Javier Irureta

Javier Irureta strikes me as a two-life football man, and both lives were serious. As an attacking midfielder he played 344 La Liga games for Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao and scored 70 goals, which is a real return for a player who created as much as he finished. Then he reinvented himself on the touchline, managing several top-flight Spanish clubs, most famously Deportivo. I always find the player-turned-manager who actually wins more interesting than the one who only coaches, because they carry the dressing room in their bones. Irureta did both at the highest level Spanish football offers, and that earns my respect.

Name (English)

Javier Irureta

Name (Japanese)

ハビエル・イルレタ

Reading

はびえる・いるれた

Born

April 1, 1948 (age 78)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rat

Origin

Irun, Gipuzkoa, Spain

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%93%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%BF

Tags

• Gipuzkoa
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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