Luis Regueiro Pagola ( 1 July 1908 – 6 December 1995), sometimes nicknamed ''Corso'', was a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

, and an Olympian from the Basque Country in the north of

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who played as a

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Playing career

Regueiro began his career in 1924 playing for

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

in the Basque Country. He then moved to

Madrid FC Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

where he played from 1931 to 1936, scoring 53 goals in 92 matches; from 1932 onwards, his teammates included his younger brother

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. After the start of the

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in 1936

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was suspended. In its place Regueiro, was chosen to be captain of the

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for its tour of Europe. Later, in the 1938–39 season, he and most of the Basque team played under the name CD Euzkadi in Mexico, before moving to other local clubs,

Asturias F.C. Asturias Football Club (currently Centro Asturiano de México) was a sports club based in Mexico City. Founded in 1918 as Club Asturias, the club played in the Primera Fuerza#Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association, Liga Mexicana de Footba ...

in the case of Regueiro, and later finishing his career at América where he was a

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International football

Regueiro played 25 times for the Spanish national team, including participating in the World Cup in Italy in 1934 and the 1928 Olympic games. Later he played 40 times for and captained the Basque national team during its tour of Europe and the Americas.

Personal life

He married Isabel Urquiola in

Coyoacán Coyoacán ( ; , Otomi: ) is a borough (''demarcación territorial'') in Mexico City. The former village is now the borough's "historic center". The name comes from Nahuatl and most likely means "place of coyotes", when the Aztecs named a pre- ...

on 11 April 1943. Together they had six children;

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(who also became a footballer), José Manuel, Juan María, Maite, María Isabel, and Lourdes. After finishing his career in football he had a business dealing in

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which he managed until his death.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.''

Honours

Madrid FC *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

(2) *Campeonato Mancomunados (6)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Regueiro, Luis 1908 births 1995 deaths Spanish men's footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spain men's international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players Real Unión footballers Real Madrid CF players Club América footballers La Liga players Liga MX players Olympic footballers for Spain Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate football managers in Mexico Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Spanish football managers Club América managers Footballers from Irun Men's association football forwards Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Mexico Spanish emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of Mexico Basque Country men's international footballers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen