Genar Andrinúa

Genar Andrinúa Cortabarría (born 9 May 1964) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Andrinúa and the second or maternal family name is Cortabarría.
Genar Andrinúa
Personal information
Full name Genar Andrinúa Cortabarría
Date of birth (1964-05-09) 9 May 1964
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Romo
Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1985 Bilbao Athletic 105 (9)
1983–1997 Athletic Bilbao 304 (16)
1985–1986 → Valladolid (loan) 34 (2)
Total 443 (27)
International career
1985–1986 Spain U21 12 (1)
1987–1988 Spain U23 3 (1)
1987–1990 Spain 28 (2)
1990–1996 Basque Country 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Andrinúa was born in Bilbao, Biscay. During his career he played solely for Athletic Bilbao safe for a loan at Real Valladolid, and he made his debut for the former's first team in the 1983–84 season, appearing once for the La Liga champions.

Eventually, Andrinúa gained the captain's armband from veteran Andoni Goikoetxea, also a centre-back, and proceeded to play nearly 400 competitive games for the Basque club, also scoring at least once in all the seasons but one. After two weak last years he retired in June 1997 at the age of 33, with the side now captained by youngster Julen Guerrero.[1]

International career

Andrinúa earned 28 caps and scored twice for the Spain national team.[2] His debut came in a friendly with England on 18 February 1987 after coming on as a substitute for José Antonio Camacho in a 2–4 home loss (all four opponent goals by Gary Lineker),[3][4] and he went on to be part of the squads at the UEFA Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup, retiring internationally after the latter tournament.[1]

Andrinúa also played two times for the unofficial Basque Country side, and helped Spain under-21s win the 1986 European Championship.[5]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition[6]
1.5 June 1988St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland  Switzerland0–11–1Friendly
2.8 February 1989Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland0–10–21990 World Cup qualification

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

Spain U21

References
  1. Qué fue de... Andrinua (What happened to... Andrinua); La Liga, 31 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  2. Los internacionales que fueron del Real Valladolid (Internationals that belonged to Real Valladolid); El Norte de Castilla, 12 October 2019 (in Spanish)
  3. 2–4: Gary Lineker, al frente de la escuadra inglesa, hundió en el Bernabéu a la España de Miguel Muñoz (2–4: Gary Lineker, at the helm of the English side, sank Miguel Muñoz's Spain at the Bernabéu); ABC, 19 February 1987 (in Spanish)
  4. A Lineker se le da bien el Bernabéu (Lineker sure likes the Bernabéu); El País, 19 February 1987 (in Spanish)
  5. ¡¡¡Campeones!!! (Champions!!!); Mundo Deportivo, 30 October 1986 (in Spanish)
  6. "Genar Andrinúa". European Football. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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