José María Orúe Aranguren (17 March 1931 – 30 June 2007) was a Spanish

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who played as a

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. He spent the vast majority of his professional career – which lasted 18 years – at

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

, appearing in 17

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seasons and winning a total of four major trophies.

Club career

Orúe was born in Zorroza, a neighbourhood in

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. After starting his career at

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, the 19-year-old signed with

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club

, making his

debut on 31 December 1950 in a 2–0 away loss against

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in what would be his only appearance of the season. After a loan to

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in the same region, in the

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, Orúe returned to Athletic to be an instrumental part of the sides that won one league and three

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trophies in the 50s, including the double in the 1955–56 campaign, with the player contributing with 35 official games (one goal, in a 3–2 home win against

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on 1 January 1956, his only as a professional). Part of the team that was dubbed "The 11 villagers"– which also included the likes of Canito,

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, Jesús Garay and

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– Orúe left Bilbao after 1967–68 at the age of 37. He appeared in 391 league matches for his main club, fourth-most after

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and Txetxu Rojo (480 overall). Orúe died on 30 June 2007 at the age of 76 in Bilbao, due to

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International career

Orúe earned three

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for the Spain national team, over a three-and-a-half-year period. His debut came on 8 November 1953, playing the entire 2–2 friendly with

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in Bilbao. Orúe's other two appearances arrived in 1957, against

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(5–1 win, friendly) and

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(2–2, in a

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qualifier).

Honours

Athletic Bilbao *

: 1955–56 *

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1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Orue, Jose 1931 births 2007 deaths Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Bilbao Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players CD Getxo players Athletic Bilbao footballers Barakaldo CF footballers Spain men's B international footballers Spain men's international footballers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen