He played for Spain and is the former sporting director at FC Barcelona.
As a player, he was a goalkeeper and developed his career in four Spanish clubs: Deportivo Alaves ,Athletic Club, FC Barcelona and Valencia CF. He is the third most-capped player with the Spainish national team, with whom he played 126 games, he has only been surpassed by Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernandez.
Andoni Zubizarreta was born in Vitoria on the 23rd of October 1961. In 1978 he joined Deportivo Alaves of Vitoria. He made his debut in the First Spanish division with Athletic Club on the 19th of September, 1981. This began a journey of 17 consecutive seasons as goalkeeper in various first division clubs.
He was the legendary goakeeper for Athletic, for several seasons, who along with Javier Clemente on the bench, won two consecutive leagues in 1982-1983 and 1983-1984 seasons, one Copa del Rey (1984) Supercopa of Spain (1984).
In 1986, after the World Cup in Mexico (1986), he signed with FC Barcelona, ​​where his football reached new heights and professional success.
He was one of the leaders of FC Barcelona, ​​and team captain for several seasons. His eight years as a goalkeeper for Barcelona was considered the most brilliant period in the history of the club until the arrival of Pep Guardiola to the Barça bench. He left the club in 1994 after the end of the European Cup in Athens. After leaving FC Barcelona , he signed with Valencia CF in 1999, a club where he played four seasons at the highest level.
He retired as an active player in 1998 having accumulated an impressive track record. After his retirement he was sports director general of the Athletic Club for three seasons (2001-2004). He has worked as a commentator on sports media, is also a partner of the company Makeateam.
In July 2010, with the arrival of Sandro Rosell as the president of FC Barcelona, ​​he was named sporting director of the azulgrana club to replace Txiki Begiristain.