Juan Ochoantezana

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| full_name = Juan Ochoantezana Milicua

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|10|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Plentzia, Biscay, Spain

| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|02|10|1912|10|25|df=yes}}

| death_place = Spain

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| position = Forward

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| years1 = 1933–1934 | clubs1 = Gimnástico | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1934–1935 | clubs2 = Valencia | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1935–1936 | clubs3 = Arenas de Getxo | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1940–1942 | clubs4 = Arenas de Getxo | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1942–1943 | clubs5 = Barakaldo | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1943–1945 | clubs6 = Real Madrid | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1945–1948 | clubs7 = Indautxu | caps7 = | goals7 =

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| manageryears1 = 1951–1952

| managerclubs1 = Getxo

| manageryears2 = 1952–1955

| managerclubs2 = Racing de Santander

| manageryears3 = 1955–1958

| managerclubs3 = Sabadell

| manageryears4 = 1958–1960

| managerclubs4 = Real Zaragoza

| manageryears5 = 1960

| managerclubs5 = Recreativo de Huelva

| manageryears6 = 1960–1961

| managerclubs6 = Málaga

| manageryears7 = 1961–1962

| managerclubs7 = Deportivo de La Coruña

| manageryears8 = 1962–1963

| managerclubs8 = Real Oviedo

| manageryears9 = 1963–1964

| managerclubs9 = Athletic Bilbao

| manageryears10 = 1964–1965

| managerclubs10 = Deportivo de La Coruña

| manageryears11 = 1965–1966

| managerclubs11 = Pontevedra

| manageryears12 = 1966–1967

| managerclubs12 = Las Palmas

| manageryears13 = 1967–1968

| managerclubs13 = Real Oviedo

| manageryears14 = 1968–1970

| managerclubs14 = Osasuna

| manageryears15 = 1970–1971

| managerclubs15 = Pontevedra

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Juan Ochoantezana Milicua (25 October 1912 – 10 February 1998), also known as Juanito Ochoa, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Real Madrid in the early 1940s.{{cite web |url=https://elaguanis.com/plantilla-temporada-1943-1944.html?view=article&id=14820:juan-otchoantezana-miliuca&catid=102:jugadores-o |title=Juan OTCHOANTEZANA Miliuca |language=es |website=elaguanis.com |accessdate=25 March 2025 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.realmadrid.com/es-ES/el-club/historia/leyendas-futbol/juan-ochoantezana-milicua |title=Ochoa |language=es |website=www.realmadrid.com |accessdate=25 March 2025 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j8446.html?manager=1 |title=Ochoa, Juan Ochoantezana Milicua - Footballer |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=25 March 2025 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ochoa_2/ |title=Ochoa |website=www.worldfootball.net |access-date=25 March 2025 }}

He later worked as a manager in the 1950s and 1960s, taking charge of several clubs, such as Racing de Santander, Real Zaragoza, Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Oviedo, and Athletic Bilbao.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l8446.html |title=Ochoa, Juan Ochoantezana Milicua - Manager |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=25 March 2025 }}

Playing career

Juan Ochoantezana was born on 25 October 1912 in the Biscayan town of Plentzia, but it was in Valencia where he began his football career, joining the ranks of third division team Gimnástico in 1933, aged 21, where he quickly stood out from the rest, so in the following year, in 1934, he was signed by top-flight club Valencia CF, with whom he played for just one season, starting in only four La Liga matches. Perhaps unsatisfied by his lack of playing time, he left the club at the end of the season to join second division team Arenas de Getxo, where his career was interrupted by the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Once the conflict was over, he returned to Arenas for two more seasons between 1940 and 1942, and then had brief stints at Barakaldo (1942–43), Deportivo Alavés, Real Valladolid, and Real Madrid.{{cite web |url=https://www.cuadernosdefutbol.com/2012/10/hace-100-anos-18/ |title=Hace 100 años (octubre 1912) |trans-title=100 years ago (October 1912) |language=es |website=www.cuadernosdefutbol.com |publisher=CIHEFE |date=16 September 2012 |access-date=25 March 2025 }} With the latter team, he only played a single official match, a La Liga fixture against Real Oviedo on 5 March 1944.{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526083532/http://www.leyendablanca.galeon.com/tempo44.htm |title=Temporada 1943-44 |trans-title=Season 1943-44 |language=es |website=www.leyendablanca.galeon.com |access-date=25 March 2025 }}

After leaving Madrid in 1945, Ochoa joined Indautxu, then in the third division, with whom he played for three years, until 1948, when he retired at the age of 36.

Managerial career

After his career as a player ended, Ochoa remained linked to football, now as a coach, taking charge of Getxo, which he oversaw in the 1951–52 season, after which he took over Racing de Santander, then in the top-flight, which he led for three seasons, until 1955, when he left due to the club's relegation.{{cite web |url=https://www.realracingclub.es/entrenadores |title=Entrenadores del Racing |trans-title=Racing coaches |language=es |website=www.realracingclub.es |access-date=25 March 2025 }} He then took over Sabadell, which he oversaw for three seasons, from 1955 until 1958, when he was signed by another top-flight club, Real Zaragoza, where he stayed for two seasons, surviving relegation on both occasions.

After a short stint at the helm of Recreativo de Huelva, Ochoa was appointed as the new coach Málaga CF on 25 July 1960, a position that he held for nearly a year, until 3 June 1961, overseeing a total of 32 matches, which ended in 11 wins, 6 draws, and 15 losses, with his team scoring 43 goals and conceding 54.{{cite web |url=https://amigosmalaguistas.es.tl/Entrenadores.htm|title=Entrenadores del Málaga |trans-title=Málaga coaches |language=es |website=amigosmalaguistas.es.tl |access-date=25 March 2025 }}

In 1961, Ochoa took charge of Deportivo de La Coruña, which he guided to a triumph in the 1961–62 Segunda División, thus achieving promotion to La Liga, a feat that earned him a move to the top-flight club Real Oviedo, where he only stayed for a little over a year, from 8 May 1962 until 31 May 1963.{{cite web |url=https://www.realoviedo.info/entrenad.htm |title=Real Oviedo: su historia en números |trans-title=Real Oviedo: its history in numbers |language=es |website=www.realoviedo.info |access-date=25 March 2025 }} He then proceeded to coach several top-flight clubs, such as Athletic Bilbao (1963–64), Deportivo de La Coruña (1964–65), Pontevedra (1965–66), and Las Palmas (1966–67), before finally returning to the second division in 1967, now at the helm of Real Oviedo, and then to the third division in 1968, when he took over Osasuna. On 23 March 1969, he led Osasuna to its largest-ever victory, a 11–1 trashing of Binéfar.{{cite web |url=https://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/osasuna/2019/03/24/50-anos-mayor-goleada-sadar-2418291.html |title=50 años de la mayor goleada en El Sadar |trans-title=50 years since the biggest win at El Sadar |language=es |website=www.noticiasdenavarra.com |date=24 March 2019 |access-date=25 March 2025 }}