Joseba Etxeberria

Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi (born 5 September 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a winger, and the manager of Bilbao Athletic.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Etxeberria and the second or maternal family name is Lizardi.

Joseba Etxeberria
Etxeberria in 2009
Personal information
Full name Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi
Date of birth (1977-09-05) 5 September 1977
Place of birth Elgoibar, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Bilbao Athletic (manager)
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Real Sociedad B 29 (9)
1995 Real Sociedad 7 (2)
1995–2010 Athletic Bilbao 445 (88)
Total 481 (99)
National team
1992–1994 Spain U16 17 (11)
1994–1995 Spain U18 7 (5)
1995 Spain U20 6 (7)
1996–1997 Spain U21 3 (0)
1997–2004 Spain 53 (12)
1998–2007 Basque Country 11 (2)
Teams managed
2012–2015 Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2016–2017 Basconia
2017–2018 Amorebieta
2018 Tenerife
2019– Bilbao Athletic
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

After starting his professional career at the age of 17 with Real Sociedad, he quickly switched to Athletic Bilbao, going on to spend the rest of his extensive career there.[1]

Exteberria earned 53 caps for Spain, representing the nation in one World Cup and two European Championships.

Playing career

Club

Born in Elgoibar, Gipuzkoa, Etxeberria began his career with Real Sociedad, making his La Liga debut at only 17 in a 2–0 home win against RCD Español on 29 January 1995. That summer, he moved to neighbouring Athletic Bilbao in a controversial transfer that cost over €3 million[2] and caused the clubs to break off formal relations[3]– at the time, it was the highest transfer fee paid for an under-18 player in Spanish football.[4] When he returned to Anoeta Stadium in 2001, the Real Sociedad supporters prepared banners of his face on banknotes denoting him as a 'mercenary', and when he scored they responded with a hail of bottles and verbal abuse which earned the organization a fine from the Royal Spanish Football Federation.[3]

In 1997–98, Etxeberria scored 11 league goals as Athletic finished second, achieving a career-best 14 five seasons later. He netted the goal that took his team into the group stage of the UEFA Champions League as they overcame FC Dinamo Tbilisi on the away goals rule,[5] and repeated the feat in that phase of the competition against Rosenborg BK (1–1 home draw);[6] in his first 12 years he never appeared in less than 28 league games, his lowest scoring output being three in the 2004–05 and 2006–07 campaigns, while he was also eventually awarded team captaincy.[7]

On 1 October 2008, already playing second-fiddle, Etxeberria agreed a deal with the Basque side according to which he effectively played 2009–10, his last season as a professional, for free, after his contract expired in June 2009.[8][9]

Etxeberria's last year was not a successful one individually as he only appeared in seven league matches, adding another seven with two goals in the season's UEFA Europa League, including his final for the club (a late penalty equaliser) against C.D. Nacional in the group phase of the UEFA Europa League on 5 November 2009.[10] On 15 May 2010 he was replaced to a standing ovation in Athletic's 2–0 home victory over Deportivo de La Coruña, and represented his main club in 514 official matches (104 goals), third-best in its history only behind José Ángel Iribar and Txetxu Rojo.[11][12]

Etxeberria's testimonial match at the San Mamés Stadium was played against 200 children, and he scored twice in a 5–3 win.[13]

International

After leading the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship scoring charts and winning fourth place, Etxeberria moved up to the Spain full national team, making his debut on 19 November 1997 in a friendly match against Romania in Palma, Majorca and scoring in the 1–1 draw.[14]

He was capped 53 times and netted 12 goals,[15] representing his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000[16] and Euro 2004.[17] On 18 June, in the second tournament, he scored the 2–1 winner in the group stage match to defeat Slovenia.[18]

Etxeberria also featured for the unofficial Basque Country side in 11 matches, a record number of appearances at the time which was honoured by the territorial federation upon his retirement.[19]

Coaching career

Etxeberria began a coaching career after retiring, his first job being with the Basque Country representative youth teams.[20] In 2012 he returned to Athletic, starting out at the youth academy;[21] having spent so many years at the club as a player, he described the Lezama training centre as a "second home".[20]

In 2015, Etxeberria moved to the first team under manager Ernesto Valverde.[22] The following year he was appointed at affiliate CD Basconia, controlling a group of players he had previously managed at the Juvenil age group level.[21][23]

In summer 2017, Etxberria departed from the Athletic internal structure whilst remaining contracted to the club and moved within the same region to become manager of third-tier side SD Amorebieta, replacing the departed Aitor Larrazábal (a former Athletic teammate and coaching colleague).[21][24] On 5 February of the following year, he replaced fired José Luis Martí at the helm of CD Tenerife.[25]

In May 2018, Athletic Bilbao confirmed that Etxeberria had cut all ties with the club to continue his coaching career independently.[26] On 17 September, he was fired by Tenerife after the team failed to record a victory in the first five league matches of the season.[27]

Etxeberria returned to the Athletic Bilbao staff in late May 2019, now as head coach of the reserve team Bilbao Athletic, on a two-year contract.[28]

Personal life

Etxeberria was not related to former Athletic teammate Imanol Etxeberria. Coincidentally, they were raised just a few miles from one another (Imanol hailed from Bergara).

Career statistics

Club

[29]

Club Season League Cup Europe Other[30] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Sociedad B 1993–94 Segunda División B 10------10
1994–95 289------289
Total 299------299
Real Sociedad 1994–95 La Liga 7210----82
Total 7210----82
Athletic Bilbao 1995–96 La Liga 33763----3910
1996–97 35610----366
1997–98 36114230--4313
1998–99 3652182--468
1999–00 351022----3712
2000–01 28530----315
2001–02 31861----379
2002–03 331400----3314
2003–04 34610----356
2004–05 3337182--486
2005–06 29420----314
2006–07 28320----303
2007–08 25400----254
2008–09 22230----252
2009–10 70207220182
Total 44588411026620514104
Career total 48199421026620551115

International
Spain[15]
YearAppsGoals
199711
1998102
1999103
2000112
200140
200210
2003103
200461
Total5312

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition[15]
1.19 November 1997Lluís Sitjar, Palma, Spain Romania1–01–1Friendly
2.25 March 1998Balaídos, Vigo, Spain Sweden4–04–0Friendly
3.14 October 1998Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel Israel1–21–2Euro 2000 qualifying
4.31 March 1999Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino0–60–6Euro 2000 qualifying
5.5 June 1999El Madrigal, Vila-real, Spain San Marino3–09–0Euro 2000 qualifying
6.5 June 1999El Madrigal, Vila-real, Spain San Marino4–09–0Euro 2000 qualifying
7.18 June 2000Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Slovenia1–21–2UEFA Euro 2000
8.2 September 2000Koševo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina1–21–22002 World Cup qualification
9.29 March 2003Olimpiyskiy, Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine1–22–2Euro 2004 qualifying
10.6 November 2003D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal Portugal0–10–3Friendly
11.19 November 2003Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway Norway0–30–3Euro 2004 qualifying
12.18 February 2004Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain Peru1–12–1Friendly

Managerial statistics
As of 22 February 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Basconia 29 June 2016 5 June 2017 38 12 12 14 50 55 −5 031.58 [31]
Amorebieta 5 June 2017 5 February 2018 24 7 9 8 29 25 +4 029.17 [32]
Tenerife 5 February 2018 17 September 2018 23 8 8 7 33 28 +5 034.78 [33]
Bilbao Athletic 28 May 2019 Present 26 14 6 6 51 30 +21 053.85 [34]
Career Total 111 41 35 35 163 138 +25 036.94 —

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