Javier Irureta
Irureta in 1973
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Iruretagoyena Amiano | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Irun, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1967 | Real Unión | 48 | (14) |
| 1967–1975 | Atlético Madrid | 208 | (48) |
| 1975–1980 | Athletic Bilbao | 136 | (22) |
| Total | 392 | (84) | |
| National team | |||
| 1969–1971 | Spain U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 1967 | Spain amateur | 4 | (2) |
| 1972–1975 | Spain | 6 | (0) |
| 1979 | Basque Country | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–1988 | Sestao | ||
| 1988–1989 | Logroñés | ||
| 1989–1993 | Oviedo | ||
| 1993 | Basque Country | ||
| 1993–1994 | Racing Santander | ||
| 1994–1995 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 1995–1997 | Real Sociedad | ||
| 1997–1998 | Celta | ||
| 1998–2005 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| 2006 | Betis | ||
| 2008 | Zaragoza | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Javier Iruretagoyena Amiano (born 1 April 1948), Irureta for short, is a Spanish retired football forward and manager.
He had a distinguished playing career with Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, playing in 344 La Liga games for both teams combined, and scoring 70 goals.
Irureta managed several Spanish top flight clubs, most notably Deportivo. He was the only person to have coached both the two major Galician (Deportivo and Celta) and Basque (Athletic and Real Sociedad) sides.
Irureta was born in Irun, Gipuzkoa, making his senior debut for local Real Unión in 1965. Two years later he helped them reach the second division play-offs, before joining Atlético Madrid later that year. During his time at the club he was part of a team that won two La Liga titles and a Copa del Rey, playing alongside the likes of Adelardo, Luis Aragonés and José Eulogio Gárate.
The Colchoneros also reached the European Cup final in 1974, but after the winners, FC Bayern Munich, declined to participate in the Intercontinental Cup, they were invited as runners-up: facing Club Atlético Independiente of Argentina the side won 2–1 on aggregate, with Irureta scoring one of the goals in the 2–0 second-leg home success.
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