Manuel Sarabia
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Full name | Manuel Sarabia López | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | 9 January 1957 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Abanto Zierbena, Spain | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
San Pedro Sestao | |||||||||||||
1974 | Athletic Bilbao | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
1974–1976 | Bilbao Athletic | 52 | (20) | ||||||||||
1976–1988 | Athletic Bilbao | 284 | (83) | ||||||||||
1977–1978 | → Barakaldo (loan) | 35 | (14) | ||||||||||
1988–1991 | Logroñés | 79 | (18) | ||||||||||
Total | 450 | (135) | |||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1978 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||
1979–1983 | Spain amateur | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||
1983–1985 | Spain | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Bilbao Athletic | ||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Badajoz | ||||||||||||
2002 | Numancia | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Manuel 'Manu' Sarabia López (born 9 January 1957) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
He amassed La Liga totals of 363 games and 101 goals over the course of 14 seasons, mainly with Athletic Bilbao but also with Logroñés. He won four major titles with the former, notably two national championships, and scored 182 times all competitions comprised.[1][2]
Left-footed, Sarabia represented Spain at Euro 1984.
Club career[]
Born in Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena, Biscay, Sarabia came through the ranks of Lezama, Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system, making his debut for the main squad on 19 September 1976 in a 1–1 home draw against CD Málaga. He was particularly determined to succeed at the club after his elder brother was rejected due to his birthplace in Torres, Jaén (despite spending most of his life in Biscay), as this did not fit the criteria for Athletic's signing policy at the time.[3]
A full first-team member from 1978–79 onwards, having also served a loan with neighbours Barakaldo CF in the previous year, Sarabia went on to appear in 284 La Liga matches for the Basques (with 83 goals). He had a best output of 16 in the 1982–83 season when Athletic won the league title, renewing it the following campaign).
Sarabia retired aged 34 in 1991, after three seasons with modest CD Logroñés also in the top division, scoring more than 20 official goals during his stint. He took up coaching three years later, having very brief stints in the second level – the only season he started and finished, with Bilbao Athletic, ended in relegation.[4]
International career[]
Sarabia played 15 times with Spain in a two-year span, scoring twice. His first goal was one of 12 in the nation's routing of Malta in a UEFA Euro 1984 qualifier, in Seville.[5]
Sarabia subsequently appeared in the tournament's final stage in France, having three substitute appearances for the runners-up.
International goals[]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 21 December 1983 | Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain | ![]() |
11–1 | 12–1 | Euro 1984 qualifying[6] |
2. | 12 June 1985 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 | 1986 World Cup qualification[7] |
Personal life[]
Sarabia's son, Eder, was also a footballer, albeit only in the amateur level, before becoming a coach with youth teams such as Danok Bat CF and serving as assistant to Quique Setién (former teammate of his father) at FC Barcelona.[8][9]
Honours[]
Club[]
- Athletic Bilbao
- La Liga: 1982–83,[10] 1983–84[11]
- Copa del Rey: 1983–84; Runner-up 1976–77,[12] 1984–85[13]
- Supercopa de España: 1984[14] (Athletic Bilbao were awarded the trophy as winners of the double)
- UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1976–77[15]
International[]
- Spain
- UEFA European Championship: Runner-up 1984[16]
References[]
- ^ "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – Sarabia" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – Sarabia]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "Los discípulos de Pichichi" [Pichichi's disciples]. El Correo (in Spanish). 9 October 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Sarabia, la figura del actual Athlétic de Bilbao" [Sarabia, the figurehead of today's Athlétic Bilbao]. El País (in Spanish). 3 April 1983. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "El Lleida sentencia al Athletic en un mal partido" [Lleida sentence Athletic in poor showing]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 May 1996. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "España, con 12 goles a Malta, alcanzó la fase final de la Eurocopa" [Spain, with 12 goals to Malta, reached European Championship finals.]. El País (in Spanish). 22 December 1983. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Gol a gol hasta... ¡el delirio!" [Goal by goal until... ecstasy!]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 December 1983. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "1–2: España cortó el bacalao" [1–2: Spain got job done]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 June 1985. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "La venganza de Sarabia con Clemente: ver a su hijo (y su hija) con Setién en el Athletic" [The revenge of Sarabia with Clemente: seeing his son (and his daughter) with Setién in Athletic]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 3 April 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "La mano derecha de Setién" [The right hand of Setién]. El País (in Spanish). 5 June 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Spain 1982/83". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "Spain 1983/84". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "2–2: Los andaluces remontaron dos ventajas vascas" [2–2: The Andalusians countered Basques' advantage twice]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 26 June 1977. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "2–1: Hugo se fue por la puerta grande" [2–1: Hugo exited through the front door] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 July 1985. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Spain – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Athletic 2–1 Juventus". UEFA. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "France 2–0 Spain". UEFA. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
External links[]
- Manuel Sarabia at BDFutbol
- Manuel Sarabia manager profile at BDFutbol
- Manuel Sarabia at Athletic Bilbao
- Manuel Sarabia at National-Football-Teams.com
- Spain stats at Eu-Football
- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from Abanto y Ciérbana-Abanto Zierbena
- Spanish footballers
- Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Association football forwards
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Bilbao Athletic footballers
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- Barakaldo CF footballers
- CD Logroñés footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain amateur international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- Spanish football managers
- Segunda División managers
- Segunda División B managers
- Athletic Bilbao B managers
- CD Badajoz managers
- CD Numancia managers
- Athletic Bilbao non-playing staff
- Basque Country international footballers
- Sportspeople from Biscay