Akilino Etxarri
Akilino Etxarri Ollokiegi (born 15 March 1969) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Playing career
[edit]Born in Pasaia, Etxarri was a youth player at Añorga in San Sebastián before joining the youth ranks at Real Sociedad. He played for the reserve team before leaving for Segunda División team Eibar in June 1990.[1][2]
After one season at Tomelloso, Etxarri joined Valencia, again playing mainly in the second team. On 3 October 1993, amid injuries and suspensions, manager Guus Hiddink called up Etxarri and three other reserves for a La Liga game away to Lleida.[3] He debuted in the 1–1 draw as a last-minute substitute for Predrag Mijatović.[4] In December, Etxarri and two others were relegated to the reserve team by new manager Paco Real and two replacements promoted.[5]
Etxarri continued playing in Segunda División B for Real Murcia, Pontevedra and Castellón. In 1997, he signed for Tercera División club Ceuta to join his friend Luis Garmendia, and helped the team to promotion in his first season.[1]
In 2001, Etxarri returned to his native Gipuzkoa, signing for Real Unión. In 2002–03, the side missed out on promotion with a loss to Gramenet in the last playoff game. The team made the playoffs again two years later, but Etxarri was released in December by manager Manix Mandiola due to the performances of the younger Joaquín Sorribas in his position.[6]
Post-playing career
[edit]After retiring from playing, Etxarri remained with the team from Irun, as technical secretary. He was in office as they won promotion to the second tier in 2009, ending a 45-year exile.[7] He left a year later as the team were relegated, and was approached by manager Iñaki Alonso to follow him to Real Murcia, but he decided against it due to wanting stability for his family.[7]
Etxarri managed Club Deportivo Vasconia de Donostia to two promotions in the Basque regional leagues before being dismissed in January 2014.[8] He also managed Orioko in the same competition, resigning halfway through a season due to lack of energy.[7]
In 2020, Etxarri told El Diario Vasco that he had been the delegate in northern Spain for a sportswear brand for the past four years.[7] Three years later, El Faro de Ceuta said that he was a delegate for Erreà, an Italian brand whose Spanish operations were centred mostly in the Basque Country.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Naranjo, Diego (17 March 2023). "Akilino Etxarri, un trotamundos del fútbol" [Akilino Etxarri, a football globetrotter]. El Faro de Ceuta (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Renovaciones en Eibar". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 June 1990. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Urrutia, Carlos (3 October 1993). "Penev, lesionado, tampoco jugará" [Penev, injured, will not play either]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Muntané, Eduard (4 October 1993). "El Lleida decapita al Valencia" [Lleida decapitate Valencia]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Urrutia, Carlos (15 December 1993). "Surgen nombres de nuevos candidatos a dirigir el club" [Names of new candidates to lead the club come up]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Prieto, E. (22 April 2020). "«Fueron nueve años consecutivos buenísimos en los que hubo de todo»" ["They were nine consecutive wonderful years in which there was everything"]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Akilino Etxarri: «Éste era mi cuarto intento de ascenso, ya era hora»" [Akilino Etxarri: "This was my fourth attempt at promotion, it was about time"]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 22 June 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Destituidos los técnicos del Vasconia y el Touring" [Managers of Vasconia and Touring dismissed]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 23 January 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Akilino Etxarri at BDFutbol
- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Pasaia
- Footballers from Gipuzkoa
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Añorga KKE players
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- SD Eibar footballers
- Valencia CF Mestalla footballers
- Valencia CF players
- Real Murcia CF players
- Pontevedra CF footballers
- CD Castellón footballers
- Real Unión footballers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Spanish football managers