Patxi Ferreira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Ferreira Colmenero | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Saucelle, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deusto | |||
| 1983–1984 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1984–1987 | Bilbao Athletic | 73 | (6) |
| 1985–1989 | Athletic Bilbao | 76 | (10) |
| 1989–1995 | Atlético Madrid | 118 | (4) |
| 1993–1994 | → Sevilla (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | Valencia | 60 | (4) |
| 1997–2000 | Athletic Bilbao | 67 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 431 | (28) | |
| National team | |||
| 1983 | Spain U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Spain U18 | 10 | (0) |
| 1985 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 1985 | Spain U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 1986–1990 | Spain U21 | 12 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Spain | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Francisco 'Patxi' Ferreira Colmenero (born 22 May 1967 in Saucelle, Salamanca) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career
During a steady professional career Ferreira represented, with equal individual success, Athletic Bilbao (two stints) Atlético Madrid, Sevilla FC and Valencia CF, retiring in 2001 at the age of 34 after a slow year with Rayo Vallecano – the Madrid outskirts team finished in 14th position, but he appeared in less than one third of the league games.
Ferreira amassed more than 400 official appearances during his 17-year senior career, 358 in La Liga alone, scoring 22 goals in the competition. His best individual season was 1987–88 as the 20-year-old netted six in 35 matches to help the Basque to the fourth position; his only spells in Segunda División were with his first club's reserves, Bilbao Athletic (two full seasons).
International career
Ferreira played twice for Spain in as many friendlies, the first being a 1–2 loss with Yugoslavia in Oviedo, on 14 September 1988.
Honours
Club
- Athletic Bilbao
- Spanish Supercup: 1984
- Atlético Madrid
- Spanish Cup: 1990–91, 1991–92
Country
- Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1985
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- Athletic Bilbao profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- Patxi Ferreira at National-Football-Teams.com
- Patxi Ferreira – FIFA competition record