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), 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

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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

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. First choice from early on, he scored a career-best 11 goals in the 1987–88 season as the

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se finished fifth. Subsequently, ''Goiko'' signed for league giants FC Barcelona, but was immediately loaned for two years to Osasuna's neighbours

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in a deal also involving Txiki Begiristain and José Mari Bakero who went to Barcelona from

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. He only missed two league games over two seasons, achieving another fifth place in his second. In 1990–91, Goikoetxea arrived at

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, joining several other Basque players including Begiristain, Andoni Zubizarreta,

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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

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(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

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. Goikoetxea played 37 matches in his first season with ''Barça'', being voted the Spanish Footballer of the Year by ''

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'' magazine. In the summer of 1994 he joined another Basque side,

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, making 112 competitive appearances during his spell. Goikoetxea retired in 1999 after a brief spell with Japan's Yokohama F. 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

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. His debut came on 12 September 1990, in a 3–0

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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

International

:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Goikoetxea goal.''

Honours

Barcelona * La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92,

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, 1993–94 *

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: 1991–92 * UEFA Super Cup:

Spain U20 * FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up:

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