Jesús María Satrústegui Azpiroz (born 12 February 1954) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Satrústegui was born in

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. However, he spent his entire professional career in the Basque Country, solely representing

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. With the team, he scored 133

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goals – a club record that stood for several decades – in 297 matches, contributing solidly to their league wins in

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and

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, totalling 29 goals while playing alongside the likes of namesake

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. After a serious knee injury in a match against

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in November 1982 (

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), Satrústegui never fully recovered and retired at the end of the 1985–86 season, aged 32.

International career

Satrústegui earned 32

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and scored eight goals for the Spain national team, and represented his country at

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and the

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, retiring from international play immediately after the last second group-stage game, a 0–0 draw against

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– this would also be Zamora's last appearance. On 25 March 1981, both Satrústegui and Zamora were on target as their team ran victors for the first time ever at

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, countering

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's equaliser.

Career statistics

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

Honours

Real Sociedad *

: 1980–81, 1981–82 *

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