José Ignacio Garmendia

Spanish footballer

José Ignacio Garmendia
Personal information
Full name	José Ignacio Garmendia Mendizábal
Date of birth	(1960-04-04) 4 April 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Villabona, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Danena Zirzurkil
	Hernani
1978–1979	Eibar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1998	Eibar	562	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Ignacio Garmendia Mendizábal (born 4 April 1960) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Garmendia was born in Villabona, Gipuzkoa. He played solely for Basque club SD Eibar, in a career that lasted 19 years. He stayed with the team as they competed consecutively in the nation's fourth, third and second divisions, making 322 appearances in the latter.^[1]

On 17 April 1988, in a third-tier match against Pontevedra CF, Garmendia scored from his goal, and Eibar would also promote at the end of the campaign.^[2] He retired ten years later at the age of 38, only having been second choice precisely in his last season (three games) and with the side always retaining their league status; he collected two Ricardo Zamora Trophy awards in the process.^[3]

Personal life

Still during his career, and after retiring, Garmendia ran a butcher shop in his hometown.^[4]

References

^ Garmendia: «El portero paga siempre los malos resultados» (Garmendia: "Poor results are always the goalkeeper's fault"); El Diario Vasco, 28 September 2015 (in Spanish)
^ Su gol directo al Pontevedra aún lo recuerdan en Ipurua (His direct goal to Pontevedra is still remembered in Ipurua); El Diario Vasco, 5 April 2007 (in Spanish)
^ Garmendia: "Estar en Primera es un lujo para el Eibar" (Garmendia: "It's a luxury for Eibar to be in Primera"); Diario AS, 13 March 2020 (in Spanish)
^ «¡Y pensar que el Eibar estaba en Preferente cuando me fichó con 19 años!» ("To think that Eibar were in Preferente when they signed me at the age of 19!"); El Diario Vasco, 24 March 2014 (in Spanish)