Jorge Aizkorreta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Aizkorreta Jurado | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1974 | ||
| 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Bilbao Athletic | 62 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Athletic Bilbao | 8 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Logroñés | 85 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Extremadura | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Racing Ferrol | 74 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Elche | 26 | (0) |
| Total | 260 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *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. 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
- Jorge Aizkorreta at BDFutbol
- Jorge Aizkorreta at Athletic Bilbao
- Racing de Ferrol profile (in Spanish)
- Biography at Elche CF (in Spanish)
- Template:FootballDatabase.eu
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Barakaldo
- Spanish footballers
- Basque footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Bilbao Athletic footballers
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- CD Logroñés footballers
- CF Extremadura footballers
- Racing de Ferrol footballers
- Elche CF players
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Spain
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics