Genar Andrinúa Cortabarría (born 9 May 1964) is a Spanish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
central defender
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.
Club career
Andrinúa was born in
Bilbao
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,
Biscay
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. During his career, he played solely for
Athletic Bilbao
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safe for a loan at
Real Valladolid
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, and he made his debut for the former's first team in the
1983–84 season, appearing once for the
La Liga
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champions.
Eventually, Andrinúa gained the
captain
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's armband from veteran
Andoni Goikoetxea, also a centre-back, and proceeded to play 356 competitive games for the
Basque
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club, also scoring at least once in all the seasons but one. After two weak last years, he retired in June 1997 at the age of 33, with the side now skippered by youngster
Julen Guerrero
Julen Guerrero López (born 7 January 1974) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played solely for Athletic Bilbao as an attacking midfielder.
He appeared in 430 official games for his only club, scoring 116 goals and helping them to ...
.
[Qué fue de... Andrinua (What happened to... Andrinua)]
La Liga
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, 31 March 2014 (in Spanish)
International career
Andrinúa earned 28
caps
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and scored twice for the
Spain national team. His debut came in a
friendly with
England
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on 18 February 1987 after coming on as a
substitute for
José Antonio Camacho
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He spent 15 professional years at Real Madrid, appearing in more than 500 official matches with the team and helping win 19 major ti ...
in a 2–4 home loss (all four opponent goals by
Gary Lineker
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),
A Lineker se le da bien el Bernabéu (Lineker sure likes the Bernabéu)
El País
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, 19 February 1987 (in Spanish) and he went on to be part of the squads at the UEFA Euro 1988
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and the 1990 FIFA World Cup
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, retiring internationally after the latter tournament.[
Andrinúa also played two times for the unofficial Basque Country side, and helped Spain under-21s win the 1986 European Championship.][¡¡¡Campeones!!! (Champions!!!)]
Mundo Deportivo
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, 30 October 1986 (in Spanish)
International goals
Honours
Athletic Bilbao
*La Liga
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: 1983–84[
*]Copa del Rey
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: 1983–84[
Spain U21
*]UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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: 1986
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1964 births
Living people
20th-century Spanish sportsmen
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Bilbao
Men's association football central defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Athletic Bilbao B footballers
Athletic Bilbao footballers
Real Valladolid players
Spain men's under-21 international footballers
Spain men's under-23 international footballers
Spain men's international footballers
UEFA Euro 1988 players
1990 FIFA World Cup players
Basque Country men's international footballers