Dani (footballer, born 1951)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz-Bazán and the second or maternal family name is Justa.

Dani
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Dani in 1978
Personal information
Full name Daniel Ruiz-Bazán Justa
Date of birth (1951-06-28) 28 June 1951 (age 70)
Place of birth Sopuerta, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1968–1969 Sodupe
1969–1970 Getxo
1970–1971 Villosa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1972 Bilbao Athletic 33 (8)
1972–1986 Athletic Bilbao 302 (147)
1972–1974 → Barakaldo (loan) 65 (9)
Total 400 (164)
National team
1977 Spain U21 1 (3)
1976 Spain amateur 1 (1)
1981 Spain B 2 (1)
1977–1981 Spain 25 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Daniel Ruiz-Bazán Justa (born 28 June 1951), commonly known as Dani, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker.

During his career he played almost exclusively for Athletic Bilbao, scoring nearly 200 competitive goals (exactly 199) in more than one decade with the first team.[1][2] He was a penalty kick specialist.[3]

Club career[]

Born in Sopuerta, Biscay, Dani played his youth football in various clubs in the Basque Country. He signed with Athletic Bilbao in 1971 at the age of 20, spending one full season with the reserve side in the Tercera División.

After two years loaned at neighbouring Barakaldo CF of the Segunda División, Dani returned to his alma mater, scoring in double digits for nine of the following ten years. His first La Liga match occurred on 29 September 1974 in a 3–0 away loss against Valencia CF and, in the 1976–77 season, as the Lions reached the final of the UEFA Cup and the Copa del Rey,[4] also finishing third in the league, he netted a total of 29 goals in 46 official games. In the latter competition, during his 12-year stint with the club, he reached the 20-goal mark twice.

Dani helped Athletic to back-to-back league titles in his later years (1983–84), although he was only a fringe player in the latter campaign – ten matches, three goals – due to the emergence of another youth product of the club, Manuel Sarabia. He would be further pushed down the pecking order after the first-team promotion of Julio Salinas, and eventually retired in June 1986 at the age of 35, having scored 147 league goals in 302 appearances.

Dani's total of 11 goals in European competition stood as a club record for 25 years, until passed by Fernando Llorente in 2012.[5]

International career[]

Dani played 25 matches and scored ten goals for Spain, during four years and two days. His debut came on 21 September 1977, in a 2–1 friendly win in Switzerland.[6]

Dani represented his country in both the 1978 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1980, respectively scoring against Austria and England (1–2 defeats and group stage exit in both cases).

International goals[]

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dani goal.[7][6]
List of international goals scored by Dani
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 January 1978 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain  Italy 2–0 2–1 Friendly
2 29 March 1978 El Molinón, Gijón, Spain  Norway 3–0 3–0 Friendly
3 26 April 1978 Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain  Mexico 2–0 2–0 Friendly
4 3 June 1978 José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Austria 1–1 1–2 1978 FIFA World Cup
5 4 April 1979 Stadionul Central, Craiova, Romania  Romania 1–1 2–2 Euro 1980 qualifying
6 2–2
7 26 September 1979 Balaídos, Vigo, Spain  Portugal 1–0 1–1 Friendly
8 23 January 1980 Balaídos, Vigo, Spain  Netherlands 1–0 1–0 Friendly
9 18 June 1980 San Paolo, Naples, Italy  England 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 1980
10 12 November 1980 Sarrià, Barcelona, Spain  Poland 1–1 1–2 Friendly

Honours[]

Athletic Bilbao

References[]

  1. ^ "Los cachorros son casi leones" [The pups are almost lions] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 23 May 1975. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. ^ Ortiz de Lazcano, Javier (9 October 2015). "Los discípulos de Pichichi" [Pichichi's disciples]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – 'Dani'" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – 'Dani']. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  4. ^ Rovira, Ramón (26 June 1977). "2–2: Los andaluces remontaron dos ventajas vascas" [2–2: The Andalusians countered Basques' advantage twice]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  5. ^ Espinosa, Yolanda (16 March 2012). "Llorente supera a Dani como máximo goleador del Athletic en Europa" [Llorente overtakes Dani as Athletic's top scorer in Europe] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. ^ a b Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Daniel Ruiz Bazán, 'Dani' – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  7. ^ "Dani". European Football. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  8. ^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente. "Spain 1982/83". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente. "Spain 1983/84". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Copa del Rey 1983–84" (in Spanish). Lingua Sport. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  11. ^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente; Torre, Raúl; Lozano Ferrer, Carles. "Spain – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  12. ^ "Athletic 2–1 Juventus". UEFA. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

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