Félix Sarriugarte

Félix Sarriugarte
Personal information
Full name	Félix Sarriugarte Montoya
Date of birth	6 November 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Durango, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1981–1982	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1986	Bilbao Athletic
1984–1989	Athletic Bilbao
1989–1994	Oviedo
1994–1995	Las Palmas
1995	Barakaldo
1995–1996	Gramenet
Total
Managerial career
2000–2003	Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2003–2004	Basconia
2005–2006	Bilbao Athletic
2006	Athletic Bilbao
2007–2008	Varea
2009	Logroñés
2011–2012	Sestao
2012–2013	Oviedo
2015	Sestao
2019–2020	Charlotte Independence (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Félix Sarriugarte Montoya (born 6 November 1964) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward, currently a manager.

Playing career

Born in Durango, Biscay, Sarriugarte represented Athletic Bilbao for five seasons – having arrived at the San Mamés Stadium at age 16 – but only started featuring regularly for the first team in 1986–87, after a lengthy spell with the reserves where he scored regularly. He then spent another five years in La Liga with Asturias' Real Oviedo, where he was also never relegated (but totalled only three appearances in his last two seasons).

Sarriugarte retired in 1996 at the age of 31 after playing one season with UD Las Palmas and splitting his last year with local Barakaldo CF and UDA Gramenet, with all the sides competing in the lower leagues. In the top flight, he amassed totals of 159 matches and 28 goals; his debut in the latter competition came on 9 September 1984 in a 3–0 away loss against Sevilla FC,^[1] due to a strike from the professional footballers.^[2]

Coaching career

Sarriugarte took up coaching in the early 2000s, with the various sides of his first club Athletic. On 8 July 2006, following the dismissal of Javier Clemente, he was appointed first-team manager by president Fernando Lamikiz. Just four months later, however, he was relieved of his duties after a 1–3 home defeat to Sevilla which saw them drop into the 18th position,^[3] and eventually again barely avoiding relegation.^[4]

In June 2009, Sarriugarte signed at CD Varea – soon to be named UD Logroñés – recently promoted to Segunda División B, but stepped down before the campaign began.^[5] On 16 July 2012, after having led Sestao River Club to safety in that level, he joined another team in the same tier, Oviedo.^[6]

Charlotte Independence announced on 17 January 2019 that Sarriugarte had joined the technical staff of the club as an assistant manager, under Jim McGuinness.^[7]

References

^ Ríos, Ricardo (10 September 1984). "3–0: El Sevilla encontró un ariete" [3–0: Sevilla found a battering ram]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ Hidalgo Chacel, Santiago (30 March 2011). "La Liga en pañales de 1984" [League wearing diapers in 1984]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ "Athletico Bilbao appoint Esnal as new coach". ESPN Soccernet. 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
^ García, Alberto (21 July 2020). "El Athletic enlaza tres temporadas seguidas fuera de Europa, doce años después" [Third season out of Europe for Athletic in a row, twelve years later]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ "El Varea descarta a Félix Sarriugarte como técnico" [Varea release Félix Sarriugarte as coach]. El Correo (in Spanish). 21 June 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ Fernández, F. (16 July 2012). "Sarriugarte será el nuevo entrenador del Oviedo" [Sarriugarte to be new Oviedo coach]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ Thomas, James (17 January 2019). "McGuinness appoints former La Liga manager to assistant coach". Charlotte Independence. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

External links

Félix Sarriugarte at BDFutbol
Félix Sarriugarte manager profile at BDFutbol
Félix Sarriugarte at Athletic Bilbao

[1] Ríos, Ricardo (10 September 1984). "3–0: El Sevilla encontró un ariete" [3–0: Sevilla found a battering ram]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[2] Hidalgo Chacel, Santiago (30 March 2011). "La Liga en pañales de 1984" [League wearing diapers in 1984]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[3] "Athletico Bilbao appoint Esnal as new coach". ESPN Soccernet. 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[4] García, Alberto (21 July 2020). "El Athletic enlaza tres temporadas seguidas fuera de Europa, doce años después" [Third season out of Europe for Athletic in a row, twelve years later]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[5] "El Varea descarta a Félix Sarriugarte como técnico" [Varea release Félix Sarriugarte as coach]. El Correo (in Spanish). 21 June 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[6] Fernández, F. (16 July 2012). "Sarriugarte será el nuevo entrenador del Oviedo" [Sarriugarte to be new Oviedo coach]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[7] Thomas, James (17 January 2019). "McGuinness appoints former La Liga manager to assistant coach". Charlotte Independence. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

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