Jorge Aizkorreta

Jorge Aizkorreta
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Aizkorreta Jurado
Date of birth	6 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Barakaldo, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1991–1993	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1995	Bilbao Athletic
1995–1996	Athletic Bilbao
1996–1999	Logroñés
1999–2000	Extremadura
2000–2002	Racing Ferrol
2002–2005	Elche
Total
International career
1994	Spain U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Aizkorreta Jurado (born 6 February 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, Aizkorreta arrived at Athletic Bilbao's youth system at the age of 17. After two solid years with the B-team in the second division, he was promoted to backup in the main squad, appearing in eight official games in his only season – all in La Liga, his official debut coming on 3 December 1995 in a 2–1 home win against Real Valladolid – and conceding as many goals.

Subsequently, Aizkorreta signed with CD Logroñés, starting most of the matches in the 1996–97 campaign but suffering relegation from the top level. After two more seasons in division two with the Riojan he continued playing in that category until his retirement in 2007, representing CF Extremadura, Racing de Ferrol and Elche CF (under contract with the Valencian Community side for three years, he only appeared three times in the league for the club in his last two seasons combined).

Aizkorreta was part of the Spanish squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, being an unused player in an eventual quarter-final exit.^[1]

Honours

International

Spain U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Runner-up 1996^[2]

References

^ "Spain – 1996 Summer Olympics". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
^ Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (Italy has already won European Championships against Spain in 1996) Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Orgullo Bianconero, 18 June 2013 (in Spanish)

External links

[1] "Spain – 1996 Summer Olympics". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

[2] Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (Italy has already won European Championships against Spain in 1996) Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Orgullo Bianconero, 18 June 2013 (in Spanish)

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