Javier Zubillaga

Javier Zubillaga

Personal information
Full name	José Javier Zubillaga Martínez
Date of birth	(1959-08-12) 12 August 1959
Place of birth	Logroño, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1987	Real Sociedad	80	(5)
1987–1991	Español	90	(4)
Total		170	(9)
International career
1976–1978	Spain U18	14	(2)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Real Unión
2005–2007	Real Unión
2007–2008	Lleida
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zubillaga and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

José Javier Zubillaga Martínez (born 12 August 1959 in Logroño, La Rioja) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

During his ten-year professional career, Zubillaga played with Real Sociedad and RCD Español. With the former he won the La Liga title in the 1981–82 season, although he only contributed with eight games (184 minutes, no complete matches). Until 1987, year in which he helped the Basque conquer the Copa del Rey, he never played in more than 18 league matches, and left precisely in that summer.

Zubillaga then spent four years in Catalonia, experiencing one promotion and relegation each in consecutive seasons. He finally retired in 1991 at nearly 32, taking up coaching in the following decade, always in Segunda División B – he also worked with several clubs in directorial capacities from 1994 onwards, namely hometown's CD Logroñés.

Honours

Real Sociedad

• La Liga: 1981–82
• Copa del Rey: 1986–87
• Supercopa de España: 1982

Español

• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1987–88

External links

• Javier Zubillaga profile at BDFutbol
• Javier Zubillaga manager profile at BDFutbol
• Espanyol archives (Spanish)