Pedro María Zabalza
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro María Zabalza Inda | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Gure Txokoa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1964 | Oberena | ||
1964–1967 | Osasuna | 64 | (17) |
1967–1973 | Barcelona | 149 | (10) |
1973–1976 | Athletic Bilbao | 57 | (2) |
1976–1977 | Osasuna | ||
Total | 270 | (29) | |
National team | |||
1968–1969 | Spain | 7 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1986–1993 | Osasuna | ||
1995 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
1996–1997 | Osasuna | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Pedro María Zabalza Inda (born 13 April 1944) is a former Spanish football midfielder and manager.
His career was mostly associated with Osasuna, especially as a coach. As a player, he amassed La Liga totals of 206 games and 12 goals over the course of nine seasons, with Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao.
Club career
Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Zabalza started playing professionally with local CA Osasuna, appearing in three Segunda División season in its representation and scoring a career-best ten goals in 1965–66 to help to the ninth place. In the summer of 1967 he moved to La Liga, signing with FC Barcelona and making his debut in the competition on 10 September in a 2–3 away loss to Real Zaragoza.[1]
During his six-year spell at the Camp Nou, Zabalza played in 194 competitive games and netted 15 times, helping to win two Copa del Generalísimo trophies and scoring twice in the 1971 final against Valencia CF.[2] After three further top flight campaigns with Athletic Bilbao, he closed out his career at the age of 33 with Osasuna, now competing in Tercera División.
After taking over from Ivica Brzić 11 rounds into 1986–87,[3] Zabalza went on to coach his last club during a full six seasons in the top tier. He resigned in December 1993 as they rank third from bottom in the table, eventually being relegated as last.[4]
Zabalza began 1995–96 at the helm of Rayo Vallecano,[5] but after seven games and six losses he was sacked.[6] In the following campaign he was one of four managers in charge of Osasuna (the others being Rafael Benítez, Miguel Ángel Sola and Enrique Martín), who was the first team above the division two relegation zone.[7]
International career
Zabalza earned seven caps for Spain, during eight months. His first occurred on 17 October 1968, in a 3–1 friendly win in France.[8]
Honours
- Barcelona
References
- ↑ "3–2: Dos veces por delante en el marcador, el Barcelona se confió en exceso. Rexach, Fuste, Villa e Canario (2), autores de los goles" [3–2: Twice leading the scoreboard, Barcelona were over-confident. Rexach, Fuste, Villa and Canario (2), the goal scorers]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 September 1967. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "De Lakatos a Ezquerro, todos los 'culés-leones' de la historia" [From Lakatos to Ezquerro, every 'culé-leonese' in history]. Sport (in Spanish). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "Zabalza reemplaza a Brzic en Osasuna" [Zabalza replaces Brzic at Osasuna]. El País (in Spanish). 29 October 1986. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "Y el técnico mas duradero de fútbol español cayó" [And the Spanish football's most lasting coach fell]. El País (in Spanish). 21 December 1993. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "Zabalza será el entrenador de Rayo Vallecano en Primera" [Zabalza will be the manager of Rayo Vallecano in Primera]. El País (in Spanish). 14 June 1995. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "Zabalza, destituido" [Zabalza, fired]. El País (in Spanish). 9 October 1995. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "Osasuna ha despedido a quince entrenadores desde la inauguración de El Sadar en 1967" [Osasuna have fired fifteen managers since the opening of El Sadar in 1967] (in Spanish). Navarra Sport. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "1–3: Un experimento con victoria final, tras haber navegado el equipo español en el primer tiempo" [1–3: Experiment with a final win, after Spanish team went through the motion in first half]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 October 1968. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
External links
- Pedro María Zabalza at BDFutbol
- Pedro María Zabalza manager profile at BDFutbol
- Pedro María Zabalza at National-Football-Teams.com
- Spain stats at Eu-Football