Iñigo Liceranzu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús Iñigo Liceranzu Otxoa | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Athletic Bilbao | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1981 | Bilbao Athletic | 109 | (11) |
| 1980–1981 | → Barakaldo (loan) | 37 | (1) |
| 1981–1988 | Athletic Bilbao | 169 | (17) |
| 1988–1989 | Elche | 19 | (0) |
| Total | 334 | (29) | |
| National team | |||
| 1976–1977 | Spain U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 1985 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| ?–? | Úbeda | ||
| 1998–1999 | Zalla | ||
| 2000–2003 | Lemona | ||
| 2003–2005 | Amurrio | ||
| 2006–2008 | Barakaldo | ||
| 2010–2011 | Zamora | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Jesús Iñigo Liceranzu Otxoa (13 March 1959) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, and a coach.
Club career
Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Liceranzu was a product of local giants Athletic Bilbao. After three years with the reserves he made his professional debuts with Basque neighbours Barakaldo CF, in the second division.
Upon his return in the 1981 summer, Liceranzu eventually became an undisputed started for the club, partnering Andoni Goikoetxea as stopper and being dubbed Rocky due to his hard approach.[1] In 1983–84, as Athletic renewed its domestic supremacy, he scored a career-best seven goals in 32 matches; on 29 April 1984, he found the net twice in a Basque Derby home win against Real Sociedad (his second meaning the final 2–1, and the club's 3000th goal in La Liga[2]).
Liceranzu retired from football in 1989 at only 30, after one season with Elche CF also in the top level. Towards the end of the following decade he became a coach, working mainly in his native region: Úbeda CF, Zalla UC, SD Lemona, Amurrio Club, Barakaldo and Zamora CF.[1]
International career
On 30 April 1985 Liceranzu gained his sole cap for Spain, playing the entire 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Wales, a 0–3 loss in Wrexham.[3]
Honours
References
- 1 2 "Rocky" Liceranzu se hará cargo del Zamora CF ("Rocky" Liceranzu to take charge of Zamora CF); Cadena COPE, 17 March 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ Vuestras fotos (Your pictures); Aupa Athletic, 22 October 2005 (Spanish)
- ↑ Gales, espectacular y potente, goleó a España (Gales, spectacular and powerful, routed Spain); El País, 1 May 1985 (Spanish)
External links
- Iñigo Liceranzu profile at BDFutbol
- Iñigo Liceranzu manager profile at BDFutbol
- Athletic Bilbao profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- Iñigo Liceranzu at National-Football-Teams.com