Pedro María Artola
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro María Artola Urrutia | ||
Date of birth | 6 September 1948 | ||
Place of birth | Andoain, Spain | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
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Real Sociedad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1970 | San Sebastián | ||
1970–1975 | Real Sociedad | 30 | (0) |
1975–1984 | Barcelona | 187 | (0) |
Total | 217 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1974–1975 | Spain amateur | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Pedro María Artola Urrutia (born 6 September 1948) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
During his 14-year professional career he represented Real Sociedad and Barcelona, appearing in 217 La Liga games.
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Club career
Born in Andoain, Gipuzkoa, Artola played three full seasons for Real Sociedad's reserves, San Sebastián CF, before joining the first team permanently in 1970. During most of his spell with the Basques he backed up Javier Urruticoechea, with 27 of his 30 La Liga appearances coming in 1974–75, with the team finishing in fourth position with the second-best defensive record (32 goals suffered, to UD Salamanca's 29).
In 1975, aged almost 27, Artola signed with FC Barcelona, appearing in only 25 league matches in his first two years combined but becoming the starter subsequently. He won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy as the best goalkeeper in 1977–78, adding the campaign's Copa del Rey with the Catalans, one of seven team honours with the club – in this competition's round-of-16, in the last minutes of the 8–0 home routing of Getafe Deportivo following a 3–3 away draw, he took a penalty after petition from the Camp Nou faithful, and missed it;[1] he was also in goal in one of the two UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals won by Barça, the 1979 4–3 win against Fortuna Düsseldorf in Basel.[2]
Former Real Sociedad teammate Urruti signed for Barcelona in 1981, and eventually again won the battle for first-choice with Artola, who only appeared in three games in 1983–84, retiring from football at the age of 35.
International career
Artola was selected by Spain for the UEFA Euro 1980 tournament in Italy, as Urruticoechea. He did not earn any caps for the national side, however.
Honours
Club
- Barcelona
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1978–79, 1981–82
- Copa del Rey: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83
- Supercopa de España: 1983
- Copa de la Liga: 1982–83
Individual
References
External links
- Pedro María Artola profile at BDFutbol
- Biography at Porteros Vascos de Leyenda (Spanish)
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Pages with broken file links
- 1948 births
- Living people
- People from Gipuzkoa
- Basque footballers
- Spanish footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- La Liga players
- Tercera División players
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- Real Sociedad footballers
- FC Barcelona players
- Spain amateur international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1980 players