Andoni Zubizarreta

Andoni Zubizarreta

Zubizarreta in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta
Date of birth	(1961-10-23) 23 October 1961 (age 63)
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.