Domingo Larrainzar

Txomin Larrainzar
Personal information
Full name	Domingo José Larrainzar Santamaría
Date of birth	8 September 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Osasuna
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1990	Osasuna B
1989–1996	Osasuna
1996–2002	Málaga
2002–2003	Levante
Total
International career
1985–1986	Spain U16
1987	Spain U17
1986–1988	Spain U18
1988–1989	Spain U19
1989–1990	Spain U20
1990–1991	Spain U21
1991–1992	Spain U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Domingo José Larrainzar Santamaría (Txomin Larrainzar in Basque; born 8 September 1969) is a Spanish former footballer who played mainly as a central defender.

His younger brother Iñigo, often referred to as Larrainzar II, was also a footballer, and both played at Osasuna.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Larrainzar was born in Pamplona. A product of hometown CA Osasuna's youth ranks, he totalled seven La Liga appearances from 1988 to 1990. In his third season he helped with 14 games and one goal to help the Navarrese club to finish fourth and qualify for the UEFA Cup^[2]– although younger, his brother Iñigo was already an essential member of the squad.

With Osasuna in the Segunda División, Larrainzar dropped down to Segunda División B and signed for Málaga CF, helping the side to return to the top flight in just two years. Although never an undisputed starter, he featured regularly.^[3]

In 2002–03, prior to Málaga's Intertoto Cup conquest, Larrainzar returned to the second tier with Levante UD,^[4] but retired at the end of the campaign at the age of 33.

Honours[edit]

Spain U16

UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1986

References[edit]

^ Qué fue de… Iñigo Larrainzar: otro canterano osasunista en Bilbao (What happened to… Iñigo Larrainzar: another Osasuna youth player in Bilbao); 20 minutos, 10 July 2014 (in Spanish)
^ Aquella UEFA de hace 20 años (That UEFA from 20 years ago); Diario de Navarra, 4 October 2011 (in Spanish)
^ Qué fue de... Txomin Larrainzar (What happened to... Txomin Larrainzar); La Liga, 11 March 2015 (in Spanish)
^ Aizpurúa y Larrainzar, nuevos jugadores del Levante (Aizpurúa and Larrainzar, new Levante players); Diario AS, 7 August 2002 (in Spanish)

External links[edit]

Domingo Larrainzar at BDFutbol
Stats at Amigos Malaguistas (in Spanish)
Domingo Larrainzar – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] Qué fue de… Iñigo Larrainzar: otro canterano osasunista en Bilbao (What happened to… Iñigo Larrainzar: another Osasuna youth player in Bilbao); 20 minutos, 10 July 2014 (in Spanish)

[2] Aquella UEFA de hace 20 años (That UEFA from 20 years ago); Diario de Navarra, 4 October 2011 (in Spanish)

[3] Qué fue de... Txomin Larrainzar (What happened to... Txomin Larrainzar); La Liga, 11 March 2015 (in Spanish)

[4] Aizpurúa y Larrainzar, nuevos jugadores del Levante (Aizpurúa and Larrainzar, new Levante players); Diario AS, 7 August 2002 (in Spanish)

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