José Ignacio Garmendia

José Garmendia
Personal information
Full name José Ignacio Garmendia Mendizábal
Date of birth (1960-04-04) 4 April 1960
Place of birth Villabona, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1998 Eibar
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José Ignacio Garmendia Mendizábal (born 4 April 1960) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Garmendia was born in Villabona, Gipuzkoa. He played solely for Basque club SD Eibar, in a career which spanned 19 years. He stayed with the team as they competed consecutively in the nation's fourth, third and second divisions, amassing 322 league appearances in the latter tier.

On 17 April 1988, in a third level match against Pontevedra CF, Garmendia scored from his goal, and Eibar would also promote at the end of the campaign.[1] He retired ten years later at the age of 38, only having been second-choice precisely in his last season (three games played) and with the side always retaining their league status; he collected two Ricardo Zamora Trophy awards in the process.

Personal life

Still during his career, and after retiring, Garmendia ran a butcher shop in his hometown.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Su gol directo al Pontevedra aún lo recuerdan en Ipurua (His direct goal to Pontevedra is still remembered in Ipurua); El Diario Vasco, 5 April 2007 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ «¡Y pensar que el Eibar estaba en Preferente cuando me fichó con 19 años!» («To think that Eibar were in Preferente when they signed me at the age of 19!»); El Diario Vasco, 24 March 2014 (in Spanish)
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