José Félix Guerrero

José Félix Guerrero López (born 23 August 1975) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Club career Guerrero was born in Portugalete, Basque Country. Brought up in Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth ranks, Lezama, he made his senior debut in 1995–96, suffering Segunda División relegation with the B team. In the following season, as Luis Fernández replaced Dragoslav Stepanović as manager, he was again deemed surplus to requirements and loaned, going on to experience one of his best years as a professional with neighbours SD Eibar in the same level.

Released by Athletic in the summer of 1997, Guerrero signed for Racing de Santander of La Liga, starting in most of the matches during the campaign and making his debut in the competition on 26 October in a 2–0 away loss against FC Barcelona. He scored his first goal on 7 December in the 2–1 comeback win at CP Mérida, as the Cantabrians eventually retained their status.

Subsequently, Guerrero joined another club in his native region, Real Sociedad. He was sparingly used over a three-year spell, due to a serious knee injury.

In 2002, Guerrero moved to Segunda División B side Burgos CF on a free transfer. He retired from the game before the season started, aged only 27.

Personal life Guerrero's older brother, Julen, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He too represented Athletic Bilbao, and appeared for Spain in two FIFA World Cups.

Honours Spain U21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1998

Spain U16 UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 1992