Joseba Etxeberria

Joseba Etxeberria
Etxeberria in 2009
Personal information
Full name Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi[1]
Date of birth (1977-09-05) 5 September 1977 (age 47)[2]
Place of birth Elgoibar, Spain[2]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
Eibar (manager)
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Real Sociedad B 29 (9)
1995 Real Sociedad 7 (2)
1995–2010 Athletic Bilbao 445 (88)
Total 481 (99)
International career
1992–1994 Spain U16 17 (11)
1994–1995 Spain U18 7 (5)
1995 Spain U20 6 (7)
1996–1997 Spain U21 3 (0)
1997–2004 Spain 53 (12)
1998–2007 Basque Country 11 (2)
Managerial career
2012–2015 Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2016–2017 Basconia
2017–2018 Amorebieta
2018 Tenerife
2019–2021 Bilbao Athletic
2022–2023 Mirandés
2023– Eibar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi (born 5 September 1977) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played mostly as a winger, currently manager of Eibar.

After starting his career at the age of 17 with Real Sociedad, he quickly switched to Athletic Bilbao, going on to spend the rest of his extensive career there.[3]

Exteberria earned 53 caps for Spain, representing the nation at the 1998 World Cup and two European Championships.

  1. ^ Casado, Edu (18 January 2016). "Qué fue de… Joseba Etxeberria: la gran estrella vasca" [What happened to… Joseba Etxeberria: the great Basque star]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Joseba ETXEBERRIA Lizardi". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Athletic Club-Real Sociedad: jugadores en los dos bandos" [Athletic Club-Real Sociedad: players on both sides]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 9 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.