Enrique Orizaola Velázquez (26 March 1922 â 10 June 2013) was a Spanish football player and coach.
Born in Santander, Orizaola played for Racing de Santander.
Orizaola coached Gimnástica Torrelavega, Racing de Santander, Real Jaén, Real Murcia, Barcelona, and Osasuna.
While at Real Oviedo, the club experienced financial difficulties and lost key players Sánchez Lage, Paquito GarcÃÂa and José MarÃÂa.
He went on to manage Levante, Deportivo, Real Valladolid, Rayo Vallecano, Sabadell, Albacete Balompié, Salamanca, CD Badajoz, Calvo Sotelo and Xerez CD.
At the start of 1961, he took on charge as manager of FC Barcelona after Ljubià ¡a BroÃÂiÃÂ's sacking and achieved the greatest result of his career: he reached the first European Cup final of the club's history, eventually losing to SL Benfica 3-2.
His son, Enrique Orizaola Paz, was the chairman of Córdoba CF.