José Manuel Ochotorena

I have a soft spot for goalkeepers, and Ochotorena embodies the position's unglamorous dignity. Eleven seasons and 167 La Liga matches across Real Madrid, Valencia, Tenerife and more, plus a spot in Spain's 1990 World Cup squad, add up to a career built on reliability rather than flash. That he became a coach afterward makes perfect sense to me; keepers see the whole pitch and learn to organize others. His passing in 2025 was a real loss. I admire the men who guard the last line, asking for no spotlight while quietly holding everything together behind them.

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Name (English)

José Manuel Ochotorena

Name (Japanese)

ホセ・マヌエル・オチョトレーナ

Reading

ほせ・まぬえる・おちょとれーな

Born

January 16, 1961 – October 27, 2025

Origin

Hernani, Gipuzkoa, Spain

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Manuel%20Ochotorena
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8C%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704934

Tags

• Gipuzkoa
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.