Ángel Zubieta

Ángel Zubieta

Personal information
Full name	Ángel Zubieta Redondo
Date of birth	(1918-07-17)17 July 1918
Place of birth	Galdakao, Biscay, Spain
Date of death	28 October 1985(1985-10-28) (aged 67)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Inside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1936	Athletic Bilbao	22	(2)
1938–1939	Club Deportivo Euzkadi[1]	9	(0[2])
1939–1952	San Lorenzo	352	(29)
1952–1956	Deportivo La Coruña	56	(2)
International career
1936	Spain	2	(0)
1937–1938	Basque Country	34	(0[2])
Managerial career
1956–1957	Deportivo La Coruña
1962–1963	Athletic Bilbao
1963	Real Valladolid
1964	Belenenses
1968–1969	Belenenses
1969–1970	Real Jaén
1970–1974	Pumas UNAM
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ángel Zubieta Redondo (17 July 1918 – 28 October 1985) was a Spanish football player and manager.

Playing career

Zubieta was born in Galdakao, Biscay, Basque Country. He started his playing career in the 1935–36 season for Athletic Bilbao at the age of 17. His impressive performances earned him a call-up to the Spain national team in 1936, making him the youngest player ever to play for Spain at the time, with an age of only 17 years and 9 months.^[3]

Later in 1936 the

in 1946 and the Copa Río de La Plata in the same year.

In 1952 Zubieta returned to Spain, joining Deportivo de La Coruña where he played until his retirement in 1956 at the age of 38.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player Zubieta took up management. He had spells in charge of

(1970–1974).

Zubieta also returned to Argentina working as manager of

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

• La Liga: 1935–36

San Lorenzo

• Primera División Argentina
  : 1946
• Copa Río de La Plata: 1946

References