José Ángel Uribarrena

José Ángel Uribarrena Díez (born 8 January 1969), sometimes known as Jon Uribarrena, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He spent the majority of his career with Athletic Bilbao, and amassed 92 La Liga appearances and five goals during his time with Athletic, two loan spells at Logroñés, and a season playing for Celta Vigo.

Career Uribarrena was born in Portugalete, close to Bilbao in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, and began his career in the youth teams of Athletic Bilbao. Coach Txetxu Rojo brought him on for the second half at Lezama in place of , during which they equalised through Ricardo Mendiguren and held on for a 1–1 draw.

He began to take a major role with the B team during the following season, in which they were relegated. First team coach Howard Kendall gave him his La Liga debut on 29 October 1989, in a 3–0 win over Málaga, and during that season and 1990–91 he combined occasional first team appearances with regular B team starts.

Uribarrena spent the 1991–92 season on loan at Logroñés, where he scored his first top flight goal in a 2–2 home draw with Barcelona at Estadio Las Gaunas. After just one Copa del Rey appearance for Athletic at the start of the following season, he returned for a second loan spell at Logroñés in November 1992. He played 45 first division matches across his two spells in Logroño. He finally left Bilbao for good on 29 August 1994, signing for Celta Vigo and bringing an end to eight years at San Mamés which saw him make a total of 31 first team appearances.

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Honours Bilbao Athletic Segunda División B: 1988–89