979–1984 | Spain U21 | 17 | (0) |
1984 | Spain amateur | 1 | (0) |
1985–1998 | Spain | 126 | (0) |
1993–1997 | Basque Country | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta (Basque pronunciation: [andoni s̻uβis̻areta ureta], Spanish: [anˈdoni θuβiˈθareta wˈreta]; born 23 October 1961) is a Spanish former professional footballer 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 later work with the club in directorial capacities), appearing in more than 950 official professional matches during his club career[1][2] and holding the records for most appearances[3] and clean 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.