José Ramón Alexanko Ventosa (Spanish pronunciation: [xo'se ra'mon alek'sa?ko ßen'tosa]; born 19 May 1956) is a Spanish retired footballer and manager, who later served as director of football of Valencia CF.
During his career the central defender played with success for both Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona, winning several accolades for the latter – 16 in total – and appearing in 367 La Liga games over the course of 17 seasons (34 goals).A Spanish international on more than 30 occasions, Alexanko represented the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.