José Ángel Iribar
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Iribar and the second or maternal family name is Kortajarena.
José Ángel Iribar Kortajarena (born 1 March 1943), nicknamed El Chopo ("the Poplar"), is a Spanish retired football goalkeeper and manager.
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Full name | José Ángel Iribar Kortajarena | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1943-03-01) 1 March 1943 (age 81) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zarautz, Spain | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Salleco | ||||||||||||||
Zarautz | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1961–1962 | Basconia | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||
1962–1980 | Athletic Bilbao | 466 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 490 | (0) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1964–1976 | Spain | 49 | (0) | |||||||||||
1979 | Basque Country | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1983–1986 | Bilbao Athletic | |||||||||||||
1986–1987 | Athletic Bilbao | |||||||||||||
1987 | Bilbao Athletic | |||||||||||||
1988 | Basque Country | |||||||||||||
1993–2010 | Basque Country | |||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Having played almost exclusively for Athletic Bilbao, he appeared in more than 600 official games for the club over the course of 18 La Liga seasons, winning two major titles.[1]
Iribar represented the Spain national team in the 1964 Nations' Cup and the 1966 World Cup, winning the former tournament.