# 1998 in Spain

The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Spain.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Juan Carlos I
* Prime Minister of Spain – José María Aznar

## Events

* 31 January — The 12th Goya Awards are held in Madrid and Lucky Star is awarded as best film.
* 16 April – L'Hemisfèric is inaugurated in Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences.
* 25 April — A holding dam bursts in the Province of Seville, releasing 4–5 million cubic metres of mine tailings causing the Doñana disaster.
* 30 May — Caesium-137 leaked from an Acerinox plant in Los Barrios, causing radioactive contamination in the Acerinox accident.
* 25 September — PauknAir Flight 4101 crashes on a flight from Málaga to Melilla. All 38 passengers and crew perish.
* 25 October — The Basque regional election is held, creating the 6th Basque Parliament.

## Births
### January

* 1 January
** Marta García, runner
** Asier Gomes
* 2 January – Manu García, footballer
* 5 January — Carles Aleñá, footballer
* 6 January
** Héctor Santos, athlete
** Iñigo Vicente, footballer
* 11 January – África Zamorano, swimmer
* 13 January – Manu Quijera, javelin thrower
* 18 January – Aitana Bonmatí, footballer
* 21 January
** Fran Álvarez Rodríguez, footballer
** Salva Ferrer, footballer
* 24 January – Garazi Murua, footballer
* 25 January – Álex Martín, footballer
* 26 January
** Gonzalo "Pipa" Ávila, footballer
** Manu Mosquera, footballer
* 28 January – Alejandro Sotillos, footballer
* 29 January
** Nico Campuzano, footballer
** Álex Rey, footballer
* 31 January – Aritz Arambarri, footballer

### February

* 3 February – Fran Navarro, footballer
* 4 February — Álvaro Bravo, footballer
* 5 February – Dani Morer, footballer
* 9 February – Relu, footballer
* 10 February
** Juanma Bravo, footballer
** Aitor Buñuel, footballer
** Julio Gracia, footballer
* 13 February – Guillem Rodríguez, footballer
* 16 February – Carles Pérez, footballer
* 19 February – Damià Viader, footballer
* 22 February – Pablo Martínez, footballer
* 23 February – Felipe Chacartegui, footballer
* 25 February – Oriol Rey, footballer
* 26 February — Josemi Castañeda, footballer

### March

* 2 March — Kike Carrasco, footballer
* 4 March – Ricard Pujol, footballer
* 6 March – Iñigo Elosegui, cyclist
* 7 March – Antonio Otegui, footballer
* 10 March – Claudia Florentino, footballer
* 11 March – Miguel Ángel, footballer
* 16 March — Miguel Acosta Mateos, footballer
* 18 March – Jaime Sierra, footballer
* 20 March
** Jorge Chanza, footballer
** Joel Plata, gymnast
* 21 March – Cristian Rivero, footballer
* 23 March
** Genaro Rodríguez, footballer
** Gonzalo Villar, footballer
* 24 March – Dani Escriche, footballer
* 25 March – Maite Oroz, footballer
* 29 March — Manu Nieto, footballer
* 30 March – Nacho Méndez, footballer
* 31 March – Toni Segura, footballer

### April

* 2 April — Berto González, footballer
* 7 April – Paula Crespí, water polo player
* 9 April — José María Amo, footballer
* 10 April
** Pep Chavarría, footballer
** Rubén Enri, footballer
* 13 April – Álvaro Fernández, footballer
* 14 April – Carmen Menayo, footballer
* 17 April
** Eric Montes, footballer
** Alejandro Ropero, cyclist
* 18 April —Roger Adrià, cyclist
* 21 April — Roberto Alarcón Sáez, footballer
* 27 April – Ander Egiluz, footballer
* 30 April
** Georgina Amorós, actor
** Carlos Isaac, footballer

### May

* 2 May
** Victor Fernández, footballer
** Javi Hernández, footballer
* 4 May — Clara Azurmendi, badminton player
* 7 May – Dani Olmo, footballer
* 9 May – Andrea Vilaró, basketball player
* 13 May
** Jon Moncayola, footballer
** Adrià Pedrosa, footballer
* 15 May
** Francisco Callejón, footballer
** Pepe Mena, footballer
** Eric Vila, basketball player
* 17 May – Patricia Guijarro, footballer
* 19 May
** Mónica Alonso, rhythmic gymnast
** Aarón Rey, footballer
* 20 May — Raúl Asencio, footballer
* 25 May – Javi Puado, footballer
* 27 May
** Joan Cardona, sailor
** Mourad Daoudi, footballer
** Josep Martínez, footballer
* 28 May
** Joel Arimany, footballer
** Alejandro Martínez, cyclist
* 20 May – Anne Fernández de Corres, rugby

### June

* 1 June — Alberto González, athlete
* 5 June – Pedro Díaz, footballer
* 6 June — Ale Llamas, footballer
* 9 June – Héctor Garzó, motorcycle racer
* 15 June — Desirée Vila Bargiela, Paralympic athlete
* 16 June – Íñigo Sainz-Maza, footballer
* 22 June – Ignacio Fontes, athlete
* 24 June – Naima García, footballer
* 27 June – Alberto Martínez, swimmer
* 28 June – Óscar Rodríguez, footballer

### July

* 1 July – Ariadna Edo Beltrán, Paralympic swimmer
* 3 July – Juan Iglesias, footballer
* 7 July – Manuel Guijarro, runner
* 8 July
** Jordan Gutiérrez, footballer
** Dani Martín, footballer
* 9 July – Pelayo Suárez, footballer
* 14 July – Lucía García, footballer
* 15 July — Ane Azkona, footballer
* 19 July – Manu Hernando, footballer
* 22 July – Marc Cucurella, footballer
* 29 July – Irina Uribe, footballer
* 30 July – Dani Gómez, footballer

### August

* 1 August — Javi Alonso, footballer
* 4 August
** Adrián Ben, runner
** Iker Unzueta, footballer
* 11 August – Pepelu, footballer
* 13 August – Manuel Ferriol, footballer
* 14 August – Kellyan, footballer
* 17 August – Iván Barbero, footballer
* 19 August
** Sandra Alonso, cyclist
** Paolo Fernandes, footballer

### September

* 3 September – Joni Montiel, footballer
* 5 September — Laura Corbacho, actor and drag queen
* 10 September – Jairo Bueno, footballer
* 13 September – Eukene Larrarte, cyclist
* 15 September – Jon Morcillo, footballer
* 20 September – Pablo Ibáñez, footballer
* 21 September
** Óscar Casas, actor
** Kiko Pomares, footballer
* 28 September – Carlos Heredia, footballer

### October

* 2 October – Christian Manrique, footballer
* 4 October — Javier Belman, footballer
* 8 October – Álvaro Granados, water polo player
* 9 October – Unai Veiga, footballer
* 19 October – María de Valdés, swimmer
* 20 October – Rubén García, footballer
* 22 October — Óscar Arribas, footballer
* 25 October – Peru Nolaskoain, footballer
* 28 October – Diego Conde, footballer
* 29 October
** Jorge Gonzalez, footballer
** Rafa Mújica, footballer

### November

* 4 November – Achraf Hakimi, footballer
* 13 November – Iñigo Llopis Sanz, Paralympic swimmer
* 19 November – Sergi Puig, footballer
* 20 November – Dani Plomer, footballer
* 23 November – Jorge Martín, gymnast

### December

* 10 December
** Pepe Castaño, footballer
** Manuel Peñalver, cyclist
* 11 December – Álex Bermejo, footballer
* 14 December — Julio Alonso, footballer
* 16 December — Álex Blanco, footballer

## Deaths

* 12 January – Ramón Sampedro, writer (born 1943)
* 4 February – Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde, aristocrat (born 1922)
* 16 February — Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (born 1936)
* 22 February – José María de Areilza, Count of Motrico, politician (born 1909)
* 13 March — Pere Alberch, biologist (born 1954)
* 7 April – Luis Díez del Corral, jurist and political scientist (born 1911)
* 6 May — Juan Antonio García Díez, politician and Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (born 1940)
* 24 May – Lucio Muñoz, painter (born 1929)
* 29 June — Carmen Llorca, historian and politician (born 1921)
* 5 July – Maria Mercè Marçal, writer and professor (born 1952)
* 8 July — Lilí Álvarez, athlete, feminist, and writer (born 1905 in Italy)
* 22 July – Antonio Saura, artist (born 1930)
* 12 August — Jesús Loroño, cyclist (born 1926)
* 24 August – Manuel Azcárate, journalist and politician (born 1916)
* 25 October – Juan Tusquets Terrats, priest and author (born 1901)
* 31 October — María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, religious sister and canonised saint (born 1926)
* 15 November – Federico Krutwig, writer and politician (born 1921)
* 27 November — Gloria Fuertes, poet (born 1917)
* 29 November – Fermín Sanz-Orrio, politician (born 1901)
* 30 December — Joan Brossa, writer and artist (born 1919)