| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Sarabia López | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Abanto Zierbena, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing 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) | 33 | (15) |
| 1988–1991 | Logroñés | 79 | (19) |
| 1974–1991 | Total | 448 | (137) |
| National team | |||
| 1978 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1979–1983 | Spain amateur | 4 | (1) |
| 1983–1985 | Spain | 15 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1997 | Bilbao Athletic | ||
| 1999–2000 | Badajoz | ||
| 2002 | Numancia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Manuel Sarabia López (born 9 January 1957 in Gallarta, Abanto Zierbena, Biscay) is a former Spanish footballer, who played as a left-footed striker.
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Sarabia came through the ranks of Lezama, Athletic Club de Bilbao's prolific youth system, making his debut for the main squad on 19 September 1976, in a 1–1 home draw against CD Málaga. A full first team member from 1978–79 onwards, having also served a loan with neighbours Barakaldo CF in 1977–78, he went on to appear in 284 top level matches for the Basque outfit (with 83 goals, having a best output of 16 in 1982–83, when Athletic won the league title, renewing it the following season).
Sarabia retired aged 34 in 1991, after three seasons with modest CD Logroñés (also in the first division, 79 games and 19 goals). He took up coaching three years later, having very brief stints in the second division - the only season he started and finished, with Bilbao Athletic, ended in relegation.
Sarabia played 15 times with Spain in a two-year span, scoring twice. His first goal was one of 12 in the nation's routing of Malta in a UEFA Euro 1984 qualifier in Seville.
Sarabia subsequently appeared in the tournament's final stage in France, having three substitute appearances for the runners-up.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 21 December 1983 | Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain | Malta | 11–1 | 12–1 | Euro 1984 qualification |
| 2. | 12 June 1985 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | Iceland | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1986 World Cup qualification |
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