Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Santiago Urkiaga Pérez [1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 18 April 1958|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Barakaldo, Spain | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1970–1976 | Athletic Bilbao | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | |||||||||||
1976–1979 | Bilbao Athletic | 90 | (1) | |||||||||||
1979–1987 | Athletic Bilbao | 255 | (3) | |||||||||||
1987–1989 | Español | 46 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 391 | (4) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1975–1976 | Spain U18 | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||
1977 | Spain U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
1978 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
1979–1980 | Spain amateur | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
1980 | Spain B | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
1980–1984 | Spain | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Santurtzi | |||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Basconia | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Santiago Urkiaga Pérez (born 18 April 1958) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, [2] Urkiaga spent nine seasons of his career with local powerhouse Athletic Bilbao, [3] being an ever-present fixture in the club's back-to-back La Liga conquests (1983–84) [4] [5] and starting in all the 67 games he appeared in during that timeframe. He made his debut in the competition on 13 May 1979, playing 26 minutes in a 4–0 away loss against Atlético Madrid, going on to total 345 official appearances with seven goals. [2]
Urkiaga's final two seasons were spent with RCD Español where his former boss Javier Clemente was now the manager, [6] helping the Catalan side to reach the final of the UEFA Cup in his first year, a penalty shootout loss to Germany's Bayer 04 Leverkusen. [7] He retired in June 1989, at the age of 31.
Urkiaga earned 14 caps for the Spain national team in four years, and was included in the 1982 FIFA World Cup [8] and UEFA Euro 1984 squads, being first-choice at the latter tournament as the nation finished second to hosts France. [9] His first match occurred on 26 March 1980, in a 0–2 friendly defeat to England in Barcelona. [10]
Urkiaga also competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. [11] [12]
Athletic Bilbao
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