José Ángel Iribar
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Iribar in 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Ángel Iribar Kortajarena | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zarautz, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Salleco | ||||||||||||||
| Zarautz | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Basconia | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1962–1980 | Athletic Bilbao | 466 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 490 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1964–1976 | Spain | 49 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1979 | Basque Country | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Bilbao Athletic | |||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Athletic Bilbao | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | Bilbao Athletic | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | Basque Country | |||||||||||||
| 1993–2010 | Basque Country | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
José Ángel Iribar Kortajarena (born 1 March 1943), nicknamed El Chopo ("the Poplar"), is a Spanish former professional football goalkeeper and manager.
Having played almost exclusively for Athletic Bilbao, he appeared in more than 600 official games for the club over the course of 18 La Liga seasons, winning two Copa del Generalísimo trophies.
Iribar represented the Spain national team in the 1964 Nations' Cup and the 1966 World Cup, winning the former tournament.