Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi (born 5 September 1977) is a Spanish retired

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who played mostly as a winger, currently

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. After starting his professional career at the age of 17 with

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, he quickly switched to

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, going on to spend the rest of his extensive career there. Exteberria earned 53

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for

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, representing the nation in one

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and two

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Playing career

Club

Born in Elgoibar,

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, Etxeberria began his career with

, making his

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debut at only 17 in a 2–0 home win against

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on 29 January 1995. That summer, he moved to neighbouring

in a controversial transfer that cost over

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3 million and caused the clubs to break off formal relations– at the time, it was the highest transfer fee paid for an under-18 player in

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. When he returned to

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in 2001, the Real Sociedad supporters prepared banners of his face on

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s denoting him as a 'mercenary', and when he scored they responded with a hail of bottles and verbal abuse which earned the organization a fine from the

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. In 1997–98, Etxeberria scored 11 league goals as Athletic finished second, achieving a career-best 14 five seasons later. He netted the goal that took his team into the group stage of the

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as they overcame

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on the

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, and repeated the feat in that phase of the competition against

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(1–1 home draw); in his first 12 years he never appeared in less than 28 league games, his lowest scoring output being three in the 2004–05 and 2006–07 campaigns, while he was also eventually awarded team captaincy. On 1 October 2008, already playing second-fiddle, Etxeberria agreed a deal with the

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side according to which he effectively played 2009–10, his last season as a professional, for free, after his contract expired in June 2009. Etxeberria's last year was not a successful one individually as he only appeared in seven league matches, adding another seven with two goals in the season's

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, including his final for the club (a late

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equaliser) against

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in the group phase of the

on 5 November 2009. On 15 May 2010, he was replaced to a

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in Athletic's 2–0 home victory over

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, and represented his main club in 514 official matches (104 goals), third-best in its history only behind

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and Txetxu Rojo. Etxeberria's

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at the San Mamés Stadium was played against 200 children, and he scored twice in a 5–3 win.

International

After leading the

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scoring charts and winning fourth place, Etxeberria moved up to the Spain full national team, making his debut on 19 November 1997 in a friendly against

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and scoring in the 1–1 draw. He was

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53 times and netted 12 goals, representing his country at the

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and

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. On 18 June, in the second tournament, he scored the 2–1 winner in the group stage match to defeat

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. Etxeberria also featured for the unofficial Basque Country side in 11 matches, a record number of appearances at the time which was honoured by the territorial federation upon his retirement.

Coaching career

Etxeberria began a

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career after retiring, his first job being with the Basque Country representative youth teams. In 2012 he returned to Athletic, starting out at the

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; having spent so many years at the club as a player, he described the

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training centre as a "second home". In 2015, Etxeberria moved to the first team under manager

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. The following year he was appointed at affiliate CD Basconia, controlling a group of players he had previously managed at the '' Juvenil'' age group level. In summer 2017, Etxberria departed from the Athletic internal structure whilst remaining contracted to the club and moved within the same region to become manager of third-tier side

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, replacing the departed Aitor Larrazábal (a former Athletic teammate and coaching colleague). On 5 February of the following year, he replaced fired

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at the helm of

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. In May 2018, Athletic Bilbao confirmed that Etxeberria had cut all ties with the club to continue his coaching career independently. On 17 September, he was fired by Tenerife after the team failed to record a victory in the first five league matches of the season. Etxeberria returned to the Athletic Bilbao staff in late May 2019, now as head coach of the reserve team

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, on a two-year contract. On 14 February 2022, he replaced

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at the helm of

in the

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Personal life

Etxeberria was not related to former Athletic teammate

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. Coincidentally, they were raised just a few miles from one another (Imanol hailed from

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Managerial statistics

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Etxeberria, Joseba 1977 births Living people People from Elgoibar Spanish footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Association football wingers Association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División B players Real Sociedad B footballers Real Sociedad footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Spain youth international footballers Spain under-21 international footballers Spain international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2000 players UEFA Euro 2004 players Basque Country international footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Segunda División B managers Tercera División managers CD Basconia managers SD Amorebieta managers CD Tenerife managers Athletic Bilbao B managers CD Mirandés managers Athletic Bilbao non-playing staff

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Career statistics

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See also

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