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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urkiaga and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Santiago Urkiaga
Personal information
Full name Santiago Urkiaga Pérez[1]
Date of birth (1958-04-18) 18 April 1958 (age 66)[1]
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
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1984 France
*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.

Club career

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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.

International career

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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]

Honours

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Athletic Bilbao

Español

Spain

References

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  1. ^ a b c Santiago Urkiaga at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b "El primero de Lezama cumple 62 años" [First one from Lezama turns 62] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Athletic Club: a way of life". Athletic Bilbao. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Clemente, o la maestría del 'patadón y tente tieso'" [Clemente, or how to be a master of the 'long ball and grab your balls'] (in Spanish). Medio Centro. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Clemente, 25 años después" [Clemente, 25 years after]. Canarias Ahora (in Spanish). 15 September 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Urquiaga: Clemente ya tiene otro "león"" [Urquiaga: Clemente already has another "lion"] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 July 1987. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b "El Espanyol tocó la gloria ante el Bayer Leverkusen" [Close but no cigar for Espanyol against Bayer Leverkusen]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 4 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  8. ^ Alonso, Ignacio (2 June 1982). "Urquiaga, la recompensa a la fe en sí mismo" [Urquiaga, faith in oneself gets rewarded]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b Mentruit, Imma (13 April 2016). "1984: Los 'bleus' se coronan tras el error de Arconada" [1984: 'Bleus' crowned after Arconada's mistake]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  10. ^ Díez Serrat, Javier (27 March 1980). "0–2: ¡Quién estuviera en la piel de Inglaterra!" [0–2: Wouldn't you want to be England!]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  11. ^ García Candau, Julian (26 July 1980). "El fútbol, una vergüenza olímpica" [Football, olympic shame]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  12. ^ Braña, Mario D. (28 April 2008). "El fútbol también es así" [Football is also like this]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  13. ^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente. "Spain 1982/83". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  14. ^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente. "Spain 1983/84". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  15. ^ Castillo, J.J. (6 May 1984). "1–0: La mejor técnica no fue suficiente" [1–0: Better skills were not enough]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  16. ^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente; Torre, Raúl; Lozano Ferrer, Carles. "Spain – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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