José Ignacio Garmendia Mendizábal (born 4 April 1960) is a Spanish retired
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Club career
Garmendia was born in
Villabona
Amasa-Villabona is a village of over 5500 inhabitants in the ''comarca'' of Tolosaldea, Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, Spain. It has an urban area, Villabona, close to the Oria River, and a rural area, Amasa, around which the village origina ...
,
Gipuzkoa
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. He played solely for
Basque club
SD Eibar
Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country.
Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...
, in a career that lasted 19 years. He stayed with the team as they competed consecutively in the nation's
fourth,
third
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* 3rd Street (d ...
and
second divisions, making 322 appearances in the latter.
On 17 April 1988, in a third-tier match against
Pontevedra CF
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, Garmendia scored from his goal, and Eibar would also
promote at the end of the campaign. He retired ten years later at the age of 38, only having been second choice precisely in his
last season (three games) and with the side always retaining their league status; he collected two
Ricardo Zamora Trophy awards in the process.
Personal life
Still during his career, and after retiring, Garmendia ran a
butcher shop in his hometown.
«¡Y pensar que el Eibar estaba en Preferente cuando me fichó con 19 años!» ("To think that Eibar were in ''Preferente'' when they signed me at the age of 19!")
El Diario Vasco, 24 March 2014 (in Spanish)
See also
*List of one-club men
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* List of one-club men in association football
* List of one-club men in rugby league
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References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
People from Tolosaldea
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Gipuzkoa
Men's association football goalkeepers
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
CD Hernani players
SD Eibar footballers