Ion Andoni Goikoetxea

Not to be confused with Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga.

Andoni Goikoetxea

Personal information
Full name	Ion Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa
Date of birth	October 21, 1965 (1965-10-21)
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
	Osasuna
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1988	Osasuna	95	(19)
1988–1994	Barcelona	126	(6)
1988–1990	→ Real Sociedad (loan)	74	(10)
1994–1997	Athletic Bilbao	92	(1)
1998	Yokohama Marinos	23	(0)
1998–1999	Osasuna	17	(0)
National team
1985	Spain U19	1	(0)
1985	Spain U20	5	(1)
1985–1988	Spain U21	12	(2)
1987	Spain U23	1	(0)
1990–1996	Spain	36	(4)
Teams managed
2009–2010	Xerez (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Goikoetxea and the second or maternal family name is Lasa.

Ion Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa (born 21 October 1965 in Pamplona, Navarre) is a retired Spanish footballer.

An offensive player of wide range, he operated in various positions on the right side of the pitch: right back, midfielder or forward, and was best known for his FC Barcelona spell, during the club's Dream Team years.

Having amassed La Liga totals of 386 games and 36 goals over the course of 13 seasons, Goikoetxea appeared for Spain at the 1994 World Cup.

Club career

A product of hometown's CA Osasuna's youth ranks, Goikoetxea first appeared in the first division two days shy of his 20th birthday, in a 0–2 loss at Celta de Vigo. An automatic first-choice from early on, he netted a career-best 11 goals in 1987–88, as the Navarrese finished fifth.

Subsequently, Goiko moved to league giants FC Barcelona, but would be loaned for two seasons to Osasuna's neighbours Real Sociedad, where he only missed two league games in two seasons combined, achieving another fifth place in his second season.

In 1990–91, he arrived at Camp Nou, joining several other Basque players, including Txiki Begiristain, Julio Salinas and José Mari Bakero. These would help form the backbone of the legendary Dream Team, winning four league titles in a row, with the addition of the club's first European Cup (where Goikoetxea appeared in the second half of the 1–0 win over U.C. Sampdoria).

In his first season with Barça, Goikoetxea played in 37 games, being voted the Spanish Footballer Of The Year by Don Balón magazine. He would then join, in 1994, another Basque outfit, Athletic Bilbao, amassing nearly a further 100 league games in three seasons.

Goikoetxea retired in 1999, after a brief spell with Japan's Yokohama F. Marinos (where he again teamed up with Salinas) and a return to Osasuna, now in the second division. Ten years later, he started his coaching career, aiding former Osasuna and Bilbao teammate José Ángel Ziganda at newly promoted Xerez CD, with the pair leaving in early 2010.

International career

Goikoetxea played 36 times for Spain during six years, representing the nation at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

His debut came on September 12, 1990, in a 3–0 friendly win over Brazil. During the 1994 competition, in the United States, Goiko appeared in all the matches, scoring twice in two draws: against South Korea (2–2) and Germany (1–1), when his misplaced crossing attempt caught goalkeeper Bodo Illgner off-guard.

Statistics

Club

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Spain			League
1985/86	Osasuna	La Liga	20	1
1986/87			38	7
1987/88			36	11
1988/89	Real Sociedad	La Liga	38	6
1989/90			36	4
1990/91	Barcelona	La Liga	37	3
1991/92			32	0
1992/93			29	3
1993/94			28	0
1994/95	Athletic Bilbao	La Liga	28	1
1995/96			33	0
1996/97			31	0
Japan			League
1998	Yokohama Marinos	J. League 1	23	0
Country	Spain		386	36
	Japan		23	0
Total			409	36

International

Spain national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1990	4	0
1991	5	0
1992	5	0
1993	5	0
1994	11	3
1995	5	1
1996	1	0
Total	36	4

Honours

Barcelona

• European Cup: 1991–92
• Spanish League: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
• Spanish Supercup: 1991, 1992
• UEFA Super Cup: 1992

Spain U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1985

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Ion Andoni Goikoetxea – FIFA competition record