Andoni Zubizarreta

Andoni Zubizarreta is a genuine Spanish legend, and the kind I most admire. He guarded the goal for Athletic Bilbao and then eight years at Barcelona, and for a long stretch he was the most-capped player in Spain's history. What gets me is that he did not vanish after retiring, he moved into the front office and kept shaping clubs as a football executive. Standing alone in goal for hundreds of matches takes a different sort of nerve. A man who built so much of modern Spanish football, both between the posts and behind the scenes, leaves me with deep respect.

Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta (Basque pronunciation: [andoni s̻uβis̻areta ureta], Spanish: [anˈdoni θuβiˈθareta wˈreta]; born 23 October 1961) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. The most capped player for the Spain national team for several years, he played with individual and team success for Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona (eight years with the latter, he would later work with the clu…

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Name (English)

Andoni Zubizarreta

Name (Japanese)

アンドニ・スビサレッタ

Reading

あんどに・すびされった

Born

October 23, 1961 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Ox

Origin

Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain

Blood type

Private

Height

2 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player / businessperson

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Awards & achievements

• Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%93%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF

Tags

• Álava
• association football player
• businessperson

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.