Rafael Viteri

Rafael María Viteri Chavarri (11 July 1952 – 27 December 2025) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. He played 78 La Liga games and scored 19 goals for Athletic Bilbao and Burgos, as well as 83 games and 18 goals for the latter in the Segunda División, winning the title in 1975–76.

Career Born in Bilbao, Viteri began his career at Athletic Bilbao, making 14 appearances and scoring four goals for the first team in La Liga in 1972–73. He scored on his debut on 19 November 1972, opening a 4–1 loss away to Valencia, and added two more goals a week later in a 3–3 home draw with Real Oviedo.

Viteri then moved to Burgos, where he contributed 12 goals to their promotion as champions of the Segunda División in 1975–76. Athletic announced that their players would wear black armbands away to Osasuna for their next game, in memory of Viteri and of Juanan López, who had died the day before.