Julio Antonio Olaizola Rodríguez (born 25 December 1950) is a Spanish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Lasarte-Oria Lasarte-Oria is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It was founded in 1986. It is estimated to have a population of around 19.000 people inhabitants. References External li ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French depa ...

, Olaizola played solely with local

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

. He made his debut as a senior with the reserves in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, where he remained five seasons. Olaizola was promoted to the first team for the 1974–75, but only played his first game in

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

during the following campaign, his maiden appearance in the competition occurring on 6 September 1975 as he featured the full 90 minutes in a 3–2 home win against

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

. He became an undisputed starter under manager

José Antonio Irulegui José Antonio Irulegui Garmendia (born 1 April 1937) is a Spanish former football defender and manager. Playing career Born in Lasarte-Oria, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Irulegui played professional football with SD Eibar, Real Sociedad and P ...

and, as the team was already coached by

Alberto Ormaetxea Alberto Ormaetxea Ibarlucea (7 April 1939 – 28 October 2005) was a Spanish football defender ( right and left-back) and coach. His career was closely associated to Real Sociedad, as both a player and a manager. He was in charge of the team ...

, contributed with a combined 58 appearances and one goal in back-to-back national championship conquests in the early 80s. Olaizola retired in 1985, aged 34. He played 327 matches all competitions comprised for his only club.

Personal life

Olaizola's younger brother,

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(19 years his junior), was also a footballer and a defender. He played mostly with

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

.El coraje de Olaizola (Olaizola's courage)

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, 8 December 2002 (in Spanish)

Honours

: 1980–81, 1981–82 *

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1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olaizola, Julio 1950 births Living people People from Lasarte-Oria Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Gipuzkoa Men's association football defenders La Liga players Tercera División players Real Sociedad B footballers Real Sociedad footballers

Club career

Personal life

Honours

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