Ion Andoni Goikoetxea

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Ion Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa (born October 21, 1965, Pamplona, Navarre) is a former Spanish footballer. Also referred to as Juan Antonio Goicoechea Lasa or Goiko, he is not to be confused with former Athletic Bilbao and Atlético Madrid defender Andoni Goikoetxea. He played for CA Osasuna, Real Sociedad, FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, Yokohama F. Marinos and Spain. In 1991 he was voted Spanish Footballer Of The Year by Don Balón magazine.

Goikoetxea made his La Liga debut with CA Osasuna in 1985 and made 94 La Liga appearances with the club before joining Real Sociedad in 1988 where he made a further 74 La Liga appearances. In 1990 he signed for FC Barcelona where he joined up with several other Basque players, including Txiki Beguiristain, Julio Salinas and José Mari Bakero . They would form the backbone of the legendary Dream Team.

Goikoetxea made 126 La Liga appearances for FC Barcelona. In 1994 he joined Athletic Bilbao and subsequently made 92 La Liga appearances. In 1998 he briefly played with Yokohama Marinos before rejoining CA Osasuna.

Goikoetxea played 36 times for Spain between 1992 and 1996 and played at the 1994 World Cup.

He currently works as an assistant coach to José Ziganda at Osasuna.

[edit] Honours

FC Barcelona

• UEFA Champions League:1
  • 1991-92

• Spanish Champions: 4
  • 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94

• Supercopa de España: 3
  • 1992, 1993, 1995

[edit] External links

• La Liga stats
• Spain stats

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