Andoni is the Basque adaptation of the given name Anthony in use in the Basque Country. [1]
Andoni may also be as a Romanian-language surname (a variant of Andone) or among Albanians.
It may refer to:
Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga, Goiko for short, is a Spanish former football centre back and manager.
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad or La Real, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909. It plays its home matches at the Anoeta Stadium. Real Sociedad won the Liga title in 1980–81 and 1981–82, and last finished runner-up in 2002–03. The club has also won the Copa del Rey three times, in 1909, 1987 and 2020. It contests the Basque derby against rivals Athletic Bilbao. Real Sociedad was a founding member of La Liga in 1929; its longest spell in the top flight was for 40 seasons, from 1967 to 2007.
Cantera, literally meaning "quarry" in Spanish, is a term used in Spain to refer to youth academies and farm teams organized by sports clubs. It is also used to refer to the geographical area that clubs recruit players from. The term is widely used in football but is also applied to other sports, such as basketball. This article, however, is about the football canteras. Notable canteras include those of Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Espanyol, Sporting de Gijón, Celta de Vigo and Valencia.
Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Jon Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa, often known as Goiko, is a Spanish retired footballer.
José Ramón Alexanko Ventosa is a Spanish retired footballer and manager, who later served as director of football of Valencia CF.
Aitor "Txiki" Begiristain Mujika is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger but also as a forward, currently the director of football of English club Manchester City.
Mikel is the Basque adaptation of the given name Michael. Notable people with the name include:
Genar Andrinúa Cortabarría is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Goicoechea, also spelled various other ways and all derived from the original Basque Goikoetxea, is a Spanish and Latin American surname.
Inigo derives from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (love)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in the United Kingdom.
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the Antonii, a gens to which Mark Antony belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland.
Jon Andoni Pérez Alonso, known as Bolo, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a centre forward, and is the current manager of SD Ponferradina.
Aitor is a Basque masculine given name, created by Agosti Xaho for a Basque ancestral patriarch descending from the Biblical Tubal in his work "The Legend of Aitor" . Luis Mitxelena believes that Xaho created it from the Souletin Basque expression aitoren semeak or aitonen semeak After Xaho, it was popularized by the Spanish-language novel Amaya o los vascos en el siglo VIII. Nowadays it is a common name among Basque males.
Jesús Iñigo Liceranzu Otxoa is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, and a coach.
Andoni Lakabeg Fraile is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right back.
Athletic Club "B", commonly known as Bilbao Athletic, is the reserve team of Athletic Club, a football club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country in Spain. The team are playing in the Primera División RFEF in the 2021-22 season. Founded in 1964, the team holds home matches at the small stadium attached to the club's training facility at Lezama, holding 3,250 spectators or occasionally at San Mamés Stadium, with its 53,500-seat capacity, for important fixtures.
Julen is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
The Athletic–Barcelona clásico refers to football matches between Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona, two clubs competing in Spanish football competitions.
Fatjon is an Albanian masculine given name and may refer to: