What is José Artetxe?
'''José Luis Artetxe Muguire''' (26 June 1930 – 19 March 2016) was a Spanish [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]]. He was born in [[Algorta]], Spain. His career began in 1947. Artetxe played for [[CD Getxo|Getxo]] from 1949 through 1950, for [[Athletic Bilbao]] from 1950 through 1965 and for [[Spain national football team]] in 1953 and again from 1954 through 1959. He retired in the 1960s. Artetxe earned six [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Spain national football team|Spain]], during five years. His debut came on 17 March 1954 in a 2–2 draw against [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] for the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] [[1954 FIFA World Cup qualification|qualifiers]]. He scored the game's first goal in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1954/03/18/pagina-3/629087/pdf.html|title=España, 2 – Turquia, 2|trans-title=Spain, 2 – Turkey, 2|publisher=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=18 March 1954|access-date=11 February 2016}}</ref> Artetxe died in [[Bilbao]], Spain from complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]] at the age of 85.<ref>[http://athletic.elcorreo.com/noticias/201603/19/fallece-exjugador-athletic-jose-20160319120602.html Fallece el exjugador del Athletic José Luis Artetxe] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{NFT player|pid=32777}} *[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=827 Spain stats at Eu-Football] {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Artexte, Jose}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish footballers]] [[Category:Bilbao]]