| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Manuel Sarabia López | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1957-01-09)9 January 1957 (age 68) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Abanto Zierbena, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| San Pedro Sestao | ||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Athletic Bilbao | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1974–1976 | Bilbao Athletic | 52 | (20) | |||||||||||
| 1976–1988 | Athletic Bilbao | 284 | (83) | |||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | →Barakaldo (loan) | 35 | (14) | |||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Logroñés | 79 | (18) | |||||||||||
| Total | 450 | (135) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1983 | Spain amateur | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Spain | 15 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Bilbao Athletic | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Badajoz | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | Numancia | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Manuel 'Manu' Sarabia López (born 9 January 1957) is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played as astriker.
He amassedLa Liga totals of 363 games and 101 goals over the course of 14 seasons, mainly withAthletic Bilbao but also withLogroñés. He won four major titles with the former, notably two national championships, and scored 182 times in all competitions.[1][2]
Left-footed, Sarabia representedSpain atEuro 1984.
Born inAbanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena,Biscay, Sarabia came through the ranks ofLezama,Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system, making his debut for the main squad on 19 September 1976 in a 1–1 home draw againstCD Málaga. He was particularly determined to succeed at the club after his elder brother was rejected due to his birthplace inTorres, Jaén (despite spending most of his life in Biscay), as this did not fit the criteria fortheir signing policy at the time.[3]
A full first-team member from1978–79 onwards, having served a loan with neighboursBarakaldo CF the previous year,[3] Sarabia went on to appear in 284La Liga matches for theBasques with 83 goals. He had a best output of 16 in the1982–83 season when Athletic won the league title, renewing it thefollowing campaign); during his spell at theSan Mamés Stadium, he was also involved in a spat with managerJavier Clemente.[4][5]
Sarabia retired aged 34 in 1991, after three seasons with modestCD Logroñés also in the top tier.[6] He took up coaching three years later, having brief stints in theSegunda División – the only season he started and finished, withBilbao Athletic,ended in relegation.[7][8]
Sarabia played 15 times withSpain in a two-year span, scoring twice.[1] His first goal was one of 12 in thenation's rout ofMalta in aUEFA Euro 1984qualifier, inSeville.[9]
Sarabia was selected for the tournament's finals in France, making threesubstitute appearances for the runners-up.[10][11][12]
Sarabia's son,Eder, was also a footballer, albeit only in the amateur level, before becoming a coach with youth teams such asDanok Bat CF and serving as assistant toQuique Setién (former teammate of his father) atUD Las Palmas.[13][14]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 21 December 1983 | Benito Villamarín,Seville, Spain |  Malta | 11–1 | 12–1 | Euro 1984 qualifying[15] |
| 2 | 12 June 1985 | Laugardalsvöllur,Reykjavík, Iceland |  Iceland | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1986 World Cup qualification[16] |
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