José Ángel Ziganda

Infobox Football biography
playername = "Cuco" Ziganda


fullname = José Ángel Ziganda Lakuntza
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1966|10|1
cityofbirth = Larrainzar
countryofbirth = Spain
height =
nickname = "Cuco"
position = Centre Forward
currentclub = CA Osasuna
clubnumber =
youthyears = 1985-1988
youthclubs = Osasuna B
caps(goals) = 122 (35)
255 (76)
68 (19)
nationalyears = 1991
nationalteam = Spain
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
years = 1987-1991
1991-1998
1998-2001
clubs = CA Osasuna
Athletic Bilbao
CA Osasuna
manageryears = 2006-
managerclubs = CA Osasuna

José Ángel "Cuco" Ziganda Lakuntza (born in Larrainzar, Navarra) is a Spanish football manager and former player.

Career as a player

He played for CA Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao and scored 111 goals in the Spanish Primera división, 19 in Segunda, 9 in the UEFA Cup and 6 in the Copa del Rey.

He also played one game for the Spain national team against Romania in 1991.

Career as a manager

José Ziganda managed various Osasuna's youth teams, including Osasuna B in 2005-2006, and after Javier Aguirre left Pamplona, he became the head coach of the Navarrese club. In that first season Osasuna was eliminated from the UEFA Champions League and experienced several setbacks in La Liga. However, the situation in the domestic league gradually became better and CA Osasuna reached semi-finals of the UEFA Cup establishing a new club's record.

in june 2008 Dutch Premier devision club FC Twente were highly interested in Ziganda to be their Manager.This right after Steve McLaren decided that The Dutch Eredivisie was not the right place for him.