Athletic Bilbao 1970s squad
Every player who appeared for Athletic Bilbao in the 1970s — 69 in all, with their career-at-club league totals.
José Ángel Iribar racked up the most apps of anyone here — 614 in all. Daniel Ruiz-Bazán leads the scoring with 199. The squad breaks down as 9 goalkeepers, 23 defenders, 19 midfielders and 18 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Ángel Iribar | GK | 614 | — | 84 |
| Daniel Ruiz-Bazán | FW | 403 | 199 | 84 |
| Carlos Ruiz Herrero | FW | 275 | 118 | 83 |
| Andoni Goikoetxea | DF | 369 | 44 | 82 |
| Manuel Sarabia | FW | 383 | 118 | 81 |
| Santiago Urquiaga | DF | 345 | 7 | 81 |
| Fidel Uriarte | FW | 297 | 90 | 81 |
| Agustín Guisasola | DF | 332 | 21 | 81 |
| Iñaki Sáez | DF | 263 | 7 | 78 |
| Luis María Echeberría | DF | 259 | 1 | 78 |
| José María Núñez | DF | 252 | 2 | 78 |
| Antón Arieta | FW | 261 | 61 | 78 |
| Jesús Aranguren | DF | 247 | 4 | 77 |
| Ángel María Villar | DF/MF | 362 | 11 | 76 |
| José Argoitia | FW | 231 | 52 | 76 |
| José María Lasa | MF | 177 | 19 | 76 |
| Miguel de Andrés | MF | 268 | 12 | 75 |
| Javier Escalza | DF | 206 | 1 | 75 |
| José Ramón Martínez Larrauri | DF | 200 | 0 | 75 |
| Estanislao Argote | MF/FW | 427 | 76 | 75 |
| Daniel Astrain | DF | 182 | 3 | 73 |
| Ignacio Churruca | FW | 115 | 26 | 73 |
| Fernando Tirapu | DF/MF | 204 | 5 | 72 |
| José Francisco Rojo | FW | 541 | 68 | 71 |
| José Ángel Rojo | MF | 143 | 8 | 70 |
| Javier Irureta | FW | 136 | 22 | 70 |
| José María Bengoetxea | FW | 38 | 13 | 69 |
| Nicolás Estéfano Montalbán | MF | 62 | 15 | 68 |
| José María Igartua | DF | 118 | 13 | 68 |
| José Ramón Alexanko | DF | 116 | 8 | 67 |
| Juan María Zorriketa | DF | 116 | 11 | 67 |
| Peio Agirreoa | GK | 48 | — | 66 |
| Mateo Félix Zubiaga | DF | 102 | 18 | 66 |
| Aitor Aguirre | FW | 27 | 9 | 65 |
| José Ramón Betzuen | DF | 79 | 5 | 63 |
| José Ignacio Madariaga | DF | 76 | 3 | 62 |
| Juan Carlos Vidal | MF | 53 | 4 | 62 |
| Juan Antonio Zaldua | GK | 28 | — | 62 |
| José María Amorrortu | FW | 99 | 7 | 62 |
| Pedro María Zabalza | MF | 57 | 2 | 61 |
| Víctor Marro | GK | 24 | — | 61 |
| Luis María Zugazaga | DF | 63 | 0 | 61 |
| Javier Clemente | FW | 47 | 6 | 60 |
| Ricardo Ibáñez Conde | FW | 25 | 5 | 59 |
| Carlos Meléndez | GK | 13 | — | 58 |
| Juan Antonio Deusto | GK | 13 | — | 58 |
| Rafael Viteri | FW | 14 | 4 | 57 |
| Alberto Martín Goicoechea | MF | 17 | 2 | 54 |
| Juan Manuel Zamora | GK | 4 | — | 54 |
| Iñaki Garay | MF | 23 | 0 | 53 |
| José Ignacio Oñaederra | DF | 20 | 0 | 52 |
| José María Zuluaga | MF | 5 | 0 | 48 |
| José Luis Burgueña | GK | 0 | — | 46 |
| Xabier Azkargorta | FW | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Andoni Cedrún | GK | — | — | 41 |
| Endika Guarrotxena | FW | — | — | 41 |
| José María Noriega | FW | — | — | 41 |
| Andoni Murúa | MF/FW | — | — | 41 |
| Rafael Alkorta | DF | — | — | 41 |
| Iñigo Liceranzu | DF | — | — | 41 |
| Luis de la Fuente | DF | — | — | 41 |
| Miguel Ángel Sola | MF | — | — | 41 |
| Josu Urrutia | MF | — | — | 41 |
| Jon Iñaki Aspiazu | MF | — | — | 41 |
| Carlos Merayo | MF | — | — | 41 |
| José Ignacio San Pedro | MF | — | — | 41 |
| Iñaki Tejada | MF | — | — | 41 |
| Josu Ortuondo | MF | — | — | 41 |
| Miguel Navarro Juanicorena | MF | — | — | 41 |
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