Hoseba Andoni Echeberir Lisardi ( Spanish Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi ; born September 5, 1977 , Elgoibar , Gipuzkoa , Basque Country ) - Spanish footballer , midfielder . He spent almost his entire career at the Athletic Bilbao club. Now the coach.
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| Nickname | El gallo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Was born | Elgoibar , Guipuzcoa , Basque Country , Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 178 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Joseba started his career in another Basque club - Real Sociedad , after which he moved to Athletic for more than 3 million euros in terms of modern money. . At that time, it was the most expensive transfer of a player under the age of 18 in Spanish and Basque football. .
In 1995 he became the top scorer of the youth world championship , then he was taken to the main national team of the country, in which he played at the 1998 World Championships , as well as at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 .
On October 1, 2008, Echeberría signed a new contract with Athletic, according to which he will play for him in the 2009/10 season for free [2] .
On May 15, 2010, Josece Echeberria played in his last match for his native Athletic against Deportivo, in this match he distinguished himself with an assist, and later on 77 minutes he was replaced by Tokero.
Farewell match
Basques said goodbye [ when? ] with the legend of the club Hoseba Echeberriya - in the farewell match the children in the number of 200 people confronted the veteran of "Athletics". Despite the numerical advantage, the children could not win the Athletics players and lost, scoring 3 goals and conceding 5 goals. .
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ Echeberria will play for “Athletic” for free Archival copy of October 4, 2008 on the Wayback Machine News on the Championship.ru website of October 1, 2008
Links
- Profile on the site of FC Athletic Bilbao
- Profile on BDFutbol.com (English)
- Player profile and coach profile (English) on the website Transfermarkt
- Profile on National Football Teams (English)