Josu Urrutia
Urrutia in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Josu Urrutia Tellería | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1986 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1990 | Bilbao Athletic | 109 | (13) |
| 1988–2003 | Athletic Bilbao | 348 | (10) |
| Total | 457 | (23) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Josu Urrutia Tellería (born 10 April 1968) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current president of Athletic Bilbao.
His 17-year senior career was solely connected with Athletic Bilbao, for which he appeared in 348 La Liga games over the course of 16 seasons, scoring ten goals.
Born in Bilbao, Biscay, and a product of the Athletic Bilbao youth academy at Lezama, Urrutia appeared once for the first team during the 1987–88 season, then amassed a further five La Liga games in the following, going on to represent the B-side in both the second and third divisions; on 9 September 1984, aged only 16, he made his first appearance with the reserves due to a strike by the professional footballers, and he played 67 minutes in a 3–1 home win against UD Salamanca for the second level championship.
From the 1990–91 campaign onwards, Urrutia became a very important first-team member, being a valuable midfield element with tackling and stamina skills and a perfect complement for the more attacking Julen Guerrero. He appeared in 30 matches during 1997–98 as the Basques qualified for the UEFA Champions League, as second.
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