Jesús María Zamora Ansorena (born 1 January 1955) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Errenteria Errenteria (, ) is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, in the north of Spain, near the French border. The river Oiartzun (river), Oiartzun cuts its way through the ...

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, Zamora spent his entire career with local club

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. After a slow 1974–75 (nine games), he went on to make a further 446

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appearances in the next 14 years, being an instrumental figure alongside the likes of namesake

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. Zamora's finest hour as a player undoubtedly came in the last game (and literally the last second) of the 1980–81 season, as he scored the tying goal at

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, giving the

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the needed point to clinch the league title at the expense of

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, whose players were already celebrating after a 3–1 away win against

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, only to be told about Zamora's feat over a radio broadcast. He scored three in 31 matches the following campaign, as Sociedad renewed their domestic supremacy. Having retired in 1989, Zamora worked with his only club in several capacities. From 2002 to 2004 he assisted Raynald Denoueix, and aided to a runner-up position in his

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. However, as another legendary teammate,

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, was relieved of his

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duties by him, in late 2006, the season ended in relegation, the first in 40 years, and Zamora too resigned.

International career

Zamora played 30 times for

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and scored three goals, his debut coming in a friendly with

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on 21 December 1978. He took part in the

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and

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finals, retiring after the 0–0 draw against

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on 5 July in the latter competition – this would also be longtime clubmate Satrústegui's last match. On 25 March 1981, both Satrústegui and Zamora were on target as the national team won for the first time in history at

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, scoring on either side of

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's 26th-minute equaliser.

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Club career

International career

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