Jesús Landáburu

Jesús Landáburu
Personal information
Full name	Jesús Landáburu Sagüillo
Date of birth	24 January 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Guardo, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Guardo
	Colegio San José
	Valladolid
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1977	Valladolid
1977–1979	Rayo Vallecano
1979–1982	Barcelona
1982–1988	Atlético Madrid
Total
International career
1979	Spain amateur
1980	Spain
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Jesús 'Chus' Landáburu Sagüillo (born 24 January 1955) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Club career

Landáburu was born in Guardo, Province of Palencia. He made his professional debut at only 17 with Real Valladolid, quickly making an impression with the Segunda División club, his skills, field vision and set piece ability standing out alike.

Landáburu first appeared in La Liga with Madrid-based Rayo Vallecano, in the 1977–78 campaign. He contributed heavily to the modest team's maintenance of their top flight status during two seasons, after which he signed with league powerhouse FC Barcelona.^[1]

Landáburu won his first piece of silverware with the Catalans in 1981, the Copa del Rey.^[2] After two good seasons, he struggled immensely in his last as Barça hired a new coach, German Udo Lattek.

Landáburu moved subsequently to Atlético Madrid, being an automatic first-choice throughout six seasons (nearly 300 official appearances for the Colchoneros). At the end of 1987–88, however, mainly due to serious personal problems with elusive club chairman Jesús Gil,^[3] he chose to retire at the age of 33; still an active player, he majored in physics.^[1]

International career

Landáburu played once for Spain, the second half of a 23 January 1980 friendly with the Netherlands in Vigo (1–0 win).

Honours

Barcelona

Copa del Rey: 1980–81

Atlético Madrid

Copa del Rey: 1984–85
Supercopa de España: 1985
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1985–86^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ¿Qué fue de Landaburu? Un cerebro privilegiado (What happened to Landaburu? A privileged brain); Sport, 26 April 2018 (in Spanish)
^ El Barcelona ganó una bonita final de Copa (Barcelona won beautiful Cup final); El País, 19 June 1981 (in Spanish)
^ Arteche, Landáburu, Quique y Setién ganan a Gil en los juzgados, pero no juegan (Arteche, Landáburu, Quique and Setién with court battle with Gil, but do not play); El País, 2 December 1988 (in Spanish)
^ European Competitions 1985–86; at RSSSF

External links

Jesús Landáburu at BDFutbol
Jesús Landáburu at National-Football-Teams.com
Spain stats at Eu-Football

[SPORT-1] ¿Qué fue de Landaburu? Un cerebro privilegiado (What happened to Landaburu? A privileged brain); Sport, 26 April 2018 (in Spanish)

[2] El Barcelona ganó una bonita final de Copa (Barcelona won beautiful Cup final); El País, 19 June 1981 (in Spanish)

[3] Arteche, Landáburu, Quique y Setién ganan a Gil en los juzgados, pero no juegan (Arteche, Landáburu, Quique and Setién with court battle with Gil, but do not play); El País, 2 December 1988 (in Spanish)

[4] European Competitions 1985–86; at RSSSF

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