Severino Zuazo Ugalde (19 May 1889 - 20 July 1980) was a Spanish

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who played as a

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for Athletic Club. He spent his whole career at Athletic, which makes him one of the first footballers to play for Athletic for his entire career, and thus to be part of the so-called one-club men group. He was the brother of the architect

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Biography

Born in

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, he began playing football in 1908 at his hometown Athletic Club. Zuazo played a pivotal role in helping the club win a North Regional Championship in 1914 and three

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s in

1910 Events January * January 6 – Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military. * January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, t ...

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and

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. In the latter edition, he was its top scorer with a total of 5 goals, including both in a 2–1 win over España FC in the

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. He also starred in the first-ever match played at the San Mamés stadium on 21 August 1913, in a friendly against Racing de Irun, making the kick-off that started the game and later assisting Pichichi for the first-ever goal scored at the stadium. On 18 January 1914, Zuazo become the second player in history to score a

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in San Mamés in a Regional Championship match against Sporting de Irún, achieving the feat only minutes after the debutant

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scored five goals in that game.

Honours

Club

;

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club (; ), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao (), or simply Athletic, is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Southern Basque Country, Basque Country, Spain. They are known ...

North Regional Championship: *Champions (1): 1914

: *Champions (3):

and

References

External links

Severino Zuazo
at athletic-club.eus

at BDFutbol 1889 births 1980 deaths Footballers from Bilbao Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Athletic Bilbao footballers {{Spain-footy-forward-stub