Ion Andoni Goikoetxea

Andoni Goikoetxea

Goikoetxea in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Ion Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa
Date of birth	21 October 1965
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
	Osasuna
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985–1988	Osasuna	95	(19)
1988–1994	Barcelona	126	(6)
1988–1990	→ Real Sociedad (loan)	74	(10)
1994–1997	Athletic Bilbao	92	(1)
1998	Yokohama Marinos	23	(0)
1998–1999	Osasuna	17	(0)
Total		427	(36)
National team
1985	Spain U19	1	(0)
1985	Spain U20	5	(1)
1985–1988	Spain U21	12	(2)
1987	Spain U23	1	(0)
1990–1996	Spain	36	(4)
Teams managed
2005–2006	Osasuna B (assistant)
2006–2008	Osasuna (assistant)
2009–2010	Xerez (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Ion Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa (born 21 October 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer.

An attacking player of wide range, he operated in various positions on the right side of the pitch (right back, midfielder or forward), and was best known for his FC Barcelona spell, during the club's Dream Team years.^[1][2]

Having amassed La Liga totals of 386 games and 36 goals over the course of 13 seasons, Goikoetxea appeared for Spain at the 1994 World Cup.

Club career

A product of hometown's CA Osasuna's youth ranks, Goikoetxea was born in Pamplona, and he first appeared in La Liga two days shy of his 20th birthday, in a 0–2 away loss against Celta de Vigo. An automatic first-choice from early on, he scored a career-best 11 goals in the 1987–88 season, as the Navarrese finished fifth.

Subsequently Goiko moved to league giants FC Barcelona, but was immediately loaned for two years to Osasuna's neighbours Real Sociedad where he would only missed two league games in two seasons combined, achieving another fifth place in his second.

In 1990–91 Goikoetxea arrived at Camp Nou, joining several other Basque players, including Txiki Begiristain, Julio Salinas and José Mari Bakero. These would help form the backbone of the legendary Dream Team, winning four league titles in a row, with the addition of the club's first European Cup (where he appeared in the second half of the 1–0 win over U.C. Sampdoria).

In his first season with Barça Goikoetxea played in 37 matches, being voted the Spanish Footballer of the Year by Don Balón magazine.^[3] In the 1994 summer he joined another Basque side, Athletic Bilbao, amassing nearly a further 100 top flight appearances in three years.

Goikoetxea retired in 1999 after a brief spell with Japan's Yokohama F. Marinos – where he again teamed up with Salinas – and a return to Osasuna, now in the second division. Six years later he started his coaching career, always under former Osasuna and Bilbao teammate José Ángel Ziganda; the pair worked at newly promoted Xerez CD during the 2009–10 campaign, leaving in early 2010 due to poor results.^[4]

International career

Goikoetxea played 36 times for the Spanish national team during six years, representing the country at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.^[5] His debut came on 12 September 1990, in a 3–0 friendly win over Brazil.^[6]

During the 1994 competition in the United States, Goiko appeared in all the matches, scoring twice in two draws against South Korea (2–2) and Germany (1–1), his misplaced crossing attempt catching goalkeeper Bodo Illgner off-guard in the latter game.^[7][8]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 June 1994	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States	South Korea	0–2	2–2	1994 FIFA World Cup
2.	21 June 1994	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	Germany	0–1	1–1	1994 FIFA World Cup
3.	30 November 1994	La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain	Finland	2–0	2–0	Friendly
4.	26 April 1995	Hrazdan, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	0–2	0–2	Euro 1996 qualifying

Statistics

Club

^[9]

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Spain			League
1985–86	Osasuna	La Liga	20	1
1986–87			38	7
1987–88			36	11
1988–89	Real Sociedad	La Liga	38	6
1989–90			36	4
1990–91	Barcelona	La Liga	37	3
1991–92			32	0
1992–93			29	3
1993–94			28	0
1994–95	Athletic Bilbao	La Liga	28	1
1995–96			33	0
1996–97			31	0
Japan			League
1998	Yokohama Marinos	J. League 1	23	0
Country	Spain		386	36
	Japan		23	0
Total			409	36

International

^[5]

Spain
Year	Apps	Goals
1990	4	0
1991	5	0
1992	5	0
1993	5	0
1994	11	3
1995	5	1
1996	1	0
Total	36	4

Honours

Club

Barcelona

• European Cup: 1991–92
• La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
• Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992
• UEFA Super Cup: 1992

Country

Spain U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1985

References

1. De atacante a lateral, una reconversión recurrente (From forward to fullback, recurrent reconversion); Mundo Deportivo, 15 October 2015 (Spanish)
2. How Johan Cruyff reinvented modern football at Barcelona; FourFourTwo, 22 October 2015
3. Spain – Footballer of the Year; at RSSSF
4. El Xerez destituye al 'Cuco' Ziganda (Xerez sacks 'Cuco' Ziganda); 20 Minutos, 12 January 2010 (Spanish)
5. Jon Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa – International Appearances; at RSSSF
6. Entrenamiento con tres golazos (Training with three wonder goals); Mundo Deportivo, 13 September 1990 (Spanish)
7. World Cup '94; Up 2–0 with only 10 men, Spain must settle for a tie; The New York Times, 18 June 1994
8. World Cup '94; A lot of creative work went into makings of tie; The New York Times, 22 June 1994
9. "Jon Andoni Goikoetxea". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

External links

• Ion Andoni Goikoetxea profile at BDFutbol
• National team data (Spanish)
• Ion Andoni Goikoetxea at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ion Andoni Goikoetxea – FIFA competition record