José Ignacio Garmendia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Garmendia and the second or maternal family name is Mendizábal.
José Ignacio Garmendia
Personal information
Full name José Ignacio Garmendia Mendizábal
Date of birth (1960-04-04) 4 April 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Villabona, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Danena Zirzurkil
Hernani
1978–1979 Eibar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1998 Eibar 562 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Ignacio Garmendia Mendizábal (born 4 April 1960) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Garmendia was born in Villabona, Gipuzkoa. He played solely for Basque club SD Eibar, in a career that lasted 19 years. He stayed with the team as they competed consecutively in the nation's fourth, third and second divisions, making 322 appearances in the latter.[1]

On 17 April 1988, in a third-tier match against Pontevedra CF, Garmendia scored from his goal, and Eibar would also promote at the end of the campaign.[2] He retired ten years later at the age of 38, only having been second choice precisely in his last season (three games) and with the side always retaining their league status; he collected two Ricardo Zamora Trophy awards in the process.[3]

Personal life

Still during his career, and after retiring, Garmendia ran a butcher shop in his hometown.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Garmendia: «El portero paga siempre los malos resultados» (Garmendia: "Poor results are always the goalkeeper's fault")[permanent dead link‍]; El Diario Vasco, 28 September 2015 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Su gol directo al Pontevedra aún lo recuerdan en Ipurua (His direct goal to Pontevedra is still remembered in Ipurua); El Diario Vasco, 5 April 2007 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Garmendia: "Estar en Primera es un lujo para el Eibar" (Garmendia: "It's a luxury for Eibar to be in Primera"); Diario AS, 13 March 2020 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ «¡Y pensar que el Eibar estaba en Preferente cuando me fichó con 19 años!» ("To think that Eibar were in Preferente when they signed me at the age of 19!"); El Diario Vasco, 24 March 2014 (in Spanish)