Goicoechea
# Goicoechea

Goicoechea, also spelled various other ways (although similarly pronounced) and all derived from the original Basque Goikoetxea, is a Spanish and Latin American surname.

It may refer to:

## People

### Football players

* Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (born 1956), Spanish Basque football player and coach
* Ion 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) in San José, Costa Rica
