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) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career
Ferreira was born in Saucelle, Province of Salamanca. During a steady professional career he 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 times in 35 matches to help the Basque to the fourth position; his only spell in Segunda División was with his first club's reserves Bilbao Athletic, in the mid-80s.
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.[1]
Honours
Club
- Athletic Bilbao
- Supercopa de España: 1984
- Atlético Madrid
Country
- Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1985
References
- ↑ 1–2: Adiós a la "flor"... (1–2: Farewell to the "flower"...); El Mundo Deportivo, 15 September 1988 (Spanish)
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- Athletic Bilbao profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- Patxi Ferreira at National-Football-Teams.com
- Patxi Ferreira – FIFA competition record