Patxi Izco, president of Osasuna between 2002 and 2012, dies

Businessman Francisco Jose Izco, president of CA Osasuna between 2002 and 2012, he died in 77 years old, the Navarre club confirmed this Friday. “Osasuna regrets the death of Patxi Izco, club president between 2002 and 2012. Rest in peace. Goian bego”, the rojilla entity announced on its official account on the social network Twitter.

In 2002, he won the election for president of Osasuna, succeeding Javier Miranda Martínez, with 76% of the vote, going hand in hand with Mexican coach Javier Aguirre. With Izco at the helm, the team was runner-up in the Copa del Rey in 2005, and a year later finished fourth in LaLiga Santander, which earned them the right to play in the Champions League the following season.

He ran for re-election in 2006, won unopposed and with Cuco Ziganda as the new coach after the departure of “Vasco” to Atlético de Madrid, and the team reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. In 2010, he won the elections again, and two years later he resigned from the position of president.

In 2015, he was arrested for allegedly diverting capital during his tenure at the head of the club, and in 2021 he was sentenced to 23 months and 15 days in prison for the extended criminal offense of misuse and false accounting and compensation of 1,154,762.84 euros. for unjustified outflows of money from the treasury of the Navarre club.