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Key facts
- 1985
- Spain U16
- Full name
- Rafael Alkorta Martínez
- Date of birth
- ( 1968-09-16 ) 16 September 1968 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Bilbao , Spain
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Centre-back
- 1978 1985
- Athletic Bilbao
- Years
- Team
- 1984 1987
- Bilbao Athletic
- 1987 1993
- Athletic Bilbao
- 1993 1997
- Real Madrid
- 1997 2002
- Athletic Bilbao
- 1985 1986
- Spain U18
- 1987 1990
- Spain U21
- 1990 1998
- Spain
- 1990 1999
- Basque Country
- 2014 2015
- Olympiacos (assistant)
- 2015 2016
- Marseille (assistant)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rafael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Bilbao
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1996
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Basque Country regional football team
- Position played
- centre-back
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Image
- Rafael Alkorta.jpg
- Height
- 1.79
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- date of birth
- 1968-09-16
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- name in native language
- Rafael Alkorta
- birth name
- Rafael Alkorta Martínez
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Encyclopedic overview
Rafael Alkorta Martínez (born 16 September 1968) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender. He is the current sporting director of Athletic Bilbao.
Having represented Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid during a 17-year professional career, he amassed La Liga totals of 370 matches and eight goals, winning three trophies with the latter club.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rafael Alkorta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.