Kike Burgos

Kike Burgos
Personal information
Full name	Enrique Burgos Carrasco
Date of birth	20 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Barakaldo, Spain
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1991	Bilbao Athletic
1991–1995	Athletic Bilbao
1995–1998	Mallorca
1998–2002	Alavés
2002–2007	Poli Ejido
Total
International career
1989–1990	Spain U20
1990–1991	Spain U21
1991	Spain U23
Managerial career
2012–2013	Villarreal (assistant)
2013–2014	Murcia (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enrique "Kike" Burgos Carrasco (born 20 January 1971) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Barakaldo, Basque Country, Burgos was a youth product of local giants Athletic Bilbao.^[1] He played 317 games in the Segunda División over the course of nine seasons, with Polideportivo Ejido (five years), Bilbao Athletic and RCD Mallorca (two apiece).^[2]

Burgos retired in June 2007, at the age of 36.^[2] He later worked as assistant at Villarreal CF and Real Murcia CF under Julio Velázquez,^[3]^[2] being goalkeeper coach at Real Betis with the same manager but dismissed after a quarrel with Antonio Adán.^[4]^[5]

^ Aramendia, Arkaitz (18 August 2021). "Kike Burgos: "No es nada fácil debutar tan joven"" [Kike Burgos: "It's not easy to make one's debut at such a young age"]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Casado, Edu (22 September 2015). "Qué fue de… Kike Burgos: un portero de pedigrí y su pelea con Adán" [What happened to… Kike Burgos: highly-rated goalkeeper and his fight win Adán]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
^ "Kike Burgos será el segundo de Julio velázquez [sic]" [Kike Burgos will be Julio Velázquez's sidekick]. Super Deporte (in Spanish). 5 July 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
^ Ángel Morán, Miguel (4 September 2014). "Adán enciende la mecha" [Adán lights the fuse]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
^ "El pulso con Kike Burgos se lo lleva al final Adán" [Adán gets the better of Kike Burgos in the end]. Estadio Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 September 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2021.