Javier Zubillaga

Javier Zubillaga
Personal information
Full name	José Javier Zubillaga Martínez
Date of birth	12 August 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Logroño, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Berceo
	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1987	Real Sociedad
1987–1991	Español
Total
International career
1976–1978	Spain U18
Managerial career
2001–2002	Real Unión
2005–2007	Real Unión
2007–2008	Lleida
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Javier Zubillaga Martínez (born 12 August 1959 in Logroño, La Rioja) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Zubillaga's father, Cesáreo (a native of San Sebastián), was a professional footballer who played for CD Logroñés in the Segunda Liga. Javier began playing youth football with Logroño-based CD Berceo, before joining Real Sociedad.^[1]

During his ten-year professional career, Zubillaga played with Real Sociedad and RCD Español. He won the La Liga title in the 1981–82 season with the former team, although he only contributed with eight games (184 minutes, no complete matches). Until 1987, year in which he helped the Basques conquer the Copa del Rey, he never played in more than 18 league matches, and left precisely in that summer.^[2]

Zubillaga then spent four years in Catalonia, experiencing one promotion and relegation each in consecutive seasons. He finally retired in 1991 at nearly 32, taking up coaching in the following decade, always in Segunda División B – he also worked with several clubs in directorial capacities from 1994 onwards, including hometown's CD Logroñés.^[3]