José Ramón Gallego
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Ramón Gallego Souto | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Durango, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1978–1979 | Durango | ||
| 1979–1980 | Bilbao Athletic | 30 | (1) |
| 1980–1991 | Athletic Bilbao | 259 | (15) |
| 1980–1981 | → Córdoba (loan) | ||
| 1991–1992 | Alavés | ||
| National team | |||
| 1986 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
José Ramón Gallego Souto (born 7 August 1959) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
His entire professional career was spent with Athletic Bilbao for which he played 11 seasons in La Liga, amassing official totals of 330 games and 18 goals.
Football career
Born in Durango, Biscay, Gallego started playing in 1979 with local amateurs SCD Durango. After one year he was acquired by Basque giants Athletic Bilbao, initially being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.
Gallego made his La Liga debut on 30 March 1980, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 away draw against RCD Español[1] and appearing in a further six league games during the season. After a loan to Córdoba CF also in the third level he returned to the Lions, going on to be a first-team regular over the course of the following eight years.[2][3]
Gallego contributed with 57 matches and two goals combined as his main club won back-to-back national championships (including the double in 1983–84). He ended his career in 1992 at the age of nearly 33 with neighbouring Deportivo Alavés, also in division three.
Honours
Club
- Athletic Bilbao
Country
- Spain U21
References
- ↑ 0–0: El Español jugó lo bastante para ganar (0–0: Español played well enough to win); El Mundo Deportivo, 31 March 1980 (Spanish)
- ↑ El bilbaíno Gallego, premio a la regularidad (Bilbao's Gallego, regularity award); El Mundo Deportivo, 20 February 1987 (Spanish)
- ↑ Ath. Bilbao: renovó Gallego (Ath. Bilbao: Gallego renewed); El Mundo Deportivo, 12 May 1989 (Spanish)
- ↑ ¡¡¡Campeones!!! (Champions!!!); El Mundo Deportivo, 30 October 1986 (Spanish)
External links
- Athletic Bilbao profile
- José Ramón Gallego profile at BDFutbol