Editing Andoni Goikoetxea (section)

==Club career==
===Athletic Bilbao===
Born in [[Alonsotegi]], [[Biscay]], Goikoetxea began playing football with local Arbuyo before joining [[Athletic Bilbao]] in 1973 where, after starting out at [[Bilbao Athletic|the reserve side]], he soon established himself in the senior team squad. He scored four [[La Liga]] goals in 27 games in his [[1975–76 La Liga|debut season]], but played a lesser role in the following three years with a total of only 24 appearances.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1975/05/23/MD19750523-002.pdf|title=Los cachorros son casi leones|trans-title=The pups are almost lions|newspaper=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|language=es|date=23 May 1975|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref>

During the 1980s, along with [[Dani (footballer, born 1951)|Dani]], [[José Ramón Gallego]], [[José Núñez (footballer)|José Núñez]], [[Manuel Sarabia]] and [[Andoni Zubizarreta]], ''Goiko'' was a prominent member of the successful Bilbao side coached by [[Javier Clemente]]. In [[1983–84 La Liga|1984]] the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque]] club renewed its league title, also achieving [[Double (association football)|the double]] (league and [[Copa del Rey]]) in that year.

====Maradona foul====
[[File:Goikoetxea lesiona maradona.jpg|thumb|left|The moment when Goikoetxea injures Maradona]]
On 24 September 1983, Goikoetxea achieved notoriety for a foul on [[Diego Maradona]] described as "one of the most brutal fouls ever delivered in the history of Spanish football".<ref name=Burns>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=muUjb4rhzL8C&pg=PA115|title=Maradona: The Hand of God|publisher=A&C Black|first=Jimmy|last=Burns|pages=115|date=5 December 2011|isbn=978-1-4088-2772-7}}</ref> In a league match at the [[Camp Nou]], he [[Tackle (football move)|tackled]] the Argentine from behind and broke his ankle.<ref name=Burns/> Maradona compared the sound he heard to that of wood breaking<ref name=SZ>{{cite news|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/fussball-historie-wie-holz-das-bricht-1.686363|title=Wie Holz, das bricht|trans-title=Like wood, it breaks|newspaper=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]|first=Javier|last=Cáceres|language=de|date=17 May 2010|access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> and, in the aftermath, English journalist Edward Owen coined the phrase "Butcher of Bilbao" to describe Goikoetxea,<ref name=Burns/><ref name=SZ/> a nickname which stayed with him for the rest of his career. Maradona's compatriot [[César Luis Menotti]], the coach of [[FC Barcelona]], accused the Spaniard of "belonging to a 'race of anti-footballers'" and called for a lifelong ban;<ref name=Burns/> he was served a ten-match ban by the [[Royal Spanish Football Federation]].<ref name=Burns/> It was later reported he kept "the boot he had used to destroy...(Maradona's) ankle ligaments" at home in a glass case.<ref name=Hard>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2215721.ece|title=Football's 50 greatest hard men|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=2007|access-date=23 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821145231/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2215721.ece|archive-date=21 August 2008}}</ref>

Two seasons earlier, Goikoetxea had severely injured Barcelona midfielder [[Bernd Schuster]], leaving him with a serious right knee injury from which the German never fully recovered.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/09/22/deportes/1222034422_850215.html|title=Estas botas son la cara y la cruz del fútbol|trans-title=These boots are the heads and tails of football|newspaper=El País|first=Unai|last=Larrea|language=es|date=22 September 2008|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> When the two teams met in the [[1984 Copa del Rey final]] in May, the match ended 1–0 for Athletic. Featuring in a mass brawl on the pitch, he kicked Maradona's chest;<ref name=Burns/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2008/dec/05/joy-of-six-scott-murray|title=The Joy of Six: hot football funks|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|first=Scott|last=Murray|date=5 December 2008|access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> he was initially banned for 18 games for his actions, but the suspension was later reduced to seven.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1999/11/27/deportes/943657208_850215.html|title=El tercer mayor castigo|trans-title=The third biggest punishment|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=27 November 1999|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref>

===Later career===
After three years with [[Atlético Madrid]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1987/07/10/deportes/552866404_850215.html|title=Goikoetxea y Parra firmaron ayer por tres años con el Atlético|trans-title=Goikoetxea and Parra signed with Atlético for three years yesterday|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=10 July 1987|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> where he featured sparingly, Goikoetxea retired aged 33. He appeared in 369 competitive matches for Athletic, netting 44 times.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1990/12/20/deportes/661647608_850215.html|title=San Mamés despide hoy a Goikoetxea, prototipo genuino del 'león vasco'|trans-title=Today, San Mamés bids farewell to Goikoetxea, genuine epitome of the 'Basque' lion|newspaper=El País|first=Eduardo|last=Rodrigálvarez|language=es|date=20 December 1990|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref>