Ángel Zubieta Redondo (17 July 1918 – 28 October 1985) was a Spanish

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player and manager.

Playing career

Zubieta was born in

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, Basque Country. He started his playing career in the 1935–36 season for

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at the age of 17. His impressive performances earned him a call-up to the Spain national team in 1936, making him the youngest player ever to play for Spain at the time, with an age of only 17 years and 9 months. Later in 1936 the

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disrupted his playing career. During the conflict he played for the Basque Country national team. The team undertook a tour of South America and in 1939 Zubieta was signed by Argentine side

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. Zubieta stayed with the club for 13 seasons, playing 352 games for the club, scoring 29 goals. He occupies 3rd place on the list of San Lorenzo players with most games for the club During his time at the club, they won the

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in 1946 and the Copa Río de La Plata in the same year. In 1952 Zubieta returned to Spain, joining

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where he played until his retirement in 1956 at the age of 38.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player Zubieta took up management. He had spells in charge of

(1962–1963)

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(1963–1964) as well as managing in Portugal

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and in Mexico

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(1969–1970) and

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(1970–1974). Zubieta also returned to Argentina working as manager of

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amongst other teams. He died in

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on 28 October 1985 of

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Honours

Athletic Bilbao *

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: 1935–36 San Lorenzo *

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: 1946 * Copa Río de La Plata: 1946

Family

His brother Santi Zubieta played for Atletico Aviacion.

References

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