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José María Igartua
José María Igartua Mendizábal (born 6 March 1950) is a Spanish former association football, footballer. He competed in the Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics, men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Career Igartua emerged from the youth system at Athletic Bilbao alongside Javier Clemente, with both players establishing themselves in the first team at the age of 18 after making their La Liga debut in the same match, against Elche CF, Elche in September 1968. After scoring a spectacular and important goal in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup against Eintracht Frankfurt, Igartua started the 1969 Copa del Generalísimo Final, also against Elche, a 1–0 victory in Madrid. In October 1970, he suffered a broken leg in a match against Celta Vigo which kept him out of the game for seven months, and when he returned, he could not reach the same high levels of performance as before the injury and was no longer a first choice at Athletic; he missed out on their 1973 Copa del Generalís ...
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Elorrio
Elorrio is a town and a municipality located in the eastern part of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, in northern Spain. , it has a population of 7,307 inhabitants. It covers an area of 37.20 square kilometers and it has a population density of 193.58 people per square kilometer. It holds the medieval title of Most Loyal and Noble Villa (). Elorrio was founded in 1356 by the Infante Tello Alfonso of Castile, who was the 20th Lord of Biscay, near the elizate of Saint Agustín of Etxebarria (; ). Historically, San Agustin Etxebarria was part of the medieval County of Durango, and Elorrio remains part of the comarca (local region) of Durangaldea. In 1630, Elorrio annexed Saint Agustín of Etxebarria, which today is a ward of Elorrio. Elorrio had municipal representation in the medieval Juntas Generales. The town has been affected by its main economic activity: the industrial sector. It is also renowned for its rich architectural heritage, being listed as a Conjunto ...
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