Goicoechea
title: "Goicoechea" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["basque-language-surnames"] topic_path: "general/basque-language-surnames" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goicoechea" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Goicoechea (also spelled multiple other ways), is a surname common in Spain and Latin America. It is derived from the original Basque name Goikoetxea.
It may refer to:
People
Football players
- Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (born 1956), Spanish Basque football player and coach
- Jon Andoni Goikoetxea (born 1965), Spanish Basque-Navarrese football player and later coach; FC Barcelona Dream Team member
- Mauro Goicoechea (born 1988), Uruguayan football player
- Mikel Lasa Goicoechea (born 1971), Basque football player
- Sergio Goycochea (born 1963), Argentine football player
Other
- Alejandro Goicoechea (1895–1984), co-founder of the Spanish company Talgo
- Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (1916–2006), Roman Catholic archbishop in Madrid
- Felipe de Goicoechea (1747–1814), Mexican former comandante of the Presidio of Santa Barbara and governor of the province of Baja California
- Florentino Goikoetxea (1898–1980), Basque guide who led downed Allied airmen to safety in Spain during World War II
- Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea (1903–1993), Basque Roman Catholic bishop
- Julen Goikoetxea (1985–2006), Basque cyclist
- Yannick Goïcoëchea (born 1965), French ice hockey player
- Yon Goicoechea (born 1984), Venezuelan political activist
Places
- Goicoechea (canton), a subdivision in San José province, Costa Rica
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