Patricio Arabolaza

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Patricio Arabolaza
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Patricio Arabolaza in 1920
Personal information
Full name Patricio Arabolaza Aranburu
Date of birth (1893-03-17)17 March 1893
Place of birth
Irún, Spain
Date of death 10 March 1935(1935-03-10) (aged 41)[1]
Place of death Irun, Gipuzkoa
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1914 Racing de Irún
1915–1923 Real Unión
International career
1914–1915 Gipuzkoa
1915–1922 Basque Country
1920–1921 Spain 5 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
 Basque Country
Prince of Asturias Cup
Gold medal – first place 1915 Prince of Asturias Cup Team
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1920 Antwerp Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patricio Arabolaza Aranburu (17 March 1893 – 10 March 1935) was a Spanish football player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2] He is best known for scoring the first goal in the history of the Spain national team.

Club career

Born in

1913 Copa del Rey Final by scoring a goal in a 2-2 draw against Athletic Bilbao, eventually winning the replay 1-0 in the following day.[3]

In 1915, Racing de Irún merged with Sporting de Irún to form

1922 final, they lost to Barcelona 1–5; in a game in which Patricio scored Unión's consolation goal and was involved in a monumental brawl with the Barcelona player Surroca. The incidents of that game led to the suspension of Patricio for one year and a fine of 500 pesetas for Real Unión, which at the time was a heavy fine. The one-year suspension effectively led to the retirement of Patricio, who was almost 30 years old and had been playing football since he was 17. He retired in 1923 in a friendly match that was played at the Atotxa Stadium in San Sebastián.[4]

International career

Being a Real Unión player, he was eligible to play for the Gipuzkoa national team, being in the line-up of the team's first-ever international match on 13 December 1914 against Biscay, held at San Mamés, and although they lost 2-1, Patricio scored the consolation goal, thus being the author of the first goal in the history of the team.[citation needed] In May of 1915, he was a member of the team that won the first edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.[5] In the decisive game against a Castile/Madrid XI, he scored the opening goal in an eventual 1-1 draw that was enough for the Basques to win the cup for the first (and only) time in their history.[6]

He also represented Spain in the nation's international debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and he scored Spain's first-ever goal in international football in a 1–0 victory over Denmark on 28 August 1920.[7] He was a member of Spain's team that won the silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, playing in four of the five matches.[4]

Arabolaza died in March 1935 in his hometown of a rapid illness that unexpectedly ended his life a few days before his 42nd birthday. He was to participate in a tribute match to his former teammate in Real Unión Joaquín Vázquez at the end of that same month.

Honours

References

  1. ^ Martínez Patón, Víctor (2000). "Patricio Arabolaza Aramburu". Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 25 July 2023. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Patricio Arabolaza". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Official Athletic Club Website". www.athletic-club.eus. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Patricio Arabolaza". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Squad of Norte 1915 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  6. ^ Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Denmark 0 Spain 1". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 October 2010.

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