Iñigo Lizarralde Lazkano (born 6 August 1966) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder or right back. He played 161 La Liga games for Athletic Bilbao and Real Zaragoza, winning the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in consecutive seasons with the latter.
Club career
editBorn in Bilbao in the Basque Country, Lizarralde came through the youth system of local Athletic Bilbao. On 9 September 1984, shortly after turning 18, he made his La Liga debut in a 3–0 loss away to Sevilla as a half-time substitute for Luis Fernando Fernández; both teams were playing their youths due to a professionals' strike.[1]
In August 1990, Lizarralde transferred to Real Zaragoza on a three-year deal for a transfer fee of 25 million Spanish pesetas and an annual salary of 8 million.[2] He arrived to replace Juan Vizcaíno, who had left for Atlético Madrid.[3] In his first season, the club survived after winning a promotion/relegation playoff against Real Murcia.[3] He scored his only top-flight goal on 20 June 1993, opening a 2–2 draw at Atlético Madrid in the last game of the season.[4] Six days later he played the 1993 Copa del Rey final as a 61st-minute substitute for Narcís Julià, in a 2–0 loss to Real Madrid at the Mestalla Stadium.[5]
Lizarralde played along the way as Zaragoza won the Copa del Rey in 1994 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1995, but was unused in both finals.[6] In July 1995 he joined Segunda División club Lleida on a two-year deal.[7]
After retiring as a player, Lizarralde worked for Athletic Bilbao and its affiliates. In the 2010s, he was assistant manager to Cuco Ziganda and Gaizka Garitano at reserve team Bilbao Athletic.[8] He moved to farm team Basconia in December 2021, helping Carlos Gurpegui.[9] In 2023, he became a match analyst for the first team.[10]
International career
editLizarralde was part of the Spain under-20 team that finished runners-up to Brazil at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Soviet Union.[11]
References
edit- ^ Ríos, R. (10 September 1984). "3-0: El Sevilla encontró un ariete" [3-0: Sevilla found a striker]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Andrés, Mariano (1 September 1990). "El Zaragoza ficha a Lizarralde" [Zaragoza sign Lizarralde]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ a b López Bolea, M. (21 March 2016). "Íñigo [sic] Lizarralde: "Me siento muy orgulloso por los cinco años que pasé en Zaragoza"" [Íñigo Lizarralde: "I feel very proud from the five years that I spent in Zaragoza]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Carbajosa, Carlos (21 June 1993). "El Atlético vuelve a ser el 'pupas' ante el Zaragoza" [Atlético 'cursed' again against Zaragoza]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "La final de Valencia" [Valencia's final]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 27 June 1993. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Ferrer, Pedro Luis (10 May 2020). "25 años de la Recopa del Zaragoza, el día que ardió París" [25 years since Zaragoza's Cup Winners' Cup, the day that Paris burned]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Moncayo, Carmelo (12 July 1995). "Lizarralde, presentado como jugador del Lleida" [Lizarralde, presented as a Lleida player]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Patxi Ferreira e Íñigo [sic] Lizarralde serán ayudantes de Garitano" [Patxi Ferreira and Iñigo Lizarralde will be Garitano's assistants]. Deia (in Spanish). EFE. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Herrán, Alfonso (14 December 2021). "Patxi Salinas sube al filial y Gurpegui dirigirá al Basconia" [Patxi Salinas rises to the reserve team and Gurpegui will lead Basconia]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Río, Endika (24 June 2023). "Decidido el organigrama para los principales equipos de Lezama" [Organisation chart for the main teams at Lezama decided]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Zapico Díaz, José Antonio (15 October 2023). "Los subcampeones sub-20 de 1985 se reunieron en torno a Unzue" [Under-20 runners-up of 1985 reunited around Unzue]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
External links
edit- Iñigo Lizarralde at BDFutbol
- Iñigo Lizarralde at Athletic Bilbao