 Uriarte withAthletic Bilbao in 1965 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fidel Uriarte Macho[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1945-03-01)1 March 1945[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Sestao,Spain[1] | ||
| Date of death | 19 December 2016(2016-12-19) (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Castro Urdiales, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1960–1962 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1974 | Athletic Bilbao | 297 | (90) |
| 1974–1977 | Málaga | 46 | (1) |
| Total | 343 | (91) | |
| International career | |||
| 1962–1963 | Spain U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 1967–1970 | Spain U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 1963–1964 | Spain amateur | 7 | (5) |
| 1968–1972 | Spain | 9 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978 | Sestao | ||
| 1990–1991 | Athletic Bilbao (assistant) | ||
| 1991 | Bilbao Athletic | ||
| 1991–1992 | Athletic Bilbao (assistant) | ||
| 1992–1993 | Athletic Bilbao (youth) | ||
| 1993–1994 | Bilbao Athletic (youth) | ||
| 1995 | Villarreal | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fidel Uriarte Macho (1 March 1945 – 19 December 2016) was a Spanishfootballer who played as astriker.
Having spent most of his 15-year professional career withAthletic Bilbao, he was crownedLa Liga'sPichichi in1968, winning twoCopa del Rey and scoring more than 100 official goals with his main club.
Born inSestao,Biscay, Uriarte was promoted toBasque giantsAthletic Bilbao's first team at only 17, making hisLa Liga debut on 23 September 1962 in a 2–0 away loss againstCD Málaga.[2] At the end of hisfourth season, aged 21, he had already appeared in 100 league matches and scored 14 goals.
Uriarte scored a career-best 22 goals in only 24 league games (35/28 overall) in the1967–68 campaign, helping Athletic to finish in seventh place; on 31 December 1967, he contributed five to an 8–0 home demolition ofReal Betis.[3] In the following year he conquered the first of his twoCopa del Rey with the club, and left in 1974 with 389 competitive appearances and 121 goals.[4][5]
In 1974, Uriarte joined Málaga. In his time with theAndalusian side, they werepromoted once and relegated twice. He often played as asweeper, and retired in 1977 at the age of 32.[6]
Uriarte worked as a coach in the following decades, managing both Athletic'sreserve andyouth sides amongst others.[2]
Uriarte earned ninecaps forSpain in four years, his debut coming on 28 February 1968 in afriendly withSweden inSeville.[7] In another exhibition game, a 2–1 away win overItaly on 20 February 1971, he scored his only goal.[8]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20 February 1971 | Sant'Elia,Cagliari,Italy |  Italy | 0–2 | 1–2 | Friendly[9] |
Uriarte's younger brother, Gabriel, was also a footballer. A forward, he was mainly a reserve player atValencia CF.[10]
On 19 December 2016, Uriarte died inCastro Urdiales,Bay of Biscay, after a long illness. He was 71 years old.[11][12]
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