Andoni Zubizarreta

Andoni Zubizarreta
Andoni Zubizarreta, 2013
Personnel
Surname	Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta
birthday	October 23, 1961
place of birth	Vitoria ,  Spain
size	187 cm
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
1977-1979	Unión Deportiva Aretxabaleta
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1979-1980	Deportivo Alavés	0 (0)
1980-1986	Athletic Bilbao	169 (0)
1986-1994	FC Barcelona	301 (0)
1994-1998	Valencia CF	152 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1979-1980	Spain U18	12 (0)
1981	Spain U-19	1 (0)
1979-1984	Spain U-21	17 (0)
1984	Spain (amateur)	1 (0)
1985-1998	Spain	126 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta (born October 23, 1961 in Vitoria ) is a Spanish football official and former football goalkeeper . Since October 2016 he has been working as sports director for the French first division club Olympique de Marseille .

He was the Spanish national record player from October 13, 1993 to November 15, 2011, then was replaced by Iker Casillas . With his 622 appearances, he is still the record player in the Spanish league . Because of his zeal for work and his strong leadership personality, he was also called El Centurión (Eng. The Centurio ).

Career

As a player

Zubizarreta was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz and spent his childhood in Aretxabaleta . At the local club Unión Deportiva Aretxabaleta , he began his career in 1977. After two years, the Basque moved to Deportivo Alavés for a year . He then moved to Athletic Bilbao and was Spanish champion twice (1983 and 1984). After joining FC Barcelona in 1986 , he won the European Cup (1992) and the Spanish championship four more times. In 1994 he changed clubs one last time, he went to Valencia CF , where he ended his career in 1998.

He played his first international match on January 23, 1985 against Finland (3-1). On June 24, 1998 he ended his national team career at the World Cup preliminary round match against Bulgaria (6-1).

“Zubi”, as he is called by fans and the media, was a World Cup participant in 1986 , 1990 , 1994 and 1998 . He also took part in the European Championships in 1984 , 1988 and 1996 .

As a functionary

Zubizarreta was the sports director at Athletic Bilbao for three years. Then he was seen as a commentator on television. In July 2010 he became sports director at FC Barcelona as the successor to Txiki Begiristain . He was released in early January 2015.

On October 27, 2016, he took over the post of sports director at the French first division club Olympique Marseille , and in mid-May 2020 the mutual separation took place.

successes

• European Champion Clubs' Cup : 1992
• European Cup Winners' Cup : 1989
• UEFA Super Cup : 1992
• Spanish championship : 1983 , 1984 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 and 1994
• Spanish Cup : 1984, 1988, 1990
• Spanish Super Cup : 1991, 1992
• Vice European Championship : 1984
• Participation in a world championship : 1986 (5 missions), 1990 (4 missions), 1994 (4 missions), 1998 (3 missions)
• Participation in a European Championship : 1984 (no assignment), 1988 (3 assignments), 1996 (4 assignments)
• Spain's Footballer of the Year: 1987

Web links

• FIFA.com: Andoni Zubizarreta - Gate to Office ( January 26, 2009 memento on the Internet Archive )
• Andoni Zubizarreta in the database of weltfussball.de
• Overview of his international appearances

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FCBarcelona.com: Zubizarreta, new technical director ( Memento from July 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Primera División: Barça dismisses sports director Zubizarreta. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved October 27, 2016 . 
3. ^ Andoni Zubizarreta nommé directeur sportif de l'OM . In: OM.net . October 27, 2016 ( om.net [accessed October 27, 2016]).
4. ^ Marseille separates from Zubizarreta . In: fussballtransfers.com . May 15, 2020 ( fussballtransfers.com [accessed May 15, 2020]).