José Ramón Alexanko

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José Ramón Alexanko
Personal information
Full name José Ramón Alexanko Ventosá
Date of birth May 5, 1956 (age 50)
Place of birth    Barakaldo, Vizcaya, Spain
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club FC Barcelona
Youth clubs
1972-74 Llodio
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1974-76
1976-77
1977-80
1980-93		 Bilbao Athletic
Deportivo Alavés
Athletic Bilbao
FC Barcelona		 X (X)
X (X)
91 (8)
247(26)   
National team
1978-82
1979		 Spain
Euskadi XI		 34 (4)
1(0)
Teams managed
199x-xx
19xx-xx		 FC Universitatea Craiova
FC Naţional Bucureşti

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

José Ramón Alexanko Ventosá (born Barakaldo, Vizcaya, Spain, May 5, 1956), also referred to as Alesanco or Alexanco, is a former Spanish/Basque footballer and manager. He is currently director of youth development at FC Barcelona. He played as a defender for Bilbao Athletic, Deportivo Alavés, Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona, Spain and the Euskadi XI. Alexanko was captain of the legendary Dream Team while at FC Barcelona and helped the club win sixteen trophies. After retiring as a player in 1993 he went onto coach both FC Universitatea Craiova and FC Naţional Bucureşti in Romania. He also worked as assistant manager to Carles Rexach when the latter was manager of FC Barcelona.

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[edit] Athletic Bilbao

Alexanko played as a junior with Llodio before joining Athletic Bilbao in 1974. After two seasons with the Bilbao Athletic, the Athletic reserve team, he went on loan to Deportivo Alavés before making his senior debut with Athletic Bilbao in 1976. He subsequently played 91 La Liga games for Athletic, scoring 8 goals. The highlight of his career at Athletic was winning two runners-up medals in 1977 - one in the Copa del Rey and one in the UEFA Cup. Among his team mates were the veterans José Ángel Iribar and Javier Irureta.

[edit] FC Barcelona

In 1980 Alexanko signed for FC Barcelona where he paved the way for a number of fellow Basque players including Andoni Zubizarreta, Txiki Beguiristain, Julio Salinas, Goikoetxea and José Mari Bakero . With Alexanko as captain they formed the backbone of the legendary Dream Team. His personal highlights included scoring the winning goal as FC Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 1-0 in the 1988 Copa del Rey final and coming on as a late substitute in the 1992 European Cup final, enabling him to lift the trophy.

[edit] International Career

Between 1978 and 1982, Alexanko also made 34 international appearances and scored 4 goals for Spain, playing at both Euro 1980 and the 1982 World Cup. He also played one game for the Euskadi XI in 1979.

[edit] Honours

FC Barcelona

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Flag of Spain Spain squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup Flag of Spain

1 Arconada | 2 Camacho | 3 Gordillo | 4 Alonso | 5 Tendillo | 6 Alexanko | 7 Juanito | 8 Joaquín | 9 Satrústegui | 10 Zamora | 11 López Ufarte | 12 Urquiaga | 13 Jiménez | 14 Maceda | 15 Saura | 16 Sánchez | 17 Gallego | 18 Uralde | 19 Santillana | 20 Quini | 21 Urruti | 22 Miguel Ángel | Coach: Santamaría
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