Inaxio Kortabarria
 Kortabarría in 1981 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Inaxio Kortabarría Abarrategi | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Mondragón, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1968–1971 | San Sebastián | 77 | (1) |
| 1971–1985 | Real Sociedad | 355 | (16) |
| National team | |||
| 1976–1977 | Spain | 4 | (0) |
| ?–? | Basque Country | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Inaxio Kortabarría Abarrategi (born 31 July 1950) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career
Kortabarría was born in Mondragón, Gipuzkoa. During his career he played solely for Real Sociedad, making his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 19 September 1971 against Deportivo de La Coruña and finishing his first season with 14 appearances.
From there onwards Kortabarría rarely missed a game, contributing with 30 and 31 matches respectively as the Basque won back-to-back leagues (whilst adding five and six goals, his career-bests) with him as club captain. In the last round of the 1980–81 campaign he opened the scoresheet as Real drew 2–2 at Sporting de Gijón, to eventually edge Real Madrid on goal difference.[1]
After losing his place to younger Agustín Gajate, Alberto Górriz and Juan Antonio Larrañaga, all brought up in the club's youth ranks, Kortabarría chose to retire from the game at nearly 35, at the end of 1984–85. He played in 355 Spanish top flight games (442 overall, eighth all-time for Real Sociedad).
International career
Kortabarría received four caps for Spain, during less than one year. His debut came on 22 May 1976, in a 0–2 loss in West Germany for UEFA Euro 1976's qualifying stages.
Honours
Political views
On 5 December 1976, before a game against Athletic Bilbao, Kortabarría and the opposing captain, José Ángel Iribar, carried out the Ikurriña, the Basque flag, and placed it ceremonially on the centre-circle.[2] This was the first public display of the flag since the death of Francisco Franco, but it was still illegal.
See also
References
- ↑ ¡Vaya epilogo! (What a finish!); El Mundo Deportivo, 27 April 1981 (Spanish)
- ↑ Aquel histórico 5 de diciembre de 1976 (That historic 5 December 1976); Canal Athletic, 3 December 2010 (Spanish)
External links
- Real Sociedad profile (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- Inaxio Kortabarria at National-Football-Teams.com