 While at Bilbao, Lezama also won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy as best goalkeeper during 1946–47.He added his only cap for Spain on 26 January 1947, when he was a second-half substitute for José Bañón in a 1–4 away defeat against Portugal.Throughout the rest of his career at Athletic, Lezama was only a squad player, making only 12 league appearances in his last five campaigns combined.