Clemente Iriarte

Clemente Iriarte
Personal information
Full name Clemente Iriarte Madariaga[1]
Date of birth (1946-07-25)25 July 1946
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Date of death 29 December 2021(2021-12-29) (aged 75)
Place of death Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1966 Unión Española 54 (26)
1966–1967 Rayo Vallecano 24 (1)
1968–1969 Burgos 38 (7)
1969–1978 Real Oviedo 319 (23)
1978–1983 Osasuna 149 (11)
Total 584 (68)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clemente Iriarte Madariaga (25 July 1946 – 29 December 2021) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

A product of Chilean side Unión Española, Iriarte played for them between 1964 and 1966 in the top division.[2][3][4][5]

Then, he returned to his country of birth and played for Rayo Vallecano, Burgos, Real Oviedo and Osasuna.[1][6]

Personal life and death

Iriarte was born in Pamplona on 25 July 1946.[1] He emigrated to Chile along with his family at the age of five and returned to Spain in 1966.[2] He died in Pamplona on 29 December 2021, at the age of 75.[7]

He was nicknamed El Pulpo (The Octopus).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Iriarte, Clemente Iriarte Madariaga - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Obituario" (PDF). Anuario 2021 del Fútbol Chileno. Santiago, Chile: ASIFUCH: 578. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Union Española 1964 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Union Española 1965 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Union Española 1966 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  6. ^ "La sorpresa a Clemente Iriarte". diariodenavarra.es. 12 November 2021.
  7. ^ Navarra, Diario de (29 December 2021). "Fallece Clemente Iriarte, histórico jugador de Osasuna". diariodenavarra.es.


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