| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fernando Villaverde Lavandera | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1894-03-30)30 March 1894 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gijón,Asturias, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 June 1937(1937-06-23) (aged 43) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1909–1910 | La Sportiva | |||||||||||||
| 1910–1911 | Sporting de Gijón | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1911–1915 | Sporting de Gijón | |||||||||||||
| 1915–1917 | Athletic Club de Madrid | |||||||||||||
| 1917–1920 | Sporting de Gijón | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1917–1918 | Cantabric | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Fernando Villaverde Lavandera (30 March 1894 – 23 June 1937), also known asVillaverde I was a Spanishfootballer who played as aforward.[1] His brothers,Saturnino andSenén, were also footballers and also played forAthletic Club de Madrid.[2]
Born inGijón, he began his career in the youth ranks of his hometown club La Sportiva, a leading Gijón team in the early 20th century. At La Sportiva, he stood out for his goalscoring ability, which eventually drew the attention ofSporting de Gijón, who signed him in 1910. In his first year at the youth ranks of Sporting, he excelled, receiving the distinction of best child player in 1911. He was thus, promoted to the first team in 1911, and eventually, he was named the team captain. In 1915, he signed forAthletic Club de Madrid, but after two seasons he returned to Sporting.[3]
In the first-everAsturian derby between Sporting de Gijón andReal Oviedo (named Real Club Deportivo Oviedo at the time) held on 25 January 1920, it was Fernando who scored the opening goals, thus netting the first goal of one of Spain's biggest rivalries.[4] Despite his great goalscoring form, a broken tibia and fibula would end his sports career in 1920, when he was only 26 years old. In the same year, a match between two Asturian teams was held in Gijón in his honor, in which he acted asreferee. He also served as a referee in the first-ever game of theAsturias national team on 4 June 1922, which ended in a 3–7 loss toSt Mirren F.C.[citation needed]
In 1917, he was summoned to play for theCantabric national team, a side consisting of players from the provinces ofAsturias andCantabria. He and his brotherSenén, were a member of the team that participated in the1917 and1918 editions of thePrince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by theRFEF.[5] In the 1918 tournament, he scored one goal against theCentro team, a Castile/Madrid XI, in a 2–3 loss.[6]
