José María Orúe Aranguren (17 March 1931 – 30 June 2007) was a Spanish

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who played as a right back. He spent the vast majority of his professional career – which lasted 18 years – at

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country of Spain. They are known as ''Los L ...

, appearing in 17

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seasons and winning a total of four major trophies.

Club career

Orúe was born in Zorroza, a neighbourhood in

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. After starting his career at

CD Getxo Club Deportivo Getxo is a Spanish football team based in Getxo, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1927 it plays in División Honor Bizkaia, holding home matches at ''Campo Municipal de Fadura'', with a 3,500-seat ...

, the 19-year-old signed with Basque club

, making his

debut on 31 December 1950 in a 2–0 away loss against

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in what would be his only appearance of the season. After a loan to

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in the same region, in the

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, Orúe returned to Athletic to be an instrumental part of the sides that won one league and three

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trophies in the 50s, including the double in the 1955–56 campaign, with the player contributing with 35 official games (one goal, in a 3–2 home win against

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on 1 January 1956, his only as a professional). Part of the team that was dubbed "The 11 villagers"– which also included the likes of Canito,

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, Jesús Garay and

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– Orúe left Bilbao after 1967–68 at the age of 37. He appeared in 391 league matches for his main club, fourth-most after

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and Txetxu Rojo (480 overall). Orúe died on 30 June 2007 at the age of 76 in Bilbao, due to heart failure.

International career

Orúe earned three

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for the Spain national team, over a three-and-a-half-year period. His debut came on 8 November 1953, playing the entire 2–2 friendly with Sweden in Bilbao. Orúe's other two appearances arrived in 1957, against

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(5–1 win, friendly) and Switzerland (2–2, in a 1958 FIFA World Cup

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Honours

Athletic Bilbao *

: 1955–56 *

Copa del Generalísimo The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

: 1955,

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1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Orue, Jose 1931 births 2007 deaths Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Bilbao Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players CD Getxo players Athletic Bilbao footballers Barakaldo CF footballers Spain men's B international footballers Spain men's international footballers