Txetxu Rojo, historic Athletic Club player, dies

Txetxu Rojo, historic Athletic Club player, dies

Euskaraz irakurri: Txetxu Rojo hil da, Athletic Clubeko jokalari historikoa

Jose Francisco Rojo Arroitabetter known as Txetxu Red (Bilbao, 1947), this December 23, 2022 at 75 years of age.

The historic former player of Athletic Club defended during 17 seasons the rojiblanca shirt since he made his debut with the first team at the age of 18 in 1965 and until his retirement in 1982.

in total played 541 matches officials with the lions, which raises him to the second place in that ranking in the history of the lions, after the 614 matches of Jose Angel Iribar

During his career as an Athletic player he scored 68 goals and won the trophies Copa del Rey of the seasons 1968-1969 Y 1972-1973. Likewise, he was on the verge of winning the UEFA Cup in the 1976-1977 season, in the final lost to the Juventus.

He also developed his facet as a football coach, both at Athletic, which he led in two different stages (1989-1990 and 2000-2001), and outside San Mamés, where he had a prolific tour of different First and Second Division benches. . This is attested by his footsteps on the Celtic (1991-1994), Osasuna (1994-1995), Lleida (1996-1997), Salamanca (1997-1998) Saragossa (1998-2000 and 2001-2002) and Vallecano Ray (2004).


Source: Eitb

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