Eugenio Bustingorri | |
Fullname: | Eugenio Bustingorri Oíz |
Birth Date: | 28 December 1963 |
Birth Place: | Zulueta, Spain |
Height: | 1.70NaN0 |
Position: | Left back |
Youthyears1: | 1975–1982 |
Youthclubs1: | Osasuna |
Years1: | 1982–1984 |
Caps1: | 34 |
Goals1: | 4 |
Years2: | 1983–1989 |
Caps2: | 182 |
Goals2: | 16 |
Years3: | 1989–1990 |
Caps3: | 28 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 1990–1994 |
Caps4: | 144 |
Goals4: | 4 |
Years5: | 1995–1998 |
Caps5: | 79 |
Goals5: | 3 |
Totalcaps: | 467 |
Totalgoals: | 28 |
Nationalyears1: | 1980 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1985–1986 |
Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
Nationalyears3: | 1990 |
Nationalteam3: | Basque Country |
Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Eugenio Bustingorri Oíz (born 28 December 1963) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back.
He amassed La Liga totals of 345 matches and 21 goals during 11 seasons, almost exclusively with Osasuna.[1]
Bustingorri was born in Zulueta, Navarre. Safe for one year with Atlético Madrid[2] he played his entire professional career with local giants CA Osasuna, making his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 23 January 1983 in a 1–1 away draw against Valencia CF.[3]
From 1984–85 onwards, Bustingorri was the club's undisputed first-choice, scoring a career-best five goals in 40 games (all starts) in 1986–87 in an eventual narrow escape from relegation. After returning from the Colchoneros in 1989, he retained its starting position: on 26 May 1991 he scored one of his two goals in the season in a 1–0 away win against RCD Español,[4] as Osasuna finished a best-ever fourth and qualified for the second time in its history to the UEFA Cup; for his efforts during that campaign, he was named best left back in the league by Mundo Deportivo.[5]
Bustingorri left Osasuna midway through 1994–95, with the team now in Segunda División. He went on play three years with neighbouring amateurs CD Izarra, being the player with the second-most matches played in the top flight for the former.
Bustingorri played for Spain at two youth levels, and participated at the 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[6] as the national team finished as champions.
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