Manuel 'Manu' Sarabia López (born 9 January 1957) is a Spanish retired professional

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who played as a striker. He amassed

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totals of 363 games and 101 goals over the course of 14 seasons, mainly with Athletic Bilbao but also with Logroñés. He won four major titles with the former, notably two national championships, and scored 182 times all competitions comprised. Left-footed, Sarabia represented

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at Euro 1984.

Club career

Born in

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Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...

, Sarabia came through the ranks of

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, Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system, making his debut for the main squad on 19 September 1976 in a 1–1 home draw against CD Málaga. He was particularly determined to succeed at the club after his elder brother was rejected due to his birthplace in

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(despite spending most of his life in Biscay), as this did not fit the criteria for Athletic's signing policy at the time. A full first-team member from 1978–79 onwards, having also served a loan with neighbours

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in the previous year, Sarabia went on to appear in 284

matches for the Basques (with 83 goals). He had a best output of 16 in the 1982–83 season when Athletic won the league title, renewing it the following campaign). Sarabia retired aged 34 in 1991, after three seasons with modest

CD Logroñés Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in '' Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club has ...

also in the top division, scoring more than 20 official goals during his stint. He took up coaching three years later, having very brief stints in the second level – the only season he started and finished, with

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, ended in relegation.

International career

Sarabia played 15 times with

in a two-year span, scoring twice. His first goal was one of 12 in the nation's routing of

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in a

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, in

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. Sarabia subsequently appeared in the tournament's final stage in France, having three substitute appearances for the runners-up.

Personal life

Sarabia's son, Eder, was also a footballer, albeit only in the amateur level, before becoming a coach with youth teams such as Danok Bat CF and serving as assistant to

Quique Setién Enrique "Quique" Setién Solar (; born 27 September 1958) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a central midfielder. He is the current manager of La Liga club Villarreal. As a player, he was nicknamed ''El Maestro'', an ...

(former teammate of his father) at

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sarabia goal.''

Honours

Athletic Bilbao *

: 1982–83, 1983–84 *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

: 1983–84; runner-up 1976–77, 1984–85 * Supercopa de España: 1984 (Athletic Bilbao were awarded the trophy as winners of the double) *

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: runner-up 1976–77 Spain *

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: runner-up

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarabia, Manuel 1957 births Living people People from Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena Spanish footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Bilbao Athletic footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Barakaldo CF footballers CD Logroñés footballers Spain under-21 international footballers Spain amateur international footballers Spain international footballers UEFA Euro 1984 players Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Segunda División B managers Athletic Bilbao B managers CD Badajoz managers CD Numancia managers Athletic Bilbao non-playing staff Basque Country international footballers Sportspeople from Biscay