Javier Zubillaga
{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Zubillaga|Martínez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Javier Zubillaga
| image =
| fullname = José Javier Zubillaga Martínez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|8|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Logroño, Spain
| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Berceo
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Real Sociedad
| years1 = 1981–1987 | clubs1 = Real Sociedad | caps1 = 80 | goals1 = 5
| years2 = 1987–1991 | clubs2 = Español | caps2 = 90 | goals2 = 4
| totalcaps = 170 | totalgoals = 9
| nationalyears1 = 1976–1978 | nationalteam1 = Spain U18 | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 2
| manageryears1 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs1 = Real Unión
| manageryears2 = 2005–2007 | managerclubs2 = Real Unión
| manageryears3 = 2007–2008 | managerclubs3 = Lleida
}}
José Javier Zubillaga Martínez (born 12 August 1959 in Logroño, La Rioja) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Football career
Zubillaga's father, Cesáreo (a native of San Sebastián), was a professional footballer who played for CD Logroñés in the Segunda Liga. Javier began playing youth football with Logroño-based CD Berceo, before joining Real Sociedad.{{cite news|publisher=AS|title=Zubillaga y el camión de chatarra para salvar al Logroñés|url=https://as.com/futbol/2020/12/11/segunda/1607681645_337931.html|language=es|date=11 December 2020}}
During his ten-year professional career, Zubillaga played with Real Sociedad and RCD Español. He won the La Liga title in the 1981–82 season with the former team, although he only contributed with eight games (184 minutes, no complete matches). Until 1987, year in which he helped the Basques conquer the Copa del Rey, he never played in more than 18 league matches, and left precisely in that summer.{{cite news|publisher=Cadena COPE|title=Zubillaga: "La Real tendrá que jugar contra el Córdoba como contra el Barça si no se quiere llevar un susto"|url=https://www.cope.es/emisoras/andalucia/cordoba-provincia/cordoba/deportes-cordoba/noticias/zubillaga-real-tendra-que-jugar-contra-cordoba-como-contra-barca-quiere-llevar-susto-20210118_1093545|language=es|date=18 January 2021}}
Zubillaga then spent four years in Catalonia, experiencing one promotion and relegation each in consecutive seasons. He finally retired in 1991 at nearly 32, taking up coaching in the following decade, always in Segunda División B – he also worked with several clubs in directorial capacities from 1994 onwards, including hometown's CD Logroñés.{{cite news|publisher=El Día de Córdoba|title=Zubillaga vivió lo más grande como realista|url=https://www.eldiadecordoba.es/deportes/Zubillaga-vivio-grande-realista_0_307169617.html|language=es|date=21 October 2009}}
Honours
;Real Sociedad
;Español
References
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External links
- {{BDFutbol|1223}}
- {{BDFutbol manager|1223}}
- [http://hallofameperico.wordpress.com/category/hall-of-famers-del-rcde/zubillaga Espanyol archives] {{in lang|es}}
{{Real Unión managers}}
{{UE Lleida managers}}
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Category:Footballers from Logroño
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Segunda División players
Category:Real Sociedad footballers
Category:RCD Espanyol footballers
Category:Spain men's youth international footballers
Category:Spanish football managers
Category:Segunda División B managers