Andoni Cedrún Ibarra (born 5 June 1960) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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. He appeared in 351

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matches over 15 seasons, representing mostly

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with which he won three major titles, including the 1995 Cup Winners' Cup. He started his career with

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Club career

Born in

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, Cedrún was a youth product at

, and managed to appear in 21 first-team matches in his first professional season at only 20. This was prior to the promotion of another Lezama graduate, legendary

Andoni Zubizarreta Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta (, ; born 23 October 1961) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. The most capped player for the Spain national team for several years, he played with individual and team success for ...

, which then left him two years without any

appearances. Cedrún joined

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of the same league in summer 1984, following half a

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(15 games, top-flight relegation). He proceeded to play 144 times in the league in his first four years, adding five matches in the team's victorious campaign in the

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in 1994–95. For the 1988–89 campaign, the

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ese signed

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an José Luis Chilavert and Cedrún would be again second-choice for two seasons. However, he managed to bounce back at age 30, going on to start again the following three. From 1993 onwards, Cedrún began facing some competition from

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youth graduate Juanmi and, after no league appearances to his credit in 1995–96, left for a single top-tier campaign at lowly

CD Logroñés Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in '' Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club ha ...

, retiring subsequently.

Personal life

Cedrún's father, Carmelo, was also a footballer and a goalkeeper. He too represented Athletic but with more success, playing more than 400 competitive matches in the 50s/60s. His nephew,

Markel Areitio Markel Areitio Cedrún (born 7 September 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SCD Durango. Club career Born in Iurreta, Biscay, Areitio played youth football for Iurretako KT and Athletic Bilbao. He made his debut as a s ...

, is also a goalkeeper.

Honours

Zaragoza *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

: 1985–86, 1993–94 *

: 1994–95

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cedrun, Andoni 1960 births Living people 20th-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Durango, Biscay Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División B players Athletic Bilbao B footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Cádiz CF players Real Zaragoza players CD Logroñés footballers Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Basque Country men's international footballers