Pedro María Zabalza Inda (born 13 April 1944) is a Spanish former professional

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and

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. His career was mostly associated with

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, especially as a coach. As a player, he amassed

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totals of 206 matches and 12 goals over nine seasons, with

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and

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Club career

Born in

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, Zabalza started out at his local club

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, where he spent three

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seasons and scored a career-best ten goals in 1965–66 to help to a ninth place. In the summer of 1967 he moved to

, signing for

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and making his debut in the competition on 10 September in a 3–2 away loss to

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. Zabalza played 194 competitive games and scored 15 times during his six-year spell at the

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, helping to win two

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trophies and scoring twice in the 1971 final against

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. After a further three top-flight campaigns with

, he closed out his career at the age of 33 with Osasuna, now competing in the

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. After taking over from

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11 rounds into 1986–87, Zabalza went on to coach his last club a full six seasons in the top tier. He resigned in December 1993 as they rank third-bottom in the table, eventually being relegated as last. Zabalza began 1995–96 at the helm of

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, but after seven matches and six losses he was dismissed. In the following campaign he was one of four managers in charge of Osasuna (the others being

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, Miguel Sola and Enrique Martín), who was the first team above the division two relegation zone.

International career

Zabalza earned seven

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for

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in eight months. His first occurred on 17 October 1968, in a 3–1 friendly win in

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Honours

Barcelona *

: 1967–68, 1970–71

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