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José Ignacio Garmendia Mendizábal (born 4 April 1960) is a Spanish retired
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who played as a
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.


Club career

Garmendia was born in
Villabona Amasa-Villabona is a village of over 5500 inhabitants in the ''Comarcas of the Basque Country, comarca'' of Tolosaldea, Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. It has an urban area, Villabona, close to the ...
,
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. He played solely for
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club
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, in a career that lasted 19 years. He stayed with the team as they competed consecutively in the nation's fourth,
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and second divisions, making 322 appearances in the latter. On 17 April 1988, in a third-tier match against
Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...
, Garmendia scored from his goal, and Eibar would also promote at the end of the campaign. He retired ten years later at the age of 38, only having been second choice precisely in his last season (three games) and with the side always retaining their league status; he collected two
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awards in the process.


Personal life

Still during his career, and after retiring, Garmendia ran a
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in his hometown.«¡Y pensar que el Eibar estaba en Preferente cuando me fichó con 19 años!» ("To think that Eibar were in ''Preferente'' when they signed me at the age of 19!")
El Diario Vasco, 24 March 2014 (in Spanish)


See also

* List of one-club men


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garmendia, Jose Ignacio 1960 births Living people People from Tolosaldea 20th-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Gipuzkoa Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Hernani players SD Eibar footballers