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{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{Distinguish|Jon Andoni Goikoetxea}}
{{family name hatnote|Goikoetxea|Olaskoaga|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Andoni Goikoetxea
| image = Goiko.jpg
| caption =
| fullname = Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/players/andoni-goikoetxea-olaskoaga|title=Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga|publisher=Athletic Bilbao|access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|8|23|df=y}}<ref name=Bio/>
| birth_place = [[Alonsotegi]], Spain<ref name=Bio/>
| height = 1.85 m
| position = [[Centre-back]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Arbuyo
| youthyears2 = 1973–1974 | youthclubs2 = [[Athletic Bilbao Cantera|Athletic Bilbao]]
| years1 = 1973–1975 | clubs1 = [[Bilbao Athletic]] | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 8
| years2 = 1975–1987 | clubs2 = [[Athletic Bilbao]] | caps2 = 277 | goals2 = 35
| years3 = 1987–1990 | clubs3 = [[Atlético Madrid]] | caps3 = 35 | goals3 = 0
| totalcaps = 337 | totalgoals = 43
| nationalyears1 = 1975 | nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-18 football team|Spain U18]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1977 | nationalteam2 = [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain U21]] | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1983 | nationalteam3 = [[Spain national amateur football team|Spain amateur]] | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 1983–1988 | nationalteam4 = [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] | nationalcaps4 = 39 | nationalgoals4 = 4
| nationalyears5 = 1978–1990 | nationalteam5  = [[Basque Country national football team|Basque Country]] | nationalcaps5  = 4 | nationalgoals5 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1992–1996 | managerclubs1 = [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain U21]]
| manageryears2 = 1995 | managerclubs2 = [[Spain national under-20 football team|Spain U20]]
| manageryears3 = 1996–1998 | managerclubs3 = [[UD Salamanca|Salamanca]]
| manageryears4 = 1998–1999 | managerclubs4 = [[SD Compostela|Compostela]]
| manageryears5 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs5 = [[CD Numancia|Numancia]]
| manageryears6 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs6 = [[Racing de Santander|Racing Santander]]
| manageryears7 = 2001 | managerclubs7 = [[Rayo Vallecano]]
| manageryears8 = 2004–2005 | managerclubs8 = [[UD Salamanca|Salamanca]]
| manageryears9 = 2005–2007 | managerclubs9 = [[CD Numancia|Numancia]]
| manageryears10 = 2007–2008 | managerclubs10 = [[Hércules CF|Hércules]]
| manageryears11 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs11 = [[AD Ceuta|Ceuta]]
| manageryears12 = 2013–2015 | managerclubs12 = [[Equatorial Guinea national football team|Equatorial Guinea]]
| medaltemplates = {{medalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
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{{MedalBronze|[[1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1994]]|}}
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'''Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga''' (born 23 August 1956), '''Goiko''' for short, is a Spanish former [[Association football|football]] [[centre-back]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]].

He was known for his aggressive play, and was nicknamed "The Butcher of [[Bilbao]]". He mainly played for [[Athletic Bilbao]], being known as ''El Gigante de Alonsotegui'' (The [[Giant (mythology)|Giant]] of Alonsotegui) among the club's fans.<ref name=Legends>{{cite news|url=http://athletic.elcorreo.com/leyendas/goiko.html|title=Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – 'Goiko'|trans-title=Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – 'Goiko'|newspaper=[[El Correo]]|language=es|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref><ref name=Protagonists>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/26/icon/1461672537_254536.html|title=Rafa Nadal y Jorge Lorenzo, protagonistas de las dos portadas de ICON SPORT|trans-title=Rafa Nadal and Jorge Lorenzo, protagonists of the two ICON SPORT covers|newspaper=[[El País]]|language=es|date=26 April 2014|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref>

Goikoetxea was a [[Spain men's national football team|Spanish international]] in the 1980s. He won 39 [[Cap (sport)|caps]], and represented the country in the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 1984]].

==Club career==
===Athletic Bilbao===
Born in [[Alonsotegi]], [[Biscay]], Goikoetxea began playing football with local Arbuyo before joining [[Athletic Bilbao]] in 1973 where, after starting out at [[Bilbao Athletic|the reserve side]], he soon established himself in the senior team squad. He scored four [[La Liga]] goals in 27 games in his [[1975–76 La Liga|debut season]], but played a lesser role in the following three years with a total of only 24 appearances.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1975/05/23/MD19750523-002.pdf|title=Los cachorros son casi leones|trans-title=The pups are almost lions|newspaper=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|language=es|date=23 May 1975|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref>

During the 1980s, along with [[Dani (footballer, born 1951)|Dani]], [[José Ramón Gallego]], [[José Núñez (footballer)|José Núñez]], [[Manuel Sarabia]] and [[Andoni Zubizarreta]], ''Goiko'' was a prominent member of the successful Bilbao side coached by [[Javier Clemente]]. In [[1983–84 La Liga|1984]] the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque]] club renewed its league title, also achieving [[Double (association football)|the double]] (league and [[Copa del Rey]]) in that year.

====Maradona foul====
[[File:Goikoetxea lesiona maradona.jpg|thumb|left|The moment when Goikoetxea injures Maradona]]
On 24 September 1983, Goikoetxea achieved notoriety for a foul on [[Diego Maradona]] described as "one of the most brutal fouls ever delivered in the history of Spanish football".<ref name=Burns>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=muUjb4rhzL8C&pg=PA115|title=Maradona: The Hand of God|publisher=A&C Black|first=Jimmy|last=Burns|pages=115|date=5 December 2011|isbn=978-1-4088-2772-7}}</ref> In a league match at the [[Camp Nou]], he [[Tackle (football move)|tackled]] the Argentine from behind and broke his ankle.<ref name=Burns/> Maradona compared the sound he heard to that of wood breaking<ref name=SZ>{{cite news|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/fussball-historie-wie-holz-das-bricht-1.686363|title=Wie Holz, das bricht|trans-title=Like wood, it breaks|newspaper=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]|first=Javier|last=Cáceres|language=de|date=17 May 2010|access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> and, in the aftermath, English journalist Edward Owen coined the phrase "Butcher of Bilbao" to describe Goikoetxea,<ref name=Burns/><ref name=SZ/> a nickname which stayed with him for the rest of his career. Maradona's compatriot [[César Luis Menotti]], the coach of [[FC Barcelona]], accused the Spaniard of "belonging to a 'race of anti-footballers'" and called for a lifelong ban;<ref name=Burns/> he was served a ten-match ban by the [[Royal Spanish Football Federation]].<ref name=Burns/> It was later reported he kept "the boot he had used to destroy...(Maradona's) ankle ligaments" at home in a glass case.<ref name=Hard>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2215721.ece|title=Football's 50 greatest hard men|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=2007|access-date=23 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821145231/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2215721.ece|archive-date=21 August 2008}}</ref>

Two seasons earlier, Goikoetxea had severely injured Barcelona midfielder [[Bernd Schuster]], leaving him with a serious right knee injury from which the German never fully recovered.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/09/22/deportes/1222034422_850215.html|title=Estas botas son la cara y la cruz del fútbol|trans-title=These boots are the heads and tails of football|newspaper=El País|first=Unai|last=Larrea|language=es|date=22 September 2008|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> When the two teams met in the [[1984 Copa del Rey final]] in May, the match ended 1–0 for Athletic. Featuring in a mass brawl on the pitch, he kicked Maradona's chest;<ref name=Burns/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2008/dec/05/joy-of-six-scott-murray|title=The Joy of Six: hot football funks|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|first=Scott|last=Murray|date=5 December 2008|access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> he was initially banned for 18 games for his actions, but the suspension was later reduced to seven.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1999/11/27/deportes/943657208_850215.html|title=El tercer mayor castigo|trans-title=The third biggest punishment|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=27 November 1999|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref>

===Later career===
After three years with [[Atlético Madrid]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1987/07/10/deportes/552866404_850215.html|title=Goikoetxea y Parra firmaron ayer por tres años con el Atlético|trans-title=Goikoetxea and Parra signed with Atlético for three years yesterday|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=10 July 1987|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> where he featured sparingly, Goikoetxea retired aged 33. He appeared in 369 competitive matches for Athletic, netting 44 times.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/20/deportes/661647608_850215.html|title=San Mamés despide hoy a Goikoetxea, prototipo genuino del 'león vasco'|trans-title=Today, San Mamés bids farewell to Goikoetxea, genuine epitome of the 'Basque' lion|newspaper=El País|first=Eduardo|last=Rodrigálvarez|language=es|date=20 December 1990|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref>

==International career==
Goikoetxea played 39 matches with [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]], making his debut against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] on 16 February 1983.<ref name=RSSSF>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/goicoechea-intl.html|title=Andoni Goicoechea Olascoaga – International Appearances|website=[[RSSSF]]|first=Emilio|last=Pla Díaz|access-date=6 November 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206013156/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/goicoechea-intl.html|archive-date=6 February 2009}}</ref> He represented the nation at both [[UEFA Euro 1984]] and the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]. During the latter competition he scored one of his four international goals, through a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty]] in a round-of-16 5–1 win against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] – the remaining four came courtesy of [[Emilio Butragueño]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1986/06/19/pagina-4/1134931/pdf.html|title=5–1: ¡Buitre, que grande eres!|trans-title=5–1: Vulture, you're so great!|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Andrés|last=Astruells|language=es|date=19 June 1986|access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Goikoetxea became a coach two years after retiring, starting to work at club level in 1996 and going on to be in charge of [[UD Salamanca]] (twice),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1997/10/22/deportes/877471210_850215.html|title=Goiko, cesado como técnico del Salamanca|trans-title=Goiko, sacked as Salamanca coach|newspaper=El País|first=Agusti|last=Sintes|language=es|date=22 October 1997|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/PUB/2005/03/10/EMD20050310036MDP.pdf|title=Goikoetxea, al Salamanca|trans-title=Goikoetxea, to Salamanca|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Carlos|last=Martín|language=es|date=10 March 2005|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> [[SD Compostela]], [[CD Numancia]] (two spells),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2000/05/22/deportes/958946410_850215.html|title=Goikoetxea no seguirá en el Numancia la próxima temporada|trans-title=Goikoetxea will not continue with Numancia next season|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=22 May 2000|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com./EMD02/PUB/2005/12/07/EMD20051207038MDP.pdf|title=Goikoetxea regresa al banquillo soriano|trans-title=Goikoetxea returns to ''soriano'' bench|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Amancio|last=Martínez|language=es|date=7 December 2005|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> [[Racing de Santander]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2000/12/05/deportes/975970805_850215.html|title=Ratificado y destituido en 48 horas|trans-title=Confirmed and dismissed in 48 hours|newspaper=El País|first=Mauro|last=Muriendas|language=es|date=5 December 2000|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> and [[Rayo Vallecano]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2001/10/01/deportes/1001887217_850215.html|title=El vestuario se traga a 'Goiko'|trans-title=Locker room eats 'Goiko' up|newspaper=El País|first1=Diego|last1=Torres|first2=Óscar|last2=Sanz|language=es|date=1 October 2001|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> In the [[1996–97 Segunda División|1996–97 season]] he guided Salamanca to promotion from the [[Segunda División]], finishing second. He was assistant with the Spain national team to his former manager Clemente, during the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]] held in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1992/09/24/deportes/717285602_850215.html|title=Goikoetxea, con Clemente|trans-title=Goikoetxea, with Clemente|newspaper=El País|first=Juan José|last=Paradinas|language=es|date=24 September 1992|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref>

In June 2007, Goikoetxea joined [[Alicante]]-based [[Hércules CF]] in the second tier,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.superdeporte.es/futbol/4728/andoni-goikoetxea-entrenara-hercules-proxima-temporada/9000.html|title=Andoni Goikoetxea entrenará al Hércules en la próxima temporada|trans-title=Andoni Goikoetxea to manage Hércules next season|newspaper=[[Super Deporte]]|language=es|date=11 June 2007|access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> being released at the end of [[2007–08 Segunda División|the campaign]] after being suspended by the club for implying its internal structures "stank".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.diarioinformacion.com/deportes/2008/04/11/hercules-cf-abre-proceso-disciplinario-andoni-goikoetxea/742834.html|title=El Hércules CF abre proceso disciplinario a Andoni Goikoetxea|trans-title=Hércules CF start disciplinary proceedings against Andoni Goikoetxea|newspaper=Diario Información|language=es|date=11 April 2008|access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> In late February 2013 he was appointed coach of [[Equatorial Guinea national football team|Equatorial Guinea]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iratzar.blogspot.pt/2013/02/goikoetxea-seleccionador-de-la-nzalang.html|title=Goikoetxea, seleccionador de la Nzalang Nacional|trans-title=Goikoetxea, Nzalang national team coach|publisher=Iratzar Blogspot|language=es|date=27 February 2013|access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref> being dismissed in January 2015 just three weeks before the start of the [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations]] due to poor performance in friendlies, which included a loss to a lower league side in Portugal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/02/equatorial-guinea-fire-coach-andoni-goikoetxea|title=Africa Cup of Nations hosts Equatorial Guinea sack Andoni Goikoetxea|newspaper=The Guardian|date=January 2015|access-date=7 January 2015}}</ref>

==Style of play==
Although he lacked pace, Goikoetxea was a tall and physically powerful central defender.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-the-butcher-of-bilbao-almost-ended-diego-maradonas-career/|title=How the 'Butcher of Bilbao' almost ended Diego Maradona's career|publisher=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|first=Will|last=Magee|date=16 June 2017|access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref><ref name=Killer>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/25072353.butcher-bilbao-andoni-goikoetxea-hero-killer/|title=Did 'The Butcher of Bilbao' get a bad rap? Was Goikoetxea more 'hero' than 'killer'?|newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|first=Matthew|last=Lindsay|date=8 April 2025|access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref> He was known as ''El Gigante de Alonsotegui'' (The Giant of Alonsotegui) among the fans of Athletic Bilbao, a reference to his height and hometown.<ref name=Legends/><ref name=Protagonists/> 

Goikoetxea was also notorious for his aggressive style of play,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.empireonline.com/forum/printable.asp?m=1554851|title=Top 50 hardest footballers|magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=13 August 2007|access-date=1 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019002225/http://www.empireonline.com/forum/printable.asp?m=1554851|archive-date=19 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/internacional/es/desarrollo/1025922.html|title=Goikoetxea: "Me crucificaron por lo de Maradona, pero de Figo nadie dice nada"|trans-title=Goikoetxea: "I was crucified for the Maradona bit, but no one says anything about Figo"|newspaper=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]]|language=es|date=13 August 2007|access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/332014/0/goicoechea/duros/sun/|title=Andoni Goikoetxea, el segundo futbolista más duro de la historia según 'The Sun'|trans-title=Andoni Goikoetxea, second hardest footballer in history for 'The Sun'|newspaper=[[20 minutos]]|language=es|date=10 January 2008|access-date=26 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/kevin-muscat-named-footballs-dirtiest-player-20131212-2z8r4.html|title=Kevin Muscat named football's dirtiest player|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|first=Dominic|last=Bossi|date=12 December 2013|access-date=31 August 2014}}</ref> not least because of the two heavy fouls (see [[#Maradona foul|Maradona foul]]) on Maradona and Schuster which earned him the nickname "Butcher of Bilbao". In 2007, English newspaper ''[[The Times]]'' named him the "hardest defender of all time".<ref name=SZ/><ref name=Hard/>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{BDFutbol|2676}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Copa del Rey]]
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Appearances in [[Copa de la Liga]]}}
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Bilbao Athletic]]
|[[1973–74 Tercera División|1973–74]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tercera División]]
|4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
|[[1974–75 Tercera División|1974–75]]
|21||8||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||21||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!25!!8!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!25!!8
|-
|rowspan="14"|[[Athletic Bilbao]]
|[[1974–75 La Liga|1974–75]]
|rowspan="13"|[[La Liga]]
|0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[1975–76 La Liga|1975–76]]
|27||4||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||28||4
|-
|[[1976–77 La Liga|1976–77]]
|10||0||2||0||4{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan="2"|–||16||0
|-
|[[1977–78 La Liga|1977–78]]
|4||1||0||0||3{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan="2"|–||7||1
|-
|[[1978–79 La Liga|1978–79]]
|10||1||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||13||1
|-
|[[1979–80 La Liga|1979–80]]
|30||3||12||4||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||42||7
|-
|[[1980–81 La Liga|1980–81]]
|27||4||9||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||36||5
|-
|[[1981–82 La Liga|1981–82]]
|31||6||7||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||38||6
|-
|[[1982–83 La Liga|1982–83]]
|24||4||5||0||1{{efn|name=UC}}||0||2||0||32||4
|-
|[[1983–84 La Liga|1983–84]]
|28||2||7||0||4{{efn|name=EC|Appearances in [[European Cup]]}}||1||0||0||39||3
|-
|[[1984–85 La Liga|1984–85]]
|31||3||6||2||2{{efn|name=EC}}||0||2||0||41||5
|-
|[[1985–86 La Liga|1985–86]]
|31||5||6||1||6{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan="2"|–||43||6
|-
|[[1986–87 La Liga|1986–87]]
|24||2||5||0||3{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan="2"|–||32||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!277!!35!!65!!8!!23!!1!!4!!0!!369!!44
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Atlético Madrid]]
|[[1987–88 Atlético Madrid season|1987–88]]
|rowspan="3"|La Liga
|13||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||17||0
|-
|[[1988–89 Atlético Madrid season|1988–89]]
|14||0||8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||22||0
|-
|[[1989–90 Atlético Madrid season|1989–90]]
|8||0||0||0||2{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|–||10||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!35!!0!!12!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!49!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!337!!43!!77!!8!!25!!1!!4!!0!!443!!52
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Goikoetxea goal.''<ref name=RSSSF/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Andoni Goikoetxea
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 26 May 1984 || [[Charmilles Stadium|Charmilles]], [[Geneva]], Switzerland || {{fb|SUI}} || align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|4–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 14 November 1984 || [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]], Scotland || {{fb|SCO}} || align="center"|1–2 || align="center"|1–3 || [[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7|1986 World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || 18 June 1986 || [[Estadio La Corregidora|La Corregidora]], [[Querétaro]], Mexico || {{fb|DEN}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|5–1 || [[1986 FIFA World Cup#Round of 16|1986 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 15 October 1986 || [[Niedersachsenstadion]], [[Hanover]], Germany || {{fb|FRG}} || align="center"|2–2 || align="center"|2–2 || Friendly
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Athletic Bilbao'''
*[[La Liga]]: [[1982–83 La Liga|1982–83]], [[1983–84 La Liga|1983–84]]<ref name=Killer/>
*[[Copa del Rey]]: [[1983–84 Copa del Rey|1983–84]]<ref name=Killer/>
*[[Supercopa de España]]: 1984<ref name=Killer/>

'''Spain'''
*[[UEFA European Championship]] runner-up: [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/eurocopa/20160413/401083135341/francia-1984-los-bleus-se-coronan-tras-el-error-de-arconada.html|title=1984: Los 'bleus' se coronan tras el error de Arconada|trans-title=1984: 'Bleus' crowned after Arconada's mistake|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Imma|last=Mentruit|language=es|date=13 April 2016|access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref>

===Manager===
'''Spain U21'''
*[[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]] runner-up: [[1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996]]; third place [[1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1994]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1994/04/16/pagina-18/1290336/pdf.html|title=España pierde la inocencia|trans-title=Spain lose innocence|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Francesc|last=Aguilar|language=es|date=16 April 1994|access-date=9 July 2025}}</ref>

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*{{FIFA player|166547}}

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[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Alonsotegi]]
[[Category:20th-century Spanish sportsmen]]
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[[Category:Basque Country men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Spanish beach soccer players]]
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[[Category:AD Ceuta managers]]
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[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Equatorial Guinea]]
[[Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Equatorial Guinea]]