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    Francisco Pagazaurtundúa

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    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pagazaurtundúa and the second or maternal family name is González-Murrieta.
    Pagaza
    Francisco Pagaza.jpg
    Francisco Pagazaurtundúa with the Spanish National Team in 1920.
    Personal information
    Full name Francisco Pagazaurtundua González-Murrieta
    Date of birth (1894-10-22)22 October 1894
    Place of birth Santurtzi, Biscay, Spain
    Date of death 21 June 1976(1976-06-21) (aged 73)
    Place of death Madrid, Spain
    Position(s) Forward
    Senior career*
    Years Team Apps (Gls)
    1912–1916 Arenas Club
    1916–1918 Athletic Club de Madrid
    1918–1920 Arenas Club
    1920–1923 Racing de Santander
    1923–1924 Gimnástica de Torrelavega
    1924–1927 Racing de Santander
    1927–1928 Racing de Madrid
    National team
    1914–1915 Biscay 2 (1)
    1915–1916 Basque Country +3 (1)
    1920–1922 Spain 7 (0)
    1924 Cantabria +2 (0)
    Teams managed
    1929-1930 Racing de Santander
    1930-1931 Osasuna
    1932-1933 Racing de Santander
    1933–1934 Real Sporting de Gijón
    1939–1941 Mallorca
    1941-1943 Racing de Santander
    1944-1945 Hércules CF
    1945-1946 Elche CF
    Honours
    Men's football
     Spain
    Olympic Games
    Silver medal – second place 1920 Summer Olympics Team competition
     Basque Country
    Prince of Asturias Cup
    Gold medal – first place 1915 Prince of Asturias Cup Team
    *Club domestic league appearances and goals

    Francisco Pagazaurtundua González-Murrieta (22 October 1894 – 18 November 1958), better known as Pagaza, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Spanish team that won the silver medal in the 1920 Summer Olympics as well as a Copa del Rey winner with Arenas Club de Getxo.[1]

    Club Career[edit]

    Born in Santurtzi to an architect and a piano teacher, Pagaza began playing football at Colegio Orduña and during his time as a student in England. He began his career with Arenas Club in 1912, where he stood as a phenomenal winger, so he was signed by Athletic Club de Madrid in 1916.[1] After two years he returned to Arenas in 1918, where he played a pivotal role in helping the club win the Biscay Championship and the Copa del Rey in 1919, starting in the final as Arenas defeated the powerful FC Barcelona 5-2.[2] At that time living exclusively out of football wasn't easy, and therefore he had a second job, working in the harbor of Santander, which is why he signed for Real Racing Club de Santander in 1920. He also spent a season at Gimnástica de Torrelavega and Racing Club de Madrid, finishing his career with the latter in 1928.

    International career[edit]

    Being an Arenas Club player, he was eligible to play for the Biscay representative team, and he was one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 13 December 1914 against fellow Basques Gipuzkoa, held at San Mamés, and Pagaza scored the winning goal in a 2-1 victory.[citation needed] During this time he was also summoned to play for the Norte team, a side consisting of Basque players including Cantabria, but usually featured only players from the Basque provinces of Biscay and Gipuzkoa, each of which also organized their own representative matches occasionally such as the one mentioned before.[3][4] Pagaza was one of the eleven footballers that played in Norte's first-ever game on 3 January 1915 against Catalonia, and once again he scored in a 6-3 win.[5][6]

    In May of 1915, he was selected to represent the Norte team in the first edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.[7] He played both games as the Basque team secured the first-ever trophy of the competition with a win over Catalonia and a draw with the Centro team (a Castile/Madrid XI).[8]

    He also represented Spain in the nation's international debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics, being one of the eleven footballers who participated in Spain's first-ever victory (1-0) over Denmark on 28 August 1920.[9] He featured in all of Spain's first four internationals at the Summer Olympics, but missed the decisive game against the Netherlands, which saw Spain win 3-1 to win the silver medal.[1] In total, he earned seven caps for Spain, four at the 1920 Olympics and three in friendlies, the last of which was on 17 December 1922 at Estádio do Lumiar in Lisbon in a 2-1 win over Portugal.[10]

    When he joined Racing de Santander, he become eligible to play for the Cantabria representative team, and he was one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 9 March 1924, but this time he failed to score in a 3–0 win over Aragon.[11] This means he was a member of the first-ever line-ups of four different teams, Biscay, Norte (Basque Country), Cantabria and Spain, which is probably an unmatched feat.

    As a manager[edit]

    After his retirement as a player, he began a career as a coach. He coached Racing de Santander thrice, as well as the likes of Osasuna (1930-1931), Real Sporting de Gijón (1933-1934), Mallorca (1939-1941), Hércules CF (1944-1945) and Elche CF (1945-1946).

    Honours[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c "Olympedia – Pagaza". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
    2. ^ "Spain - Cup 1919". RSSSF. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
    3. ^ "Basque Country (Euskadi) Autonomous Team Matches". RSSSF. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
    4. ^ "Partidos (1914–2018)". Euskal Selekzioa (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
    5. ^ "Vasconia-Cataluña" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 January 1915. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
    6. ^ "Catalanes y Vascos" (in Spanish). El Nervion newspaper. 4 January 1915. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
    7. ^ "Squad of Norte 1915 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
    8. ^ Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
    9. ^ "Denmark 0 Spain 1". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
    10. ^ "Francisco Pagaza". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
    11. ^ Raúl Gómez Samperio (1999). Futbolistas Internacionales Cántabros del Siglo XX [Cantabrian International Soccer Players of the 20th Century] (in Spanish). Caja Cantabria.

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