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Personal information
Full name Jon Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa
Date of birth (1965-10-21) 21 October 1965 (age 58)
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)
1983–1985 Osasuna B 41 (14)
1985–1988 Osasuna 94 (20)
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 467 (51)
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)
1988–1996 Basque Country 5 (1)
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).

Jon Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa (born 21 October 1965), often known as Goiko, 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 Barcelona spell, during the club's Dream Team years.

Having amassed La Liga totals of 386 matches and 37 goals in 13 seasons, Goikoetxea appeared for Spain at the 1994 World Cup.

Club career

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

Subsequently, Goiko signed for league giants FC Barcelona, but was immediately loaned for two years to Osasuna's neighbours Real Sociedad in a deal also involving Txiki Begiristain and José Mari Bakero who went to Barcelona from San Sebastián. He only missed two league games over two seasons, achieving another fifth place in his second.

In 1990–91, Goikoetxea arrived at Camp Nou, joining several other Basque players including Begiristain, Andoni Zubizarreta, Julio Salinas and Bakero; these would help form the backbone of the legendary Dream Team, winning four league titles in a row and adding the club's first European Cup (where he appeared in the second half of the 1–0 win over U.C. Sampdoria). He also scored the winning goal in the subsequent edition of the UEFA Super Cup, won at the expense of SV Werder Bremen.

Goikoetxea played 37 matches in his first season with Barça, being voted the Spanish Footballer of the Year by Don Balón magazine. In the summer of 1994 he joined another Basque side, Athletic Bilbao, making 112 competitive appearances during his spell.

Goikoetxea retired in 1999 after a brief spell with Japan's Yokohama 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 Athletic 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.

International career

Goikoetxea played 36 times for the Spain national team in six years, representing the country at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. His debut came on 12 September 1990, in a 3–0 friendly victory over Brazil.

During the 1994 competition in the United States, Goikoetxea 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.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Osasuna 1985–86 La Liga 20 1
1986–87 38 8
1987–88 36 11
Total 94 20
Real Sociedad 1988–89 La Liga 38 6
1989–90 36 4
Total 74 10
Barcelona 1990–91 La Liga 37 3
1991–92 32 0
1992–93 29 3
1993–94 28 0
Total 126 6
Athletic Bilbao 1994–95 La Liga 28 1
1995–96 33 0
1996–97 31 0
Total 92 1
Yokohama Marinos 1998 J1 League 23 0
Career total 409 37

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 1990 4 0
1991 5 0
1992 5 0
1993 5 0
1994 11 3
1995 5 1
1996 1 0
Total 36 4
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Goikoetxea goal.
List of international goals scored by Jon Andoni Goikoetxea
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 June 1994 Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States  South Korea 2–0 2–2 1994 FIFA World Cup
2 21 June 1994 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States  Germany 1–0 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 2–0 2–0 Euro 1996 qualifying

Honours

Barcelona

Spain U20

See also

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