Jorge Aizkorreta Jurado (born 6 February 1974) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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| Full name | Jorge Aizkorreta Jurado | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barakaldo, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Athletic Bilbao | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | Bilbao Athletic | 62 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Athletic Bilbao | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Logroñés | 85 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Extremadura | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Racing Ferrol | 74 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Elche | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 260 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Career
editBorn in Barakaldo, Biscay, Aizkorreta arrived at Athletic Bilbao's youth system at the age of 17. After two solid years with the B-team in the second division, he was promoted to backup in the main squad, appearing in eight official games in his only season – all in La Liga, his official debut coming on 3 December 1995 in a 2–1 home win against Real Valladolid – and conceding as many goals.
Subsequently, Aizkorreta signed with CD Logroñés, starting most of the matches in the 1996–97 campaign but suffering relegation from the top level. After two more seasons in division two with the Riojan he continued playing in that category until his retirement in 2007, representing CF Extremadura, Racing de Ferrol and Elche CF (under contract with the Valencian Community side for three years, he only appeared three times in the league for the club in his last two seasons combined).
Aizkorreta was part of the Spanish squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, being an unused player in an eventual quarter-final exit.[1]
His elder brother Francisco Javier, a defender, was also developed at Athletic Bilbao, but had retired after spells in the third and fourth tiers before Jorge even started his career.[2][3]
Honours
editSpain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1996[4]
References
edit- ^ "Spain – 1996 Summer Olympics". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ^ Aizkorreta: Francisco Javier Aizkorreta Jurado, BDFutbol
- ^ El Barakaldo y la isla de Mallorca, 1986, Histórico Barakaldo C.F., 2 June 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (Italy has already won European Championships against Spain in 1996) Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Orgullo Bianconero, 18 June 2013 (in Spanish)
External links
edit- Jorge Aizkorreta at BDFutbol
- Jorge Aizkorreta at Athletic Bilbao
- Racing de Ferrol profile (in Spanish)
- Biography at Elche CF (in Spanish)