Juan Ochoantezana
Spanish association football manager and association football player (1912-1998)
Juan Ochoantezana Milicua (25 October 1912 – 10 February 1998), also known as Juanito Ochoa, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Real Madrid in the early 1940s.
He later worked as a manager in the 1950s and 1960s, taking charge of several clubs, such as Racing de Santander, Real Zaragoza, Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Oviedo, and Athletic Bilbao.
Playing career
Juan Ochoantezana was born on 25 October 1912 in the Biscayan town of Plentzia, but it was in Valencia where he began his football career, joining the ranks of third division team Gimnástico in 1933, aged 21, where he quickly stood out from the rest, so in the following year, in 1934, he was signed by top-flight club Valencia CF, with whom he played for just one season, starting in only four La Liga matches. Perhaps unsatisfied by his lack of playing time, he left the club at the end of the season to join second division team Arenas de Getxo, where his career was interrupted by the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Once the conflict was over, he returned to Arenas for two more seasons between 1940 and 1942, and then had brief stints at Barakaldo (1942–43), Deportivo Alavés, Real Valladolid, and Real Madrid. With the latter team, he only played a single official match, a La Liga fixture against Real Oviedo on 5 March 1944.
After leaving Madrid in 1945, Ochoa joined Indautxu, then in the third division, with whom he played for three years, until 1948, when he retired at the age of 36.
Managerial career
After his career as a player ended, Ochoa remained linked to football, now as a coach, taking charge of Getxo, which he oversaw in the 1951–52 season, after which he took over Racing de Santander, then in the top-flight, which he led for three seasons, until 1955, when he left due to the club's relegation. He then took over Sabadell, which he oversaw for three seasons, from 1955 until 1958, when he was signed by another top-flight club, Real Zaragoza, where he stayed for two seasons, surviving relegation on both occasions. In his first season there, the club conceded 60 goals in just 30 matches, finishing ninth in the league.
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