Patxi_Ferreira
Patxi Ferreira
Spanish footballer
Francisco 'Patxi' Ferreira Colmenero (born 22 May 1967) is a Spanish football coach and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current assistant manager of UD Almería.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Ferreira Colmenero | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-05-22) 22 May 1967 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Saucelle, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Almería (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deusto | |||
| 1983–1984 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Bilbao Athletic | 73 | (6) |
| 1984–1989 | Athletic Bilbao | 76 | (10) |
| 1989–1995 | Atlético Madrid | 118 | (4) |
| 1993–1994 | → Sevilla (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | Valencia | 60 | (4) |
| 1997–2000 | Athletic Bilbao | 67 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 431 | (28) | |
| International career | |||
| 1983 | Spain U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Spain U18 | 10 | (0) |
| 1985 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 1985 | Spain U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 1986–1990 | Spain U21 | 12 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Spain | 2 | (0) |
| 1990–1997 | Basque Country | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Eibar (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Valladolid (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Deportivo La Coruña (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Bilbao Athletic (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Athletic Bilbao (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2023 | Eibar (assistant) | ||
| 2023– | Almería (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ferreira was born in Saucelle, Province of Salamanca, and moved to the Bilbao area at a young age, making him eligible for to play for Athletic Bilbao under their signing policy. While a member of the youth system at Lezama, he won the Copa del Rey Juvenil in 1984.
Having not yet featured for the reserves, Ferreira made his La Liga debut on 9 September 1984 aged 17 years, 110 days, in a 0–3 away defeat against Sevilla FC – a club record as the youngest player in the competition.[1] A strike by the professional players had forced the organizations to field their youngsters ahead of schedule,[2] and he did not play another league game with the first team for two years; his record stood until Iker Muniain's debut, in August 2009.[3]
During a steady professional career, Ferreira also represented Atlético Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia CF and Rayo Vallecano. He amassed more than 400 official appearances during his 17 years at senior level, 358 in La Liga alone, scoring 22 goals in the competition;[4] career highlights included winning the Copa del Rey twice in a row with Atlético in the early 90s, and featuring in three group stage matches of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League with Athletic. Having achieved three runner-up league finishes (1991, 1996 and 1998), his best individual season was with the latter in 1987–88 as the 20-year-old netted six times in 35 matches to help the Basques to fourth position.
Ferreira retired in 2001 at the age of 34, after a slow year with Rayo – the side from the Madrid outskirts finished in 14th position, and he appeared in less than one third of the league matches. He subsequently became a coach, working as assistant to Gaizka Garitano at SD Eibar;[4] in June 2016, the pair joined Deportivo de La Coruña.[5]
Almost exactly one year later, Ferreira returned to Bilbao Athletic alongside Garitano when the latter was appointed manager.[6]
Ferreira played twice for Spain in as many friendlies, the first being a 1–2 loss with Yugoslavia in Oviedo on 14 September 1988.[7]
Club
Atlético Madrid
International
Spain U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1985[9][4]
- Ríos, R. (10 September 1984). "3–0: El Sevilla encontró un ariete" [3–0: Sevilla found a battering ram]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- "A strike by Spanish soccer players forced the league to play its second round Sunday with junior and amateur players". United Press International. 9 September 1984. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- Suso, Álvaro (1 September 2009). "Muniain ya es el león más joven en la historia de la Liga" [Muniain is now the youngest lion in the history of the League]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- Casado, Edu (8 July 2013). "Qué fue de… Patxi Ferreira" [What happened to… Patxi Ferreira]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- "Gaizka Garitano, nuevo entrenador del Real Club Deportivo" [Gaizka Garitano, new manager of Real Club Deportivo] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- "Lezama technical chart". Athletic Bilbao. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- Perearnau, Francisco (15 September 1988). "1–2: Farewell to the "flower"..." [1–2: Farewell to the "flower"...]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- Carbajosa, Carlos E. (30 June 1991). "El Mallorca, finalista elemplar" [Mallorca, the perfect finalists]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- Díez, Óscar (1 November 2014). "España en los mundiales sub'20: URSS 1985" [Spain in the under’20 World Cups: USSR 1985] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- Patxi Ferreira at BDFutbol
- Patxi Ferreira at Athletic Bilbao
- Patxi Ferreira at National-Football-Teams.com
- Patxi Ferreira – FIFA competition record (archived)