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Pedro Areso

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Pedro Areso
Areso with Barcelona in 1936
Personal information
Full name Pedro Pablo Areso Aramburu
Date of birth (1911-06-29)29 June 1911
Place of birth Ordizia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Date of death 1 December 2002(2002-12-01) (aged 91)
Place of death Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Villafranca UC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1930 Tolosa CF
1930–1932 Real Murcia
1932–1935 Real Betis
1935–1936 Barcelona
1938 Tigre
1939–1940 Racing Club
1941 River Plate
1942–1945 Deportivo Vasco
1945–1946 Racing de Santander
1947–1948 Gimnástica Burgalesa
1948–1949 Villafranca UC
Total 87 (0)
International career
1935 Spain 3 (0)
1936 Catalonia 1 (0)
1937–1939 Basque Country 0+ (0+)
Managerial career
1946–1947 Racing de Santander
1947–1948 Gimnástica Burgalesa
1949–1951 Atlético Portugal
1951 Vitória Setúbal
1952–1953 Loyola SC
Unión Española
Tigre
Dock Sud
Deportivo Vasco
Unión Española
1960–1961 Deportes La Serena
1963–1964 Español
Lanús
Talleres
1966 Platense
1967 Nueva Chicago
1968 Sarmiento de Junín
1969–1970 Unión Española
1972–1974 Rangers de Talca
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Pablo Areso Aramburu (29 June 1911 – 1 December 2002) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Real Betis and FC Barcelona in Spain,[1][2][3][4] and for Tigre and River Plate in Argentina.[5][6] He also played for the Spanish national team on three occasions in 1935.[4][7]

As a manager, he took over teams in Spain, Portugal, Venezuela, Argentina and Chile,[1] including RCD Espanyol in 1963–64.[3][8]

Playing career

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Pedro Areso was born on 29 June 1911 in Ordizia, Gipuzkoa.[1][8][a] After playing for a few years in his hometown teams, Villafranca de Oria,[1][6] and then Barakaldo CF,[1] Areso moved to Tolosa, where he played for Tolosa CF in the 1928–29 season.[5][6] There, he stood out as a great defender and thus caught the attention of the many scouts who were fishing in the Basque youth academy in those years, with Real Murcia acquiring his services in the summer of 1930, along with his partner in the Tolosa defense Gabriel Andonegui.[9]

Areso was signed by Real Betis in October 1932, making his debut a few days later, on 12 October, in the 1932–33 Mancomunado Centro-Sur regional championship against CD Nacional de Madrid at the El Parral field in Madrid.[6][9] He adapted to the Betis defense very quickly, becoming an undisputed starter and thus playing in all of the remaining official matches of the season.[9] He was fast and forceful and always stood out for his maturity and understanding of the game.[10] The following year, goalkeeper Joaquín Urquiaga and defender Serafín Aedo joined Betis, thus forming the famous defensive triplet that was the basis of Betis' historic league title in 1934–35, conceding a mere 7 goals in the entire tournament.[9][10] In his 3 seasons at Betis, Areso played a total of 52 League games, 16 in the Copa del Rey, 26 in the Joint Regional Championship, 2 in the Andalusia Cup and 14 friendly matches.[9]

In the summer of 1935, Areso was the star signing of FC Barcelona, where he joined coach Patrick O'Connell, but the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 put a premature end to his career at Barça.[3][1][9] During his short time there, the central defender became known in Barcelona as l'Stop.[3]

During the civil war, Areso played for several teams in Argentina and Venezuela, such as Tigre (1938), Racing de Avellaneda (1939–40), River Plate (1941), C.D. Vasco (1942–45) before returning to Spanish football in 1945, where he played a season for both Racing de Santander and Gimnástica Burgalesa, finishing his career with his hometown team.[1][9] In his last years, he combined the position of footballer and coach.[9]

International career

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On 24 January 1935, Areso made his debut with the Spanish national team in a friendly match against France at the Chamartín, playing in defense alongside his club teammate Aedo, and together they kept a clean sheet in a 2–0 win.[7][10] Never before and never since have two Betis players debuted together in the national team in the same match.[10] He went on to play a further two matches for Spain, both being friendlies in 1935, against Portugal in Lisbon (3–3) and then Germany in Cologne (1–2).[4][7]

On 1 January 1936, Areso earned his first and only international cap for the Catalan national team in a match against Andalusia at the Nervión in Seville, featuring in defense alongside Ramón Zabalo in a 1–5 loss.[11]

During the Civil War, Areso and Aedo were part of the Basque Country national team that was organized by the Basque government of José Antonio Aguirre to play various friendly matches in Europe and later in America.[9][10][12] After the end of the tour, he settled in Argentina and returned to Spain in 1945, while Aedo stayed forever in Mexico.[9][10]

Managerial career

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Areso began his managerial career at the helm of Racing de Santander in 1946, at the age of 35.[8] He then took charge of Gimnástica Burgalesa in the Tercera División, replacing Florentino Florenza.[13] He then moved to neighboring Portugal, to take charge of Atlético de Portugal,[14] a first division team that was in a delicate situation, but Areso managed to put together a homogeneous, magnificent team, which rose to third place, so he received tempting offers from Benfica and Belenenses, but Atlético did not let him leave.[15] However, he had a stint with Vitória Setúbal before moving to South America.[16]

After Portugal, Areso went on to coach teams in Venezuela (Deportivo Vasco and Loyola SC, Argentina (Tigre and Dock Sud) and Chile (Unión Española and Deportes La Serena.[1][9][17] In the later, he guided Deportes La Serena to the 1960 Copa Preparación and got the promotion to the Chilean Primera División in 1961.[18] In 1963, he was hired by Español as a technical director,[3][8] where he formed a tandem with Alejandro Scopelli, but due to poor results he did not even finish the 1963–64 season.

Back to South America, Areso led Lanús, Talleres, Platense,[19] Nueva Chicago and Sarmiento de Junín in Argentina and Unión Española again (1969–70) and Rangers de Talca (1972–74) in Chile.[16]

Later life and death

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Areso was a central character in the Basque novel Ez dadila eguzkia sartu (Let not the sun go down).[1]

Areso died on 1 December 2002, at the age of 91.[1][8]

Notes

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  1. ^ One source wrongly states that he was born on 15 March 1909.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Pedro Pablo Areso Aramburu stats". players.fcbarcelona.com (in Catalan). Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Areso, Pedro Pablo Areso Aramburu - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Pedro Pablo Areso Aramburu". www.enciclopedia.cat. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "ARESO ARAMBURU, Pedro". aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Pedro Areso - Player Profile". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d "Campeones 1935: Areso" [Champions 1935: Areso]. www.realbetisbalompie.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Pedro Areso, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Areso, Pedro Pablo Areso Aramburu - Manager". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Historia del Real Betis - Pedro Areso" [History of Real Betis - Pedro Areso]. www.manquepierda.com (in Spanish). 5 October 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "El debut en la selección de Areso y Aedo" [The debut in the national team of Areso and Aedo]. www.realbetisbalompie.es (in Spanish). 5 October 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Ayer en Sevilla" [Yesterday in Seville]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 2 January 1936. p. 2. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  12. ^ "El largo periplo de la Selección Vasca de Fútbol" [The long journey of the Basque Football Team] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Entrenadores del Gimnástica Burgalesa" [Coaches of Gimnástica Burgalesa]. www.aupaburgos.com (in Spanish). 24 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  14. ^ "1948-49". História da Taça de Portugal (in Portuguese). 12 June 1949. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  15. ^ "El español Areso triunfa como entrenador en Portugal" [The Spaniard Areso triumphs as a coach in Portugal]. www.abc.es (in Spanish). ABC. 23 February 1951. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  16. ^ a b Corcuera, José Ignacio. "El Euzkadi: Improvisación y forja de nuevas vidas (1)". www.cuadernosdefutbol.com (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  17. ^ Castillo, Alfonso Del (6 July 2015). "Entrevista Pedro Areso 1963". Historia del Real Betis (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  18. ^ Andrés, Juan Pablo (28 January 2011). "Chile - Coaches of Championship and Promoted Teams - Second Level". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  19. ^ Aira, Carlos (6 June 2024). "El alto, el bajo, el joven y el viejo: los récords del fútbol argentino". Abri La Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2025.
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