Xabier Azkargorta
Spanish association football player and manager (1953–2025)
Francisco Xabier Azkargorta Uriarte (26 September 1953 – 14 November 2025) was a Spanish professional football forward and manager.
Playing career
Born in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, Azkargorta spent five years under contract to Athletic Bilbao after arriving in 1971 from neighbouring Real Sociedad and completed his development at Athletic, but failed to appear in any official games with the first team due to injury. He retired aged only 24.
Coaching career
Azkargorta started working as a manager one year after retiring, his beginnings being in lower league football mainly in his native Basque Country. In August 1982, the 28-year-old was appointed at Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the Segunda División B and, the following season, moved straight into La Liga after signing for RCD Español.
After two more years in Catalonia, Azkargorta continued to coach in the top flight until 1991, being in charge of Real Valladolid, Sevilla FC and CD Tenerife. He was dismissed by the last two sides before their respective campaigns ended.
Still in the decade, Azkargorta worked with the national teams of Bolivia and Chile. He led the former to the 1994 FIFA World Cup, thus marking the first time the country reached the tournament through the qualification process. In 1997, he returned to club duties after signing with Yokohama F. Marinos, and eight years later he took charge of Mexico's C.D. Guadalajara.
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