José Félix Guerrero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guerrero and the second or maternal family name is López.

José Félix Guerrero

Personal information
Full name	José Félix Guerrero López
Date of birth	(1975-08-23) 23 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Portugalete, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Youth career
	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Bilbao Athletic	28	(3)
1996–1997	Athletic Bilbao	0	(0)
1996–1997	→ Eibar (loan)	36	(5)
1997–1998	Racing Santander	28	(1)
1999–2002	Real Sociedad	30	(1)
2001–2002	→ Eibar (loan)	38	(6)
2002	Burgos	0	(0)
Total		160	(16)
International career
1991–1992	Spain U16	17	(2)
1992–1993	Spain U17	7	(1)
1994	Spain U18	9	(0)
1995	Spain U19	2	(0)
1998	Spain U21	3	(0)
1997	Spain U23	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Félix Guerrero López (born 23 August 1975) is a Spanish retired 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.^[1]

Released by Athletic in the summer of 1997, Guerrero signed with 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,^[2] as the Cantabrians eventually retained their status. Subsequently, he joined another club in his native region, Real Sociedad,^[3] being sparingly used over a three-year spell due to a serious knee injury.^[4]

In 2002, Guerrero joined Segunda División B side Burgos CF on a free transfer.^[5] He retired from the game before the season started, aged only 27.^[6]

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.^[1]

Honours

Spain U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1998^[6]

Spain U16

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 1992

References

1. Marcos, Carlos (21 October 1996). "El hermano de Julen Guerrero mantiene al Éibar arriba" [Julen Guerrero's brother keeps Éibar up]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2016.
2. "FC Barcelona 2, – Racing, 0". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 27 October 1997. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
3. Ormazabal, Mikel (15 July 1998). "La Real Sociedad consuma la compra por 400 millones de José Félix Guerrero" [Real Sociedad confirm 400 million acquisition of José Félix Guerrero]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
4. Casado, Edu (19 May 2015). "Qué fue de… José Félix Guerrero: el peso de ser el hermano de Julen" [What happened to… José Félix Guerrero: the weight of being Julen's brother]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
5. "José Félix Guerrero se desvincula de la Real Sociedad" [José Félix Guerrero cuts ties with Real Sociedad]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 18 July 2002. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
6. Hernández, Javier (20 November 2002). "Guerrero: viejo a los 28 años" [Guerrero: old at 28]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2023.

External links

• José Félix Guerrero at BDFutbol