Ander Garitano

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Ander Garitano
Personal information
Full name Ander Garitano Urkizu
Date of birth (1969-02-26) 26 February 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Derio, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1988 Bilbao Athletic 67 (15)
1988–1996 Athletic Bilbao 234 (35)
1996–2002 Zaragoza 147 (15)
Total448(65)
International career
1984–1985 Spain U16 9 (3)
1986 Spain U18 2 (1)
1989–1990 Spain U21 5 (0)
Managerial career
2002–2008 Zaragoza (youth)
2008 Zaragoza
2008–2009 Zaragoza (youth)
2009–2010 Zaragoza B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ander Garitano Urkizu (born 26 February 1969) is a Spanish retired professional football left midfielder and manager.

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His career as a player – spent almost entirely in La Liga – was solely associated with two clubs, Athletic Bilbao and Zaragoza.

Playing career

Born in Derio, Biscay, Garitano began his professional career at local powerhouse Athletic Bilbao. After appearing twice in the closing stages of 1987–88 he quickly imposed himself as a first-choice player with good free kick skills, scoring 35 La Liga goals over nine seasons; on 12 March 1988, two weeks after his 19th birthday, he made his official debut, starting in a 5–0 away loss against Real Madrid. [1]

Garitano signed for Real Zaragoza in 1996, and played there until his retirement in six years later. He was still regularly used in the Aragonese side's victorious run in the 2000–01 Copa del Rey, [2] and finally retired the following summer at 33 – Zaragoza suffered top-flight relegation – with more than 500 competitive matches to his credit; from 1986 to 1988 he played 61 games for Athletic Bilbao B, with that team in the Segunda División. [3]

Coaching career

Subsequently, Garitano moved into coaching, first taking charge of Zaragoza's youth teams. [4] In mid-January 2008 he replaced the dismissed Víctor Fernández, [5] first appearing in a Spanish Cup round-of-16 tie against Racing de Santander, a 4–2 loss (5–3 on aggregate). [6]

Just two days after his only league game, a 3–1 home win over Real Murcia, Garitano quit the job, quoting a lack of commitment. [7] The club would have a further two managers until the end of the campaign, which ended in relegation. [8]

Garitano returned to Zaragoza for 2008–09, now as a youth coach. [4] However, in late 2009, he moved to the reserves following José Aurelio Gay's promotion to the main squad. [9]

Personal life

Garitano was the younger brother of Angel Garitano (also known as 'Ondarru') who served for many years as assistant to Mané at managerial appointments including Deportivo Alavés and Athletic Bilbao, [10] [11] and the uncle of another footballer (and midfielder), Gaizka Garitano whom, after unsuccessfully graduating from Athletic's academy, went on to represent, among others, neighbours SD Eibar, Real Sociedad and Alavés. [12] [11] They were distantly related to Juan Urquizu who also served Athletic as player and manager. [10] However, the Basque player and manager Asier Garitano is no relation. [13]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe Other [14] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bilbao Athletic 1985–86 40??----40
1986–87 344??----344
1987–88 279??----279
1988–89 22------22
Total671500----6715
Athletic Bilbao 1987–88 2000----20
1988–89 2344020--294
1989–90 36542----407
1990–91 30452----356
1991–92 29773----3610
1992–93 27320----293
1993–94 26630----296
1994–95 3543060--444
1995–96 26250----312
Total2343533780--27542
Zaragoza 1996–97 37330----403
1997–98 18753----2310
1998–99 19110----201
1999–00 30451----355
2000–01 1907020--280
2001–02 240103000280
Total14715224500017419
Career totals4486555111300051676

Honours

Zaragoza

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References

  1. ↑ Alcaide, Jesús (13 March 1988). "Este "merengue" es de hierro..." [Iron ("Hierro" in English, pun on player's name) "merengue"...]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Ortego, Enrique (1 July 2001). "Zaragoza, no hay quinta Copa mala" [Zaragoza, no such thing as a bad fifth Cup]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Martín, Javi (7 September 2015). "Asier Villalibre: segundo goleador más jóven de la historia del Bilbao Athletic en 2ª División" [Asier Villalibre: second-youngest goalscorer of Bilbao Athletic's history in 2nd Division] (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 Lahoz, Raúl (17 July 2008). "Garitano vuelve como entrenador del juvenil" [Garitano returns as juvenil manager]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Garitano succeeds Fernández at Zaragoza". ESPN Soccernet. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
  6. ↑ Quixano, Jordi (17 January 2008). "Colsa reparte y Tchité liquida" [Colsa provides and Tchité finishes]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Garitano quits as Zaragoza coach after a week". ESPN Soccernet. 22 January 2008. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
  8. ↑ Suárez, Orfeo (19 May 2008). "El Zaragoza y el principio de autoridad" [Zaragoza and the principle of authority]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Gay fue presentado a la plantilla y realizó dos sesiones de trabajo" [Gay was introduced to squad and held two work sessions]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 16 December 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  10. 1 2 Fernández, José M. (11 June 2016). "Alma de versolari, corazón de futbolista" [Soul of a wordsmith, heart of a footballer]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  11. 1 2 Encinas, Mikel (25 January 2007). "Una familia con el corazón partido" [A family with a broken heart]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "El sobrino de Ander es el capitán del mejor Éibar" [Ander's nephew captains best Éibar]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 12 April 2005. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  13. ↑ Bosch, Josep (22 September 2016). "El gran duelo de los Garitano" [The great battle of the Garitanos]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  14. ↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup.
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