José Ramón Gallego

"José Gallego" redirects here. For another Spanish footballer, see José Gallego (footballer born 1923).

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

José Ramón Gallego

Personal information
Full name	José Ramón Gallego Souto
Date of birth	(1959-08-07) 7 August 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Durango, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1979	Durango
1979–1980	Bilbao Athletic	30	(1)
1980–1991	Athletic Bilbao	259	(15)
1980–1981	→ Córdoba (loan)	36	(0)
1991–1992	Alavés	23	(1)
Total		348	(17)
International career
1986	Spain U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Ramón Gallego Souto (born 7 August 1959) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

His entire professional career was spent with Athletic Bilbao, for which he played 11 seasons in La Liga with competitive totals of 330 matches and 18 goals.

Club career

Born in Durango, Biscay, Gallego started playing in 1978 with local amateurs SCD Durango. After one year, he joined Basque giants Athletic Bilbao, initially being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.

Gallego made his La Liga debut on 30 March 1980, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 away draw against RCD Español.^[1] He appeared in a further six league games during the season. After a loan to third-tier Córdoba CF, he returned to the San Mamés Stadium and went on to be a first-team regular over the following eight years.^[2][3]

Gallego contributed a total of 57 matches and two goals as his main club won back-to-back national championships (including the double in 1983–84). He ended his career in 1992 at the age of 32, with neighbouring Deportivo Alavés in division three.

Honours

Club

Athletic Bilbao

• La Liga: 1982–83, 1983–84
• Copa del Rey: 1983–84
• Supercopa de España: 1984

International

Spain U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1986^[4]

References

1. 0–0: El Español jugó lo bastante para ganar (0–0: Español played well enough to win); Mundo Deportivo, 31 March 1980 (in Spanish)
2. El bilbaíno Gallego, premio a la regularidad (Bilbao's Gallego, regularity award); Mundo Deportivo, 20 February 1987 (in Spanish)
3. Ath. Bilbao: renovó Gallego (Ath. Bilbao: Gallego renewed); Mundo Deportivo, 12 May 1989 (in Spanish)
4. ¡¡¡Campeones!!! (Champions!!!); Mundo Deportivo, 30 October 1986 (in Spanish)

External links

• José Ramón Gallego at Athletic Bilbao
• José Ramón Gallego at BDFutbol