Luis María Echeberría

Luis María Echeberría
Echeberría with Athletic Bilbao in 1965
Personal information
Full name Luis María Echeberría Igartua
Date of birth (1940-03-24)24 March 1940[1]
Place of birth Asua, Spain
Date of death 19 October 2016(2016-10-19) (aged 76)
Place of death Las Arenas, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Defender
Youth career
Getxo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1960 Getxo
1960–1961 Basconia 38 (0)
1961–1972 Athletic Bilbao 259 (1)
1972–1973 Barakaldo 9 (0)
Total 306+ (1+)
International career
1961 Spain B 1 (0)
1962–1963 Spain 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis María "Koldo" Echeberría Igartua (24 March 1940 – 19 October 2016) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Born in Asua, Biscay, Echeberría signed for Athletic Bilbao in 1961 at the age of 21 from Basque Country neighbours CD Basconia, at that time still not the club's farm team.[2] He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 10 September 1961 in a 2–1 away loss against Sevilla FC, and finished his debut season with 29 league appearances (out of a possible 30) as his team finished fifth.

In the following years, Echeberría would be part of a legendary Athletic defence that also featured José Ángel Iribar in goal, Jesús Aranguren and Iñaki Sáez,[3] helping the Lions to the 1969 Copa del Generalísimo and appearing in 341 competitive games until his departure. He retired in 1973 aged 33, after one season with Barakaldo CF in the Segunda División.[2]

International career

Echeberría earned four caps for Spain in 11 months.[2] His debut came on 6 June 1962 as the national team lost 2–1 to Brazil at Viña del Mar in that year's FIFA World Cup, in a group-stage exit.[4]

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

References

  1. 1 2 "Etxeberria" (in Spanish). Aupa Athletic. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Fallece Koldo Etxeberria, exjugador del Athletic" [Death of Koldo Etxeberria, former Athletic player]. Sport (in Spanish). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "'Txutxi' Aranguren, un defensa total" ['Txutxi' Aranguren, a complete defender]. El País (in Spanish). 22 March 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Hernández Armenteros, José (1 May 2014). "España 1962, Helenio Herrera y la H3C (Segunda parte)" [Spain 1962, Helenio Herrera and the H3C (Second part)] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Fallece el exjugador del Athletic Koldo Etxeberria" [Death of former Athletic player Koldo Etxeberria]. Deia (in Spanish). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
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