In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Begiristain and the second or maternal family name is Mujika.
Txiki Begiristain
Begiristain in 2016
Personal information
Full name
Aitor Begiristain Mujika[1]
Date of birth
(1964-08-12) 12 August 1964 (age 59)[1]
Place of birth
Olaberria, Spain
Height
1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)
Winger, forward
Youth career
Segura
Easo
1980–1982
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1982
San Sebastián
9
(2)
1982–1988
Real Sociedad
187
(23)
1988–1995
Barcelona
223
(63)
1995–1997
Deportivo La Coruña
43
(4)
1997–1999
Urawa Red Diamonds
61
(16)
Total
523
(108)
International career
1984–1988
Spain U21
19
(4)
1988
Spain U23
1
(0)
1988–1994
Spain
22
(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Aitor "Txiki" Begiristain Mujika (born 12 August 1964) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger but also as a forward, currently director of football of English club Manchester City.
He was best known for his spells at Real Sociedad and Barcelona, winning eight major titles with the latter, including four La Liga championships and the 1992 European Cup.
Begiristain represented the Spain national team in one World Cup and one European Championship. He worked as a director of football after retiring, including with Barcelona and also at Manchester City.
^ abc"Aitor Begiristain Mújika" (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
Aitor "Txiki" Begiristain Mujika (born 12 August 1964) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger but also as a forward...
Pérez, a Spanish footballer Txiki (footballer, born 1979), Cristian Urbistondo López, a Spanish footballer TxikiBegiristain (born 1964), a Spanish footballer...
on 2 July 2010, taking over from former club and national teammate TxikiBegiristain. Over the previous decade he had served Athletic Bilbao in the same...
Guardiola – long coveted for the Manchester job by Ferran Soriano and TxikiBegiristain after their experience working with him in Barcelona – all of City...
José Araquistáin Luis Arconada Pedro María Artola José Mari Bakero TxikiBegiristain Paco Bienzobas Cholín Diego Agustín Eizaguirre Ignacio Eizaguirre...
titles in 1981 and 1982; Luis Arconada, Roberto López Ufarte and TxikiBegiristain stood out from this team. Later, Athletic Bilbao also managed to win...
allowed to remain. In association with Barcelona Director of Sport TxikiBegiristain, several new signings were made by Guardiola – Dani Alves and Seydou...
José Mari Bakero, Jon Andoni Goikoetxea, Miguel Angel Nadal, and TxikiBegiristain while signing international players such as Ronald Koeman, Michael...
Dmitri Radchenko Fahad Al-Ghesheyan Sami Al-Jaber Saeed Al-Owairan TxikiBegiristain Pep Guardiola Fernando Hierro Luis Enrique Julio Salinas Henrik Larsson...
on 17 January 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011. "Mythical Players – Begiristain". FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved...
Esports player of the Year Msdossary7 Best Sporting Director of the Year TxikiBegiristain Manchester City Best National Team of the Year Italy Italy...
Team", along with rising stars Pep Guardiola, José Mari Bakero and TxikiBegiristain. The Dream Team played attractive football that was comparable to...
1992–1994 World Cup 1994 qualifying Andoni Zubizarreta (1993–94) TxikiBegiristain (1993) Fernando Hierro (1993) Andoni Zubizarreta 1994–1998 World Cup...
poached a number of top Basque players, among them José Mari Bakero, TxikiBegiristain, Andoni Zubizarreta, Julio Salinas and Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, enabling...
28 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine Goal.com, 22 August 2009 TxikiBegiristain: Dmytro Chygrynskiy Is On His Way To Barcelona Archived 1 October...
players, including veteran José Ramón Alexanko, José Mari Bakero, TxikiBegiristain and Jon Andoni Goikoetxea – these would help form the backbone of...
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