Nicolás Mentxaka (footballer, born 1939)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nicolás Mentxaka Fernández | ||
Date of birth | 11 January 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
Date of death | 10 March 2014 | (aged 75)||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1960 | Barakaldo | ||
1960–1965 | Athletic Bilbao | 26 | (10) |
– |
→ Ferrol (loan) | ||
1961–1962 | → Basconia (loan) | 11 | (4) |
1965–1966 | Barakaldo | 11 | (4) |
1966 | Lleida | 0 | (0) |
1966–1967 | Burgos | 27 | (5) |
Total | 63 | (23) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nicolás Mentxaka Fernández (11 January 1939 – 10 March 2014) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a forward.
Early and personal life
Mentxaka was born in
Career
Mentxaka played for Athletic Bilbao, Basconia, Barakaldo, Lleida and Burgos.[1]
Mentxaka signed for Athletic Bilbao from
Racing Ferrol and Basconia before he settled with the club and made 29 official appearances and scored 11 goals before leaving in 1965. Mentxaka returned to Barakaldo before finishing his career with Burgos in 1967.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Profile". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "Fallece el exjugador del Athletic Nicolás Mentxaka" [Former Athletic player Nicolás Mentxaka died] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015.