Juan Artola (footballer, born 1895)
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| Full name | Juan Artola Letamendía | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1895 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Catalonia, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1937 (aged 42) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1912-1915 | Real Sociedad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1915–1916 | Madrid FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1916-1917 | Real Betis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1917–1919 | Sevilla FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1919–1924 | Real Sociedad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920 | Catalonia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914-1916 | Basque Country | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Juan Artola Letamendía (29 November 1895[note 1] – 1937) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder. He was a member of the Spanish team which won the silver medal in the football tournament.[2]
Club career
Born in
International career
He represented the Spain national team at the 1920 Summer Olympics, featuring in two games against Belgium and Italy as Spain won the silver medal.[4]
Being a Real Sociedad player, he was eligible to play for the Basque Country national team, and he was a member of the team that won the first edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup in 1915, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.[5] Artola was a starter in both games against Catalonia and Centro (a Castile/Madrid XI), helping his side to assure the competition's first-ever title.[1]
Honours
Club
- Runner-up (1) 1913
International
Spain
- Olympic Games Silver medal: 1920[2]
- Norte
Notes
- ^ Some sources say, that he was born on 28 November.
References
- ^ a b c 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 23 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Juan Artola". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Spain - Cups 1913". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Juan Artola". EU-football.info. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Squad of Norte 1915 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
External links
- Juan Artola at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Artola". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Juan Artola at BDFutbol
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