Germán Echevarría
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Germán Echevarría Usaola | ||
| Birth name | Germán Etxebarria Usaola | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Biscay, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 2 January 1984 (aged 87) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1926 | Athletic Club | ||
| International career | |||
| 1915 | Basque Country | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Germán Echevarría Usaola (1 December 1896 – 2 January 1984), also known as Maneras, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club.[1] He spent all 13 seasons of his playing career with Athletic Bilbao, thus being a historical member of the club in the 1910s and part of the so-called one-club men group. Naturally, he was also the second player in the history of the club to reach one hundred official matches for them, the first being Domingo Acedo.[2] He played a pivotal role in helping the Basque club reach six Copa del Rey finals and winning five of them, including three back-to-back titles between 1914 and 1916.[3]
Club career
Born in
Echevarría also played a pivotal role in helping Athletic reach a further three Copa del Rey finals in
He stayed loyal to the club until his retirement in 1926, playing over one hundred official matches (107), which was a remarkable achievement in a time when not as many games were played. He was only the second player in the history of the club after Domingo Acedo to reach one hundred official matches for Athletic.[2]
International career
Like most Athletic Club players of that time, he played several matches for the Basque Country national team, and in May 1915, he was a member of the Basque side that won the first edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.[7] In the decisive game against a Castile/Madrid XI, Echevarría helped Basque grab a 1–1 draw that proved enough for the Basques to win the cup for the first (and only) time in their history.[8] Almost inexplicably, Echevarría never earned an international cap for the Spanish national team.
Honours
Club
- Copa del Rey:
- North/Biscay Regional Championship (8): 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1925–26
International
- Prince of Asturias Cup:
- Champions (1) 1915
References
- ^ "Germán, Germán Echevarría Usaola - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Players with the most games played" [Ranking jugadores más partidos disputados Athletic Club]. www.athletic-club.eus. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Germán Etxebarria - Player: Striker". www.athletic-club.eus. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Spain - Cup 1915". RSSSF. 20 January 2000. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ J.R. Rodríguez (2 May 2020). "El Molinón: un siglo del primer gran escándalo arbitral" [El Molinón: a century of the first great arbitration scandal]. as.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Spain - Cup 1920". RSSSF. 12 February 2001. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Squad of Norte 1915 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2022.