José Vicente Fernández Biurrun (born 1 September 1959) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Vicente Fernández Biurrun | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Danak | |||
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1981 | Real Sociedad B | 78 | (0) |
| 1981–1983 | Real Sociedad | 0 | (0) |
| 1983–1986 | Osasuna | 60 | (0) |
| 1986–1990 | Athletic Bilbao | 151 | (0) |
| 1990–1993 | Español | 81 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Real Sociedad | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 374 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | Basque Country | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He appeared in 296 La Liga matches over 14 seasons, in representation of four teams.
Club career
editBorn in São Paulo, Brazil, Biurrun was of Basque descent and moved to Spain at a young age.[1] He started playing professionally with Real Sociedad (after appearing with the reserves in his senior beginnings) but, blocked by Spanish international Luis Arconada, he was forced to move and joined Navarrese neighbours CA Osasuna, being understudy to Francisco Vicuña in his first season and starting in the following two.[2]
FC Barcelona took an option to purchase Biurrun, but in May 1986 they signed Athletic Bilbao's goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta instead and an agreement was reached for the former to join the Basque club as the latter's replacement.[3] Deemed eligible to play for them due to his roots,[4] he established himself as a La Liga player, rarely missing a match[5] and playing a career-high 41 games in the 1986–87 campaign as his team finished in 13th position. Subsequently, he joined RCD Español as a replacement for the recently departed Thomas N'Kono.[6]
Biurrun retired in 1995 at 35 after ending where he had started, Real Sociedad.[7] He stayed connected with the game, as a players' agent.[8][2]
References
edit- ^ Guasch, Tomás (7 December 1982). "La cantera vasca llega hasta Brasil" [The Basque youth system goes all the way to Brazil]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ a b Irazusta, Tito (16 April 2016). "Biurrun: "A los porteros se nos recuerda por los fallos que tuvimos"" [Biurrun: "People remember goalkeepers for the mistakes they made"]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Segurola, Santiago (3 May 1986). "El Barcelona ficha a Zubizarreta por 150 millones" [Barcelona sign Zubizarreta for 150 million]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Agiriano, Jon (27 May 2001). "Voluntad de tradición" [Will of tradition]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2006.
- ^ "Iraizoz será el tercer portero en jugar 250 partidos de Liga con el Athletic" [Iraizoz will be the third goalkeeper to play 250 League matches with Athletic] (in Spanish). EFE. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Ortega, Albert (12 April 2021). "N'Kono: "Aún no he podido ver repetida la final de la UEFA ante el Bayer Leverkusen"" [N'Kono: "I still have not been able to watch that UEFA final against Bayer Leverkusen again"]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Athletic Club-Real Sociedad: jugadores en los dos bandos" [Athletic Club-Real Sociedad: players on both sides]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Qué fue de... Vicente Biurrun" [What happened to... Vicente Biurrun] (in Spanish). La Liga. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
External links
edit- Vicente Biurrun at BDFutbol
- Vicente Biurrun at Athletic Bilbao