José Antonio Irulegui

José Antonio Irulegui

Personal information
Full name	José Antonio Irulegui Garmendia
Date of birth	(1937-04-01) 1 April 1937
Place of birth	Lasarte, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1956	Eibar	15	(0)
1956–1965	Real Sociedad	177	(1)
1965–1971	Pontevedra	142	(0)
Total		334	(1)
International career
1959	Spain U21	1	(0)
Managerial career
1974	Deportivo La Coruña
1976–1978	Real Sociedad
1978–1979	Español
1980–1981	Murcia
1985–1987	Burgos
1987–1990	Xerez
1990–1991	Levante
1993–1994	Alavés
1995	Mallorca
1997–1999	Villarreal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

José Antonio Irulegui Garmendia (born 1 April 1937) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, and a coach.

Playing career

Born in Lasarte-Oria, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Irulegui played professional football with SD Eibar, Real Sociedad and Pontevedra CF, in a career that lasted 15 years. He amassed La Liga totals of 249 games and one goal, over the course of 11 seasons.

Irulegui retired in June 1971 at the age of 34, after one final campaign with the Galician club in Segunda División.

Coaching career

Irulegui worked as a manager for nearly three decades, starting with second level's Deportivo de La Coruña in 1973–74 (only five matches in charge, team relegation). He went on to coach Real Sociedad, RCD Español, Real Murcia, Real Burgos CF, Xerez CD, Levante UD, Deportivo Alavés, RCD Mallorca and Villarreal CF.

Irulegui led the last side to top flight promotion in the 1997–98 season, in the playoffs. He was relieved of his duties late into the following campaign, which ended in immediate relegation back.

External links

• José Antonio Irulegui profile at BDFutbol
• José Antonio Irulegui manager profile at BDFutbol
• Worldfootball profile