Quique Estebaranz

Quique Estebaranz

Personal information
Full name	Juan Enrique Estebaranz López
Date of birth	(1965-10-06) 6 October 1965
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1983–1984	Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1988	Atlético Madrid B	36	(3)
1988–1989	Racing Santander	32	(23)
1989–1993	Tenerife	139	(31)
1993–1994	Barcelona	14	(3)
1994–1996	Sevilla	26	(0)
1996–1997	Extremadura	37	(1)
1997–1999	Ourense	42	(6)
1999–2000	Gimnástica Segoviana	25	(1)
Total		351	(68)
International career
1993	Spain	3	(0)
Managerial career
2005	Leganés
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Juan Enrique 'Quique' Estebaranz López (born 6 October 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.

He made almost 300 professional appearances during his professional career, during which he represented eight clubs – notably including a La Liga spell with Tenerife.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Estebaranz started his football career with Atlético Madrid, although he only played for the reserve team. In the 1988–89 season he made his professional debut and scored 23 goals for Racing de Santander, although the Cantabrians were not ultimately promoted from Segunda División.

Afterwards, Estebaranz signed with CD Tenerife in La Liga, and he scored ten goals from 33 games in his first year, his career-best in the top division. However, the Canary Islands club finished in 18th position, only avoiding relegation by victory in the playoffs; he also played a part in Tenerife's denying of two league titles to Real Madrid in the last round, for the direct benefit of FC Barcelona, including in the 1992–93 campaign where he scored.

Estebaranz transferred to Barcelona for 1993–94, appearing rarely as the Catalans won their fourth league title in a row. The side also reached the final of the UEFA Champions League, with the player appearing in the last 20 minutes of the 0–4 loss against A.C. Milan.

Estebaranz signed for Sevilla FC after only one season with Barcelona, but appeared very little in his two-year spell in Andalusia. He subsequently became an important top flight player with CF Extremadura– who had just been promoted for the first time in its history to the competition – but suffered team relegation, with the player scoring one goal, against CD Logroñés on 6 April 1997; he closed out his career at nearly 35, after spells with CD Ourense in the second division and amateurs Gimnástica Segoviana CF.

In 2001 Estebaranz returned to his first club Atlético Madrid, being charged with running its youth teams. Four years later he had his first head coaching experience, with another club from the Community of Madrid, lowly CD Leganés, being in charge for six months. The following year he re-joined the Colchoneros, after being named director of its football academy.

International career

Estebaranz played on three occasions for Spain, all in 1993. His debut came on 2 June against Lithuania, and his last cap came on 22 September against Albania, both matches for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification stages (2–0 and 5–1 away wins).

Estebaranz's second appearance was a friendly with Chile on 8 September, as he played the second half of the 2–0 success in Alicante.

Honours

Club

Barcelona

• La Liga: 1993–94
• UEFA Champions League: Runner-up 1993–94

Individual

• Segunda División: Pichichi Trophy 1988–89

External links

• Quique Estebaranz profile at BDFutbol
• National team data
• Quique Estebaranz at National-Football-Teams.com
• Spain stats at Eu-Football