José Antonio de la Hoz Uranga
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Antonio de la Hoz Uranga | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Getaria, Spain | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Real Sociedad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1972 | San Sebastián | ||
1972–1978 | Real Sociedad | 76 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
José Antonio de la Hoz Uranga (born 8 January 1949) is a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.
Playing career[]
Uranga began his senior career at San Sebastián, Real Sociedad's B team, in 1970 after progressing from the youth teams. On 7 October 1972, Uranga made his debut for Sociedad, coming on as a 76th minute substitute in a 1–0 win against UD Las Palmas. In total, Uranga made 101 appearances in Sociedad's first team over the course of six years.[1]
Basque nationalism[]
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Uranga was a Basque nationalist. Prior to a Basque derby tie against Athletic Bilbao on 5 December 1976, Uranga formed a plan for both teams to exit the tunnel onto the field of play with a Basque flag, the Ikurriña. Due to the policies of Francoist Spain, the flag was still banned, despite Francisco Franco's death a year earlier. In January 1977, the flag was legalised in Spain, with Bilbao goalkeeper José Ángel Iribar stating the display "really helped" with the legalisation of the flag.[2]
Uranga was sentenced to eight years in prison after the kidnapping of Andrés Gutiérrez Blanco in 1987 by ETA, an armed Basque separatist group. Blanco was helped hostage in Getxo for 47 days, until a ransom of 190 million ₧ was paid by his family. Despite his sentence, Uranga only served six months and was later pardoned by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's government in January 2009.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Uranga". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "How a Basque derby brought about the legalisation of the Basque flag". These Football Times. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Estos son los indultos concedidos por Aznar, Rajoy, Zapatero, Felipe González y el resto de gobiernos en España" (in Spanish). Onda Cero. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa
- Spanish footballers
- Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Association football midfielders
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- Real Sociedad footballers
- La Liga players
- ETA (separatist group) activists
- Basque nationalists
- People from Urola Kosta
- Spanish football biography stubs