Legendary Players & Staff
32 entries in the Real Sociedad compendium.
Legendary Players & Staff — Era Chart
Javier ClementeThe Basque coach who won back-to-back La Liga titles with Athletic Bilbao.Txiki BegiristainThe Basque winger who scored in a Copa del Rey final and helped Real Sociedad to silverwarJosé María SatrusteguiThe sharp-shooting forward who helped fire Real Sociedad to their first-ever La Liga titlePatxi SalinasA homegrown central defender from Real Sociedad's cantera.John ToshackThe Welsh manager who led Real Sociedad to Copa del Rey glory in 1987.Iñaki SáezThe Spain national team coach who gave Xabi Alonso his international debut in 2003.Andoni ZubizarretaA Basque goalkeeper who anchored Barcelona's Dream Team alongside fellow Basque players.Beñat EtxebarriaThe Basque midfielder who returned to Athletic Bilbao to score the first goal at the new SAndoni GoikoetxeaThe versatile Basque attacker who made his name at Osasuna before joining Barcelona's DreaJavier IruretaFrom midfield maestro to title-winning manager, Irureta is the eternal heartbeat of Real SJuan UrrutiA goalkeeper who battled for his place at Real Sociedad before becoming a star at EspanyolJosé Luis ZabalaThe clinical finisher who defined the Atotcha era for the Kale-Blues.Xabi PrietoA one-club man and penalty specialist who spent his entire career with Real Sociedad.José Mari BakeroJosé Mari Bakero stands as one of the brightest stars of Real Sociedad's modern history. BXabi AlonsoThe quiet architect from Alavés who taught a generation at the Anoeta how to see the wholeMikel AranburuA Basque name stitched into the white-and-blue fabric of La Real.Antonio OlmoThe left-footed magician who gave La Real its first crown.ChendoThe Andalusian magician who made the Basque heart beat in white and blue.Chus RíosThe quiet architect of La Real's boldest European dream, stitched in Basque thread.Miguel UrrutikoetxeaThe right-back who never left Irun's shadow, even when the world watched.Mikel ArtetaThe San Sebastián midfielder who carried txuri-urdin pride from Zubieta to the Copa del ReImanol AlguacilThe Gipuzkoan who made Anoeta roar with the soul of the whole valley.David SilvaThe Basque dancer from Barakaldo who made Zubieta's name ring across the world.Mikel OyarzabalThe boy from Eibar who became the heartbeat of the txuri-urdin faithful.Javi MartínezFrom Amorebieta to the world, Javi Martínez carried the txuri-urdin soul in every tackle.Asier IllarramendiThe Andoain artist who made the Anue breathe with every pass.Willian JoséThe Brazilian nine who carried a Basque dream into Europe's quarter-finals.Mikel MerinoThe Zubieta midfielder who turned Basque work-rate into txuri-urdin poetry at Anoeta.Imanol AgirretxeA name woven into the blue-and-white story of Basque football at Anoeta.Unai EmeryFrom a Hondarribia boy to Europe's most decorated continental-competition manager.Joaquín PeiróA midfielder in the middle of La Real's one perfect season.Juan Carlos UnzuéThe Argentine brain behind La Real's only league crown and their European night of destiny
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