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Luis Bergareche
Luis Bergareche Maruri (16 May 1910 – 9 September 1994) was a Spanish businessman and footballer who played as a midfielder for Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid in the 1920s. He is best known for scoring Athletic's first-ever goal in La Liga in 1929. Early life Luis Bergareche was born on 16 May 1910 in Balmaseda, Biscay, as the son of Santiago Bergareche, the director of a beret factory, and Adelaida Maruri, who moved to Deusto when he was a child. During his youth, Bergareche developed a deep passion not only for football, going as far as to lie about his age to participate in a youth championship in 1922, aged 12, but also for cycling, going as far as to have a fall that left him in a coma for three days in 1927, aged 17. Playing career Athletic Bilbao In 1924, the 14-year-old Bergareche joined the ranks of his hometown club Deusto, becoming the youngest player in Spain to debut in a Serie A regional championship match, ahead of the likes of Josep Samitier and Ricardo Zamora, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balmaseda
Balmaseda (in Basque and officially, in Spanish: ''Valmaseda'') is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. Balmaseda is the capital city of the comarca of Enkarterri, in western Biscay and serves an important role in the province thanks to its proximity to the capital city of Bilbao and the regions of Cantabria and Castile and León. Etymology Its toponomy probably comes from a union of the Spanish word ''val'' (apocope of ''valle''), meaning "valley", and the Basque ''mahatseta'', which means "vineyard", ''Val-Mahatseta'' would then mean "valley of vineyards", which would eventually evolve into ''Valmaseda'', currently in use in Spanish, and ''Balmaseda'', following the orthographic rules of the Basque language. History The lands in which Balmaseda is located had been inhabited since centuries before its official foundation, with evidence of ancient pastoral activity. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josep Samitier
Josep Samitier Vilalta (; 2 February 1902 – 4 May 1972), also known as José Samitier, was a Spanish football player, manager and scout who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, OGC Nice, the Catalan XI, and Spain. He later coached Atlético Madrid, Nice and Barcelona and worked as a scout for both Barcelona and Real Madrid. During his playing career with Barcelona, Samitier scored 187 official goals and was the club's all-time highest goalscorer at the time of his retirement. As of 2020, he is the club's fifth all-time top goalscorer behind Luis Suárez, László Kubala, César, and Lionel Messi. As a player, Samitier pioneered the ''midfield general'' role and was nicknamed ''Surrealista'' (''The Surrealist'') and ''Home Llagosta'' (''The Grasshopper Man'') due to his style. As a manager, he led Barcelona to a title in La Liga in 1945, and as a scout he recruited another Barcelona legend, László Kubala. However, Samitier was later accused of acting as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lafuente (footballer, Born 1907)
Ramón de la Fuente Leal, nicknamed Lafuente (31 December 1907 – 15 September 1973) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team. Club career He was born in Bilbao. Lafuente began his sporting career in the ranks of Barakaldo CF in 1924, at the age of just 16 years old. At Barakaldo, he stood out as an extraordinary forward, which eventually earned him a move to Athletic Bilbao in 1926, with whom he played for nine seasons. In 1928 he was one of the members of the Athletic Bilbao team that played in the first season of the Spanish Football League. At Bilbao, he was the most experienced member of what became a famous and successful forward line, along with José Iraragorri, Chirri II, Bata and Guillermo Gorostiza. The highlight of his career was scoring the winning goal of the 1930 Copa del Rey Final against Real Madrid in extra-time in a 3–1 win. In the Bilbao ranks he played a total of 211 officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC (newspaper)
''ABC'' () is a Spanish national daily newspaper. Along with and , it is one of Spain's three newspapers of record. History and profile ''ABC'' was first published in Madrid on 1 January 1903 by Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez-Ossorio. The founding publishing house was Prensa Española, which was led by the founder of the paper, Luca de Tena. The paper started as a weekly newspaper, turning daily in June 1905. In 1928 ABC had two editions, one for Madrid and the other for Seville. The latter was named ''ABC de Sevilla''. On 20 July 1936, shortly after the Spanish Civil War began, ''ABC'' in Madrid was seized by the republican government, which changed the paper's politics to support the Republicans. The same year '' Blanco y Negro'', a magazine, became its supplement. The ''ABC'' printed in Seville was supportive of the Nationalists. In 1939 ''ABC'' in Madrid was given back to its original owners by Francisco Franco. During this period the paper was one of two major dai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vanguardia
' (; , ) is a Spanish daily newspaper founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan. It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper. Despite being mostly distributed in Catalonia, ' is Spain's fourth-highest circulation among general-interest newspapers, trailing only the three main Madrid-based ones – ', ' and '' ABC'' – all of which are national newspapers with offices and local editions throughout the country. The newspaper's editorial line leans to the centre of politics and is moderate in its opinions, but Francoist Spain, it followed Francoist ideology. It retains Catholic sensibilities and strong ties to the Spanish nobility through the Godó family. History and profile Beginnings On 1 February 1881 in Barcelona, two businessmen from Igualada, Carlos and Bartolomé Godó, first published the paper. It was defined as a ''Diario político de avisos y notícias'' (Political Newspaper of Announcements and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorio Unamuno
Victorio Unamuno Ibarzabal (21 May 1909 – 20 May 1988), also known as Unamuno I, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. He amassed La Liga totals of 144 games and 101 goals, with Athletic Bilbao and Betis. Career Unamuno was born in Bergara, Gipuzkoa. After helping Deportivo Alavés to the semi-finals of the 1928 Copa del Rey he was signed by neighbouring Athletic Bilbao to be part of their team in the newly-formed national league. He went on win two La Liga titles and four consecutive domestic cups, notably forming an attacking partnership with Bata, Guillermo Gorostiza, José Iraragorri, Chirri II and Lafuente. In the summer of 1933, Unamuno joined Real Betis. In the 1934–35 season he scored a team-best 13 goals, and the club won its first and only national championship. After leaving Seville, Unamuno's career was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War, and he subsequently returned to Athletic. In the 1939–40 campaign he netted 20 times – and Gorost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundo Deportivo
''Mundo Deportivo'' (; ) is a Spanish nationwide daily sports newspaper published in Barcelona. History and profile ''Mundo Deportivo'' was first published on 1 February 1906, as a weekly newspaper, and since 1929 daily. It is the oldest sports newspaper still published in Spain, and the second one in Europe, after the Italian ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' which was founded in 1896. ''Mundo Deportivo'' is published in Barcelona by Grupo Godó. The group also owns ''La Vanguardia''. It focuses primarily on the performances of FC Barcelona, but also covers the Spanish basketball league ( ACB), Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Formula One car racing, amongst others. Both ''Mundo Deportivo'' and ''Sport'' are the predominant sources of sports news in Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atotxa Stadium
Atotxa () was a association football, football stadium in San Sebastián, Spain. It was the home ground of Real Sociedad until 1993 when it was replaced by Anoeta Stadium. It had superseded Ondarreta Stadium 80 years earlier. It had a capacity of 17,000 spectators. History The Municipal Stadium of Atocha was the second stadium that Real Sociedad had in their history, preceded by Ondarreta Stadium, Ondarreta, located in the neighborhood of the old town of San Sebastián. Later the team moved to the Eguia neighborhood. The stadium of Atocha was constructed in the grounds of an old velodrome, built in 1888. It was inaugurated on 5 October 1913 with a match between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Club Bilbao, which finalized with a 3–3 result. Curiously, the author of the first goal in Atocha was the same as that of the first match in San Mamés Stadium (1913), San Mamés: the mythical player of Athletic Bilbao Rafael Moreno Aranzadi also known by his nickname Pichich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909. It plays its home matches at the Anoeta Stadium. Real Sociedad won the Liga title in 1980–81 La Liga, 1980–81 and 1981–82 La Liga, 1981–82, and finished runner-up in 1979–80 La Liga, 1979–80, 1987–88 La Liga, 1987–88, and 2002–03 La Liga, 2002–03. The club has also won the Copa del Rey three times, in 1909 Copa del Rey, 1909, 1986–87 Copa del Rey, 1987, and 2019–20 Copa del Rey, 2020. It contests the Basque derby against rivals Athletic Bilbao. Real Sociedad was a founding member of La Liga in 1929; its longest spell in the top flight was for 40 seasons, from 1967 to 2007. Traditionally the club followed a policy (Athletic Bilbao s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 La Liga
The 1929 Primera División season was the inaugural season of the Primera División. It started on 10 February 1929 and finished on 23 June 1929. A total of 10 teams participated in the league. After the failure to create a national league in 1928, that ended with the teams split into two unconcluded leagues, an agreement with the Royal Spanish Football Federation was finally reached for the creation of a national league. Barcelona won the title after beating Real Unión in the last round and taking advantage of the loss of Real Madrid at Athletic Bilbao. Therefore, the Catalans were proclaimed the inaugural champions. Election of teams After months of discussion, on 23 November 1928 the creation of a championship divided in divisions was finalized. The first division would be joined by the six teams that won any time the Spanish Championship ( Arenas, Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Real Unión) and three teams that qualified for at least one f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928–29 Copa Del Rey
The King Alfonso XIII's Cup 1928–29 was the 29th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition. The competition started on December 8, 1928, and concluded on February 3, 1929, with the final, held at the Estadio Mestalla in Valencia. RCD Español won the competition for the first time. Teams 32 teams entered the competition, making a new record of participants. Navarre and the Canary Islands sent their champions for the first time. Catalonia, the Centre Region, Gipuzkoa sent three teams each. The rest of communities sent their champions and runners-up. *Aragón: Iberia SC, Patria Aragón *Asturias: Real Oviedo, Sporting de Gijón *Balearic Islands: CD Alfonso XIII *Canary Islands: Marino FC *Cantabria: Racing de Santander, Gimnástica de Torrelavega *Castile and León: Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Real Valladolid *Catalonia: FC Barcelona, CD Europa, RCD Español *Extremadura: CD Extremeño *Galicia: Celta de Vigo, Racing de Ferrol *Gipuzkoa: Real Unión ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
