Andoni Murúa

Andoni Murúa Zentarruzabeitia (born 20 March 1953) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a left winger.

Born in the village of Burceña, in Barakaldo, Biscay, Murúa emerged through Basque Country giants Athletic Bilbao's youth system.

In the summer of 1977, Murúa signed with Levante UD also in the third level – renamed Segunda División B shortly before – helping to promotion to division two in his second year with a career-best 38 goals.

He played six games in the following season scoring twice, before moving in late 1979 to La Liga with AD Almería, coached by former Athletic great José María Maguregui: on 21 October of that year he made his debut in the competition, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 home draw against Real Sociedad, and finished the campaign with 11 goals;[1][2] this included a brace in a 4–2 success over former team Athletic Bilbao, on 30 December.

[3] After a further two seasons in the top flight with RCD Español, Murúa returned to division two and joined Racing de Santander, promoting to the former competition in 1984 (25 matches, four goals); on both occasions, he was managed by Maguregui.