| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Alonsotegi, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arbuyo | |||
| 1973–1974 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1974–1975 | Bilbao Athletic | 25 | (8) |
| 1975–1987 | Athletic Bilbao | 279 | (35) |
| 1987–1990 | Atlético Madrid | 35 | (0) |
| Total | 339 | (43) | |
| National team | |||
| 1975 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 1977 | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1983 | Spain amateur | 1 | (0) |
| 1983–1988 | Spain | 39 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995 | Spain U20 | ||
| 1996–1998 | Salamanca | ||
| 1998–1999 | Compostela | ||
| 1999–2000 | Numancia | ||
| 2000–2001 | Racing Santander | ||
| 2001–2002 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 2004–2005 | Salamanca | ||
| 2005–2007 | Numancia | ||
| 2007–2008 | Hércules | ||
| 2010–2011 | Ceuta | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (born 23 May 1956 in Alonsotegi, Biscay), Goiko for short, is a retired Spanish footballer and a current coach.
During his career, the aggressive central defender (dubbed "The butcher from Bilbao"[1]) played mainly for Athletic Club de Bilbao, also having been a Spain and Euskadi XI international. Among the followers of Athletic Club, he was also known as El Gigante de Alonsotegui (Alonsotegui's giant).
Having gained nearly 40 caps for Spain in the 80's, Goikoetxea represented the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.
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Goikoetxea began his playing career as a youth with Arbuyo, before joining Athletic Bilbao in 1974. Before establishing himself in the senior team, he played for the reserve side. In his debut season in La Liga, he netted four goals in 27 contests, being somewhat absent (only 26 matches from 1976–79 combined) in the following years.
During the 1980s, along with Dani, Manuel Sarabia, José María "Chato" Nuñez, José Ramón Gallego and Andoni Zubizarreta, Goikoetxea was a prominent member of the successful Bilbao team coached by Javier Clemente. In 1984, the Basque renewed its league title, also achieving the double (league and cup) in that year.
Earlier, on 24 September 1983, Goiko achieved notoriety for an infamous tackle on Diego Maradona in a league match at the Camp Nou, ferociously tackling the Argentine from behind and leaving him severely injured, and reportedly later keeping "the boot he had used to destroy...(Maradona’s) ankle ligaments" at home in a glass case.[1] When the two teams met in that year's Cup final (1–0 for Athletic), the match ended with several players fighting in the field. Goikoetxea also severely injured German Bernd Schuster when the latter played with the Catalans, leaving him with a serious right knee injury, from which Schuster never fully recovered to his level of earlier seasons.
After three years with Atlético de Madrid where he appeared sparingly (with a best output of 14 matches), Goikoetxea retired at almost 34, with 369 overall matches for Athletic, scoring 44 goals.
Subsequently, he became a manager, coaching UD Salamanca (twice), SD Compostela, CD Numancia (twice), Racing de Santander and Rayo Vallecano. In 1996–97, he guided Salamanca to a top flight promotion, after finishing second. He was also assistant of the Spanish national team to former club boss Clemente, during the World Cup held in the United States in 1994.
In 2007, Goikoetxea joined Hércules CF in Alicante, in the second division, being released at the season's end.
Goikoetxea played 39 times for Spain, making his debut against Holland, on February 16, 1983. He represented Spain at both UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. During the latter competition he scored one of his four international goals in the game against Denmark, in a round-of-16 5–1 triumph (all remaining four were scored by Emilio Butragueño).[2]
Goikoetxea also played two games for the Basque Country national football team, in 1979 and 1988.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 26 May 1984 | Charmilles, Geneva, Switzerland | Switzerland | 0–4 | 0–4 | Friendly |
| 2. | 14 November 1984 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | Scotland | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1986 World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 18 June 1986 | La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico | Denmark | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1986 FIFA World Cup |
| 4. | 15 October 1986 | Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany | West Germany | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Copa de la Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1974–75 | Athletic Bilbao | Spanish League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| 1975–76 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 4 | ||
| 1976–77 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 9 | 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 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 40 | 6 | ||
| 1982–83 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
| 1983–84 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 3 | ||
| 1984–85 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 5 | ||
| 1985–86 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 43 | 6 | ||
| 1986–87 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 1987–88 | Atlético Madrid | Spanish League | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 0 |
| 1988–89 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 1989–90 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | Spain | 314 | 35 | 77 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 420 | 44 | |
| Career total | 314 | 35 | 77 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 420 | 44 | ||
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