Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga

Andoni Goikoetxea

Personal information
Full name	Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga
Date of birth	(1956-05-23) 23 May 1956 (age 56)
Place of birth	Alonsotegi, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Youth career
	Arbuyo
1973–1974	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1974–1975	Bilbao Athletic	25	(8)
1975–1987	Athletic Bilbao	279	(35)
1987–1990	Atlético Madrid	35	(0)
Total		339	(43)
National team
1975	Spain U18	1	(0)
1977	Spain U21	3	(0)
1983	Spain amateur	1	(0)
1983–1988	Spain	39	(4)
Teams managed
1995	Spain U20
1996–1998	Salamanca
1998–1999	Compostela
1999–2000	Numancia
2000–2001	Racing Santander
2001–2002	Rayo Vallecano
2004–2005	Salamanca
2005–2007	Numancia
2007–2008	Hércules
2010–2011	Ceuta
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (born 23 May 1956 in Alonsotegi, Biscay), Goiko for short, is a retired Spanish footballer and a current coach.

During his career, the central defender played mainly for Athletic Club de Bilbao, also having been a Spain and Euskadi XI international. Among the followers of Athletic Club, he was known as El Gigante de Alonsotegui (Alonsotegui's giant). Also, he was dubbed "The Butcher from Bilbao"^[1] because of his aggressive, rude tactics.

Having gained nearly 40 caps for Spain in the 1980s, Goikoetxea represented the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

Goikoetxea began his playing career as a youth with Arbuyo, before joining Athletic Bilbao in 1974. Before establishing himself in the senior team, he played for the reserve side. In his debut season in La Liga, he netted four goals in 27 contests, being somewhat absent (only 26 matches from 1976–79 combined) in the following years.

During the 1980s, along with Dani, Manuel Sarabia, José María "Chato" Nuñez, José Ramón Gallego and Andoni Zubizarreta, Goikoetxea was a prominent member of the successful Bilbao team coached by Javier Clemente. In 1984, the Basque renewed its league title, also achieving the double (league and cup) in that year.

Earlier, on 24 September 1983, Goiko achieved notoriety for an infamous tackle on Diego Maradona in a league match at the Camp Nou, ferociously tackling the Argentine from behind and leaving him severely injured, and reportedly later keeping "the boot he had used to destroy...(Maradona’s) ankle ligaments" at home in a glass case.^[1] When the two teams met in that year's Cup final (1–0 for Athletic), the match ended with several players fighting in the field. Goikoetxea also severely injured German Bernd Schuster when the latter played with the Catalans, leaving him with a serious right knee injury, from which Schuster never fully recovered to his level of earlier seasons.

After three years with Atlético de Madrid where he appeared sparingly (with a best output of 14 matches), Goikoetxea retired at almost 34, with 369 overall matches for Athletic, scoring 44 goals.

Subsequently, he became a manager, coaching UD Salamanca (twice), SD Compostela, CD Numancia (twice), Racing de Santander and Rayo Vallecano. In 1996–97, he guided Salamanca to a top flight promotion, after finishing second. He was also assistant of the Spanish national team to former club boss Clemente, during the World Cup held in the United States in 1994.

In 2007, Goikoetxea joined Hércules CF in Alicante, in the second division, being released at the season's end.

International career

Goikoetxea played 39 times for Spain, making his debut against Holland, on February 16, 1983. He represented Spain at both UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. During the latter competition he scored one of his four international goals in the game against Denmark, in a round-of-16 5–1 triumph (all remaining four were scored by Emilio Butragueño).^[2]

Goikoetxea also played two games for the Basque Country national football team, in 1979 and 1988.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 May 1984	Charmilles, Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland	0–4	0–4	Friendly
2.	14 November 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	2–1	3–1	1986 World Cup qualification
3.	18 June 1986	La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico	Denmark	1–3	1–5	1986 FIFA World Cup
4.	15 October 1986	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany	West Germany	2–2	2–2	Friendly

Club statistics

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

• Spanish League: 1982–83, 1983–84
• Spanish Cup: 1983–84
• Spanish Supercup: 1984

References

External links

• BDFutbol player profile
• BDFutbol coach profile
• Athletic Bilbao profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Andoni Goikoetxea at National-Football-Teams.com
• Andoni Goikoetxea – FIFA competition record
• International appearances; at RSSSF

Spain squads v t e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1984 Runners-up 1 Arconada 2 Urquiaga 3 Camacho 4 Maceda 5 Goikoetxea 6 Gordillo 7 Señor 8 Muñoz 9 Santillana 10 Gallego 11 Carrasco 12 Salva 13 Buyo 14 J. Alberto 15 Roberto 16 Francisco 17 Marcos 18 Butragueño 19 Sarabia 20 Zubizarreta Coach: Muñoz v t e Spain squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta 2 Tomás 3 Camacho (c) 4 Maceda 5 Víctor 6 Gordillo 7 Señor 8 Goikoetxea 9 Butragueño 10 Carrasco 11 Julio Alberto 12 Setién 13 Urruti 14 Gallego 15 Chendo 16 Rincón 17 Francisco 18 Calderé 19 Salinas 20 Eloy 21 Míchel 22 Ablanedo Coach: Muñoz v t e Spain squad – 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship Fourth Place 1 López Vallejo (c) 2 Alberto 3 Cordón 4 Martínez 5 César 6 Cuartero 7 Raúl 8 Salgado 9 De la Peña 10 Roger 11 Etxeberria 12 Míchel 13 Manu 14 Morientes 15 Ochoa 16 Velamazán 17 Mingo 18 Gorka Coach: Goikoetxea