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| Full name | Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1956-08-23)23 August 1956 (age 69)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Alonsotegi, Spain[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Arbuyo | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Athletic Bilbao | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1975 | Bilbao Athletic | 25 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1987 | Athletic Bilbao | 277 | (35) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Atlético Madrid | 35 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 337 | (43) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Spain amateur | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1988 | Spain | 39 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1978–1990 | Basque Country | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1996 | Spain U21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Spain U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Salamanca | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Compostela | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Numancia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Racing Santander | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Rayo Vallecano | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Salamanca | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Numancia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Hércules | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Ceuta | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Equatorial Guinea | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (born 23 August 1956),Goiko for short, is a Spanish formerfootballcentre-back andmanager.
He was known for his aggressive play, and was nicknamed "The Butcher ofBilbao". He mainly played forAthletic Bilbao, being known asEl Gigante de Alonsotegui (TheGiant of Alonsotegui) among the club's fans.[2][3]
Goikoetxea was aSpanish international in the 1980s. He won 39caps, and represented the country in the1986 World Cup andEuro 1984.
Born inAlonsotegi,Biscay, Goikoetxea began playing football with local Arbuyo before joiningAthletic Bilbao in 1973 where, after starting out atthe reserve side, he soon established himself in the senior team squad. He scored fourLa Liga goals in 27 games in hisdebut season, but played a lesser role in the following three years with a total of only 24 appearances.[4]
During the 1980s, along withDani,José Ramón Gallego,José Núñez,Manuel Sarabia andAndoni Zubizarreta,Goiko was a prominent member of the successful Bilbao side coached byJavier Clemente. In1984 theBasque club renewed its league title, also achievingthe double (league andCopa del Rey) in that year.
On 24 September 1983, Goikoetxea achieved notoriety for a foul onDiego Maradona described as "one of the most brutal fouls ever delivered in the history of Spanish football".[5] In a league match at theCamp Nou, hetackled the Argentine from behind and broke his ankle.[5] Maradona compared the sound he heard to that of wood breaking[6] and, in the aftermath, English journalist Edward Owen coined the phrase "Butcher of Bilbao" to describe Goikoetxea,[5][6] a nickname which stayed with him for the rest of his career. Maradona's compatriotCésar Luis Menotti, the coach ofFC Barcelona, accused the Spaniard of "belonging to a 'race of anti-footballers'" and called for a lifelong ban;[5] he was served a ten-match ban by theRoyal Spanish Football Federation.[5] It was later reported he kept "the boot he had used to destroy...(Maradona's) ankle ligaments" at home in a glass case.[7]
Two seasons earlier, Goikoetxea had severely injured Barcelona midfielderBernd Schuster, leaving him with a serious right knee injury from which the German never fully recovered.[8] When the two teams met in the1984 Copa del Rey final in May, the match ended 1–0 for Athletic. Featuring in a mass brawl on the pitch, he kicked Maradona's chest;[5][9] he was initially banned for 18 games for his actions, but the suspension was later reduced to seven.[10]
After three years withAtlético Madrid[11] where he featured sparingly, Goikoetxea retired aged 33. He appeared in 369 competitive matches for Athletic, netting 44 times.[12]
Goikoetxea played 39 matches withSpain, making his debut against theNetherlands on 16 February 1983.[13] He represented the nation at bothUEFA Euro 1984 and the1986 FIFA World Cup. During the latter competition he scored one of his four international goals, through apenalty in a round-of-16 5–1 win againstDenmark – the remaining four came courtesy ofEmilio Butragueño.[14]
Goikoetxea became a coach two years after retiring, starting to work at club level in 1996 and going on to be in charge ofUD Salamanca (twice),[15][16]SD Compostela,CD Numancia (two spells),[17][18]Racing de Santander[19] andRayo Vallecano.[20] In the1996–97 season he guided Salamanca to promotion from theSegunda División, finishing second. He was assistant with the Spain national team to his former manager Clemente, during the1994 World Cup held in the United States.[21]
In June 2007, Goikoetxea joinedAlicante-basedHércules CF in the second tier,[22] being released at the end ofthe campaign after being suspended by the club for implying its internal structures "stank".[23] In late February 2013 he was appointed coach ofEquatorial Guinea,[24] being dismissed in January 2015 just three weeks before the start of the2015 Africa Cup of Nations due to poor performance in friendlies, which included a loss to a lower league side in Portugal.[25]
Although he lacked pace, Goikoetxea was a tall and physically powerful central defender.[26][27] He was known asEl Gigante de Alonsotegui (The Giant of Alonsotegui) among the fans of Athletic Bilbao, a reference to his height and hometown.[2][3]
Goikoetxea was also notorious for his aggressive style of play,[28][29][30][31] not least because of the two heavy fouls (seeMaradona foul) on Maradona and Schuster which earned him the nickname "Butcher of Bilbao". In 2007, English newspaperThe Times named him the "hardest defender of all time".[6][7]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other[a] | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bilbao Athletic | 1973–74 | Tercera División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1974–75 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 1974–75 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1975–76 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 4 | ||||
| 1976–77 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| 1977–78 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| 1978–79 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 1 | |||
| 1979–80 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 4 | – | – | 42 | 7 | ||||
| 1980–81 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 5 | ||||
| 1981–82 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | |||
| 1982–83 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| 1983–84 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||
| 1984–85 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 5 | ||
| 1985–86 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6[b] | 0 | – | 43 | 6 | |||
| 1986–87 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | – | 32 | 2 | |||
| Total | 277 | 35 | 65 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 369 | 44 | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 1987–88 | La Liga | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | |||
| 1989–90 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 337 | 43 | 77 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 443 | 52 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 26 May 1984 | Charmilles,Geneva, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 14 November 1984 | Hampden Park,Glasgow, Scotland |  Scotland | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1986 World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 18 June 1986 | La Corregidora,Querétaro, Mexico |  Denmark | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup |
| 4 | 15 October 1986 | Niedersachsenstadion,Hanover, Germany |  West Germany | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
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