Ángel Arzanegui
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Arzanegui Uribe | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Guernica, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 3 January 1975 (aged 57) | ||
| Place of death | Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1940 | Indauchu | ||
| 1940–1941 | Barakaldo | ||
| 1941–1946 | Real Madrid | 41 | (0) |
| 1946–1950 | Real Oviedo | 47 | (0) |
| 1950–1951 | Indauchu | ||
| Total | 88 | (0) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ángel Arzanegui Uribe (14 July 1917 – 3 January 1975) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Real Madrid and Real Oviedo in the 1940s, with whom he played a total of 88 La Liga matches.
Playing career
[edit]Born on 14 July 1917 in Guernica, Biscay,[1][2] Arzanegui began playing football with his friends at the Jesuit school of Indautxu.[3] After the Spanish Civil War ended in 1939, some of the school's former students, including Arzanagui, decided to form a football team called SD Indauchu as a means to pass the time, since the post-war period was naturally lacking in means of entertainment.[3]
In the summer of 1940, Arzanegui joined another Biscay-based club, Barakaldo, then in the Segunda División, and from there moved to Real Madrid in 1941.[2] Two years later, in 1943, he inflicted a career-ending injury on Atlético Aviación's midfielder Manín.[4] He remained with the club for five years, playing a total of 47 official matches, including 41 in La Liga and 6 in the Copa del Rey, and even though he failed to score a single goal, he helped Madrid win the 1946 Copa del Rey, although he did not play in the final.[5][1][6]
On 28 September 1946, Arzanegui signed for Real Oviedo, then coached by Manuel Meana; he made his official debut for the team two weeks later, on 13 October 1946, in a league fixture against Celta de Vigo at the Balaídos, which ended in a 3–3 draw.[7] He played with Oviedo for four years, until 1950, when he decided to retire, at the age of 33.[7][8] In total, he played 88 matches in La Liga for both Madrid and Oviedo.[9]
Death
[edit]Arzanegui died on 3 January 1975, at the age of 57.[2]
Honours
[edit]- Real Madrid
- Copa del Rey:
- Champions (1): 1946
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Arzanegui". www.realmadrid.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ a b c "Arzanegui, Ángel Arzanegui Uribe - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ a b "La S.D. Indauchu: un trampolín hacia primera" [SD Indauchu: a springboard to the first division]. www.cuadernosdefutbol.com (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "En espana estan jugando extranjeros!" [In Spain, foreigners are playing!] (PDF). as00.epimg.net (in Spanish). 8 May 2018. p. 12. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Angel "Gotzon" ARZANEGUI Uribe". elaguanis.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Spain - Cup 1946". RSSSF. 9 July 2001. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ a b "En 1946 debutaba Arzanegui" [In 1946 Arzanegui made his debut]. www.realoviedo.es (in Spanish). 13 October 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Estadisticas Jugadores Temporada 1948/1949" [Player Statistics Season 1948/1949]. datos-historia-real-oviedo.webnode.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Arzanegui". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 March 2025.