title: Goicoechea
text: # Goicoechea
  
  Goicoechea, also spelled various other ways (although similarly pronounced) and all derived from the original Basque Goikoetxea, is a Spanish and Latin American surname.
  
  It may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  ### Football players
  
  * Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (born 1956), Spanish Basque football player and coach
  * Ion Andoni Goikoetxea (born 1965), Spanish Basque-Navarrese football player and later coach; FC Barcelona Dream Team member
  * Mauro Goicoechea (born 1988), Uruguayan football player
  * Mikel Lasa Goicoechea (born 1971), Basque football player
  * Sergio Goycochea (born 1963), Argentine football player
  
  ### Other
  
  * Alejandro Goicoechea (1895-1984), co-founder of the Spanish company Talgo
  * Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (1916-2006), Roman Catholic archbishop in Madrid
  * Felipe de Goicoechea (1747-1814), Mexican former comandante of the Presidio of Santa Barbara and governor of the province of Baja California
  * Florentino Goikoetxea (1898-1980), Basque guide who led downed Allied airmen to safety in Spain during World War II
  * Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea (1903-1993), Basque Roman Catholic bishop
  * Julen Goikoetxea (1985-2006), Basque cyclist
  * Yannick Goïcoëchea (born 1965), French ice hockey player
  * Yon Goicoechea (born 1984), Venezuelan political activist
  
  ## Places
  
  * Goicoechea (canton) in San José, Costa Rica
  