José Antonio Urtiaga Albizu (17 October 1942 – 25 June 2024) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. He made 149 La Liga appearances and scored 49 goals for Valencia, Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad, winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with the former in 1962 and 1963.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Antonio Urtiaga Albizu | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Eibar, Francoist Spain | ||
| Date of death | 25 June 2024 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | San Sebastián, Spain | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1963 | Mestalla | 52 | (27) |
| 1962–1966 | Valencia | 23 | (4) |
| 1966–1968 | Atlético Madrid | 30 | (10) |
| 1968–1973 | Real Sociedad | 96 | (22) |
| Total | 201 | (63) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Eibar in the Basque Country,[1] Urtiaga began his senior career with two seasons at C.D. Mestalla, the reserve team of Valencia. In the Segunda División in 1961–62, he played 24 games and scored 13 times, including hat-tricks in a 4–1 home win over Cartagena on 10 September and an 8–1 rout of San Fernando on 22 January.[2]
Urtiaga was included in the first-team squad for the 1962–63 season, where the presence of Brazilian Waldo limited him to 18 games and 6 goals in all competitions, with all goals and all but 5 games coming outside La Liga.[3] After having won the 1962 edition against Barcelona,[1] on 12 June 1963, he and Waldo scored the Che team's goals in a 2–1 comeback win away to Dinamo Zagreb in Yugoslavia in the first leg of the final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup,[4] as his team won 4–1 on aggregate.[3] He also played in the 1964 final, scoring the equaliser in a 2–1 loss to compatriots Real Zaragoza in the Camp Nou.[5]
Having not sealed a regular starting place, Urtiaga transferred to Atlético Madrid in 1966. He took part in the European Cup in his first season, scoring in a 3–1 home win over Sweden's Malmö FF in the second leg of the first round.[6] Two years later he joined Real Sociedad of his home region for the final five seasons of his career, all in the top flight; 1968–69 was his best season in the league with 27 games and 11 goals, including two in a 2–2 home draw with Atlético Madrid on 29 December,[7] and another brace on 23 March in a 2–0 win over Atlético de Bilbao in the Basque derby also at the Atotxa Stadium.[8]
Honours
editValencia
References
edit- ^ a b c Iglesias, Kevin (25 June 2024). "Fallece el delantero eibarrés José Antonio Urtiaga a los 81 años de edad" [Eibar-born forward José Antonio Urtiaga dies at age 81]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Mestalla, 4 Cartagena, 1". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 September 1961. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Fallece el exjugador del Valencia y campeón de la Copa de Ferias José Antonio Urtiaga" [Ex-Valencia player and Fairs Cup champion José Antonio Urtiaga dies]. Super Deporte (in Spanish). 25 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Dynamo de Zagreb, 1 – Valencia, 2". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 June 1963. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Zaragoza 2, – Valencia, 1". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 June 1964. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ Zimmermann, Walter (22 October 2014). "El Malmö fue el primer equipo que pisó el Vicente Calderón en la Copa de Europa" [Malmö were the first team to step into the Vicente Calderón in the European Cup]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "El Atlético logró neutralizar la ventaja Realista de dos goles" [Atlético managed to neutralise Real Sociedad's two-goal advantage]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 30 December 1968. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "La Real Sociedad jugó muy bien y el Atlético de Bilbao muy mal" [Real Sociedad played very well and Atlético de Bilbao very poorly]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 March 1969. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
External links
edit- José Antonio Urtiaga at BDFutbol