Luis Arconada

Luis Arconada (1981 )

Luis Miguel Arconada Etxarri ( born June 26, 1954 in San Sebastian, Spain ) is a former Spanish- Basque football goalkeeper. With his club Real Sociedad in 1981 and 1982, he won the Spanish championship and the 1987 Copa del Rey. In the Spanish national team, he came from 1977 to 1985 to 68 matches.

Career

Arconada began his professional career in 1973 at Real Sociedad and remained this club faithful to the end of his active career in 1989. His professional debut was completed by the almost 1.80 meters tall goalkeeper only on 22 October 1975 to 1:3 defeat in the UEFA Cup game against Liverpool. He cashed in the 1979/80 season in the achievement of vice-championship in 34 league games only 20 goals and was first awarded for this record with the Trofeo Zamora. In the following years he became with excellent reflexes and an energetic penalty area in his hometown to an absolute crowd favorite. Overall, he was in 551 games in La Liga for Real Sociedad between the posts. In the two championship successes in 1981 and 1982, he completed under coach Alberto Ormaetxea each all 34 league games. He was in the early eighties one of the best goalkeepers in the world. He played representative December 16, 1980 at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona in front of 100,000 spectators in a world selection against the CF Barcelona. Was supervised selection of the world by the then national coach Jupp, outfitted. The match was played in favor of the children's charity UNICEF world. On February 25, 1981, the Basque guarded in the first half, the Gate of Europe Choice of playing in Rome against Italy. In the second half, he was replaced by Harald Schumacher (1st FC Cologne). In Europe Champions Cup, he failed in the 1982/83 season to eventual winners Hamburger SV after two close games - 1:1 / 2:1 - with his club in the semifinals.

Arconada was from 1980 to 1982 three times as the best goalkeeper of Spain awarded ( Trofeo Zamora).

Arconada was the goalkeeper of the Spanish national team at the 1976 Olympic Games and was a little later in the squad of the A - squad at the World Cup 1978 in Argentina. In this World Cup, he was the replacement for keeper Miguel Angel from Real Madrid, but already changed for the qualification for Euro 1980. Since the tournament in Italy Arconada was the goalkeeper and secure support of his team. The highlight of his career was to become the Soccer World Cup 1982 in their own country. About the second finals, where Spain met Germany and England, managed by the coach José Santamaria Spaniards, however, did not come out. In the European Football Championship in 1984 in France, he came up with Spain under coach Miguel Muñoz to the finals and there had perhaps the worst possible moment of his career when he could not hold on a free kick from Michel Platini, with the score at 0-0 and the ball his arms rolled into the goal. Arconada played a total of 68 times for the national team and was replaced by Andoni Zubizarreta after this tournament.

With 35 years of business graduate finished in the summer of 1989 his active career, and retired into private life.