 He retired from football in 1973 (aged 33) after one season with Barakaldo CF, in Segunda División.Echeberría earned four caps for Spain, during nearly one year (exactly 11 months and three weeks).His debut came on 6 June 1962 as the national team lost 1–2 against Brazil at Viña del Mar in that year's FIFA World Cup, for an eventual group stage exit.