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| Full name | Santiago Urkiaga Pérez[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1958-04-18)18 April 1958 (age 67)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barakaldo, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1976 | Athletic Bilbao | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1976–1979 | Bilbao Athletic | 90 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1987 | Athletic Bilbao | 255 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Español | 46 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 391 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Spain U18 | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1977 | Spain U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1978 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Spain amateur | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1980 | Spain B | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | Spain | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Santurtzi | |||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Basconia | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Santiago Urkiaga Pérez (born 18 April 1958) is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played as aright-back.
Born inBarakaldo,Biscay,[2] Urkiaga spent nine seasons of his career with local powerhouseAthletic Bilbao,[3] being an ever-present fixture in the club's back-to-backLa Liga conquests (1983–84)[4][5] and starting in all the 67 games he appeared in during that timeframe. He made his debut in the competition on 13 May 1979, playing 26 minutes in a 4–0 away loss againstAtlético Madrid, going on to total 345 official appearances with seven goals.[2]
Urkiaga's final two seasons were spent withRCD Español where his former bossJavier Clemente was now the manager,[6] helping theCatalan side toreach thefinal of theUEFA Cup in hisfirst year, apenalty shootout loss to Germany'sBayer 04 Leverkusen.[7] He retired in June 1989, at the age of 31.
Urkiaga earned 14caps for theSpain national team in four years, and was included in the1982 FIFA World Cup[8] andUEFA Euro 1984 squads, being first-choice at the latter tournament as the nation finished second to hostsFrance.[9] His first match occurred on 26 March 1980, in a 2–0friendly defeat toEngland inBarcelona.[10]
Urkiaga alsocompeted at the1980 Summer Olympics.[11][12]
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