Pedro Uralde

Summary

Pedro Uralde Hernáez (born 2 March 1958) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.

Pedro Uralde
Uralde in 1981
Personal information
Full name Pedro Uralde Hernáez
Date of birth (1958-03-02) 2 March 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Vitoria, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Ariznabarra
Aurrerá
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1979 San Sebastián
1978–1986 Real Sociedad 181 (61)
1986–1987 Atlético Madrid 36 (8)
1987–1990 Athletic Bilbao 96 (34)
1990–1992 Deportivo La Coruña 56 (23)
Total 369 (126)
International career
1982–1986 Spain 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Uralde started his career with local giants Real Sociedad,[1] already being a first-team regular by the time the Basques conquered two La Liga titles in a row (57 matches and 21 goals from 1980 to 1982). He made his debut in the competition on 3 February 1980 by coming on as a late substitute in a 4–0 home win against Athletic Bilbao, and played there until the end of the 1985–86 season.[2]

Afterwards, Uralde spent one year with Atlético Madrid1986–87 – teaming up with another Basque forward, Julio Salinas, for 23 goals, but the capital club could only finished seventh. He then signed for neighbours Athletic Bilbao, going on to appear in 110 competitive games during his spell.[1]

In his final two years, Uralde represented Deportivo de La Coruña, later Super Depor, netting 23 times in the league prior to the arrival of Bebeto[3] and retiring at 34, with 111 top-flight goals to his credit from 338 appearances.[4]

International career edit

Uralde earned three caps for Spain, his debut coming on 28 April 1982 in a friendly with Switzerland (90 minutes played, in Valencia).[5] Subsequently, he was called for that year's FIFA World Cup, where he featured 23 minutes in the 0–0 second group-stage draw against England at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Athletic Club-Real Sociedad: jugadores en los dos bandos" [Athletic Club-Real Sociedad: players on both sides]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ^ Sánchez, Pablo (12 October 2019). "Se cumplen 41 años del debut de Pedro Uralde con la Real Sociedad" [41st anniversary of Pedro Uralde's debut with Real Sociedad] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ Méndez, Daniel (4 November 2011). "La maldición de los delanteros" [The curse of the forwards] (in Spanish). Riazor. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Uralde, 338 partidos y 111 goles en Primera División" [Uralde, 338 matches and 111 goals in First Division.] (in Spanish). Twitter. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. ^ López, Karel (21 May 2018). "Los últimos mundialistas de la Real Sociedad con la selección española" [The last Real Sociedad men in a World Cup with the Spanish national team]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ "World Cup 1982 finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

External links edit

  • Pedro Uralde at BDFutbol
  • Pedro Uralde at Athletic Bilbao
  • Pedro Uralde at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Pedro Uralde – FIFA competition record (archived)
  • Pedro Uralde at EU-Football.info