Zorionak Clemente!

Three circumstances make Javier Clemente one of the protagonists of the week in which we face Atletico Madrid.

The first of them is that Barakaldo’s Rubio turns 69 today,12th March , and deserves, like the rest of ex-players and ex-red and white coaches, an express congratulation from the Club, but always with a note that also remembers his magnificent successes at the head of the first team in the first 80, when we won two consecutive Leagues and a Cup, the unforgettable doublet of the 1983-84 season. Times of barge and celebration. Zorionak, Javi, bihotz bihotzez.

The second circumstance is that Clemente also coached Atlético de Madrid in the 1989-90 season and knows the colchonero club well, which he also faced in his playing days. In an interview that we have done and that we show attached, the skillful midfielder whose career was cut short by a serious injury, remembers his fixtures against Atletico and reflects on this classic LaLiga between Madrid and Bilbao. Clemente, who made his debut at the age of 18 in a European qualifier against Liverpool, played 62 games as a lion in his six seasons with the first team, scoring nine goals and winning the 69 and 73 Cups, this last campaign already removed from the pitch due to an injury.

Finally, Clemente has returned to the sporting scene due to his recent appointment as coach of Euskal Selekzioa. He succeeds Jose Mari Amorrortu and Mikel Etxarri, and will make his debut at the head of the Basque national team on 29th May against Panamá.