Iñigo Liceranzu

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Liceranzu and the second or maternal family name is Otxoa.
Iñigo Liceranzu
Personal information
Full name Jesús Iñigo Liceranzu Otxoa
Date of birth (1959-03-13) 13 March 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1981 Bilbao Athletic 109 (11)
1980–1981 → Barakaldo (loan) 37 (1)
1981–1988 Athletic Bilbao 169 (17)
1988–1989 Elche 19 (0)
Total 334 (29)
International career
1976–1977 Spain U18 6 (0)
1985 Spain 1 (0)
Managerial career
?–? Úbeda
1998–1999 Zalla
2000–2003 Lemona
2003–2005 Amurrio
2006–2008 Barakaldo
2010–2011 Zamora
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesús Iñigo Liceranzu Otxoa (13 March 1959) is a Spanish former professional football central defender and manager.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Liceranzu was a product of local giants Athletic Bilbao. After three years with the reserves he made his professional debut with Basque neighbours Barakaldo CF, in the Segunda División.[1]

Upon his return in summer 1981, Liceranzu eventually became an undisputed started for the club, partnering Andoni Goikoetxea as stopper and being dubbed Rocky due to his hard approach.[2][3] In 1983–84, as Athletic renewed their domestic supremacy, he scored a career-best seven goals in 32 matches; on 29 April 1984, he found the net twice in a Basque Derby home win against Real Sociedad (his second meaning the final 2–1, and the club's 3000th goal in La Liga).[4][5]

Liceranzu retired from football in 1989 at only 30, after one season with Elche CF also in the top tier.[6] Towards the end of the following decade he became a coach, working mainly in his native region: Úbeda CF, Zalla UC, SD Lemona, Amurrio Club, Barakaldo and Zamora CF.[7][2]

International career

On 30 April 1985, Liceranzu earned his sole cap for Spain, playing the entire 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Wales, a 3–0 loss in Wrexham.[8]

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

References

  1. ^ Recuerdos de un centenario (Memories of a centurion); Deia, 11 October 2017 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b "Rocky" Liceranzu se hará cargo del Zamora CF ("Rocky" Liceranzu to take charge of Zamora CF)[permanent dead link‍]; Cadena COPE, 17 March 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Andoni Goikoetxea: "El año del triplete fue la hos..." (Andoni Goikoetxea: "The year of the treble was f***ing great..."); El Desmarque, 29 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Vuestras fotos (Your pictures); Aupa Athletic, 22 October 2005 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Los goles milenarios del Athletic (Athletic's milestone goals); Mundo Deportivo, 29 April 2020 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Se deshoja la margarita con Liceranzu y Merino (It's heads or tails with Liceranzu and Merino); La Verdad, 12 November 2008 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "El sabor de ganar una Liga en el Athletic es superior" ("Nothing tops the taste of winning a League at Athletic"); Deia, 31 December 2011 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Gales, espectacular y potente, goleó a España (Gales, spectacular and powerful, routed Spain); El País, 1 May 1985 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Spain 1982/83; at RSSSF
  10. ^ Spain 1983/84; at RSSSF
  11. ^ 1–0: La mejor técnica no fue suficiente (1–0: Better skills were not enough); Mundo Deportivo, 6 May 1984 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Spain – List of Super Cup Finals; at RSSSF