Santiago Urquiaga Pérez (born 18 April 1958) is a Spanish retired
footballer who played as a
right back.
Club career
Born in
Barakaldo,
Biscay, Urquiaga played nine professional seasons with local powerhouse
Athletic Bilbao
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, being an instrumental defensive fixture in the club's back-to-back
La Liga conquests (1983–84) and starting in all the 67 games he appeared in during that timeframe. He made his debut in the competition on 13 May 1979, playing 26 minutes in a 0–4 away loss against
Atlético Madrid
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.
Urquiaga's final two seasons were spent with
RCD Español, helping the
Catalans reach
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the
final of the
UEFA Cup in
his first year, a
penalty shootout loss to
Germany's
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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. He retired in June 1989, at the age of 31.
International career
Urquiaga earned 14
caps for the
Spain national team during four years, and was selected to the squad for the
1982 FIFA World Cup
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and
UEFA Euro 1984, being first-choice at the latter tournament as the nation eventually finished runner-up, to hosts
France.
His first match occurred on 26 March 1980, in a 0–2
friendly
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defeat to
England in
Barcelona.
Urquiaga also
competed at the
1980 Summer Olympics
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.
Honours
Club
;Athletic Bilbao
*
La Liga:
1982–83,
1983–84
*
Copa del Rey:
1983–84
*
Supercopa de España
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: 1984
;Español
*
UEFA Cup: Runner-up
1987–88
International
;Spain
*
UEFA European Championship: Runner-up
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Barakaldo
Association football defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Bilbao Athletic footballers
Athletic Bilbao footballers
RCD Espanyol footballers
Spain youth international footballers
Spain under-21 international footballers
Spain amateur international footballers
Spain B international footballers
Spain international footballers
1982 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 1984 players
Olympic footballers of Spain
Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Basque Country international footballers