 Francisco Pagazaurtundúa with theSpain 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 | 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 | ||
| International career | |||
| 1914–1915 | Biscay | 2 | (1) |
| 1915–1916 | Basque Country | +3 | (1) |
| 1920–1922 | Spain | 7 | (0) |
| 1924 | Cantabria | +2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 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 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Francisco Pagazaurtundua González-Murrieta (22 October 1894 – 18 November 1958), better known asPagaza, was a Spanishfootballer who played as aforward. He was a member of the Spanish team that won the silver medal in the1920 Summer Olympics as well as aCopa del Rey winner withArenas Club de Getxo.[1]
Born inSanturtzi to an architect and a piano teacher, Pagaza began playing football at Colegio Orduña and during his time as a student inEngland. He began his career withArenas Club in 1912, where he stood as a phenomenal winger, so he was signed byAthletic 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 theBiscay Championship and theCopa del Rey in1919, starting in thefinal as Arenas defeated the powerfulFC 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 ofSantander, which is why he signed forReal Racing Club de Santander in 1920. He also spent a season atGimnástica de Torrelavega andRacing Club de Madrid, finishing his career with the latter in 1928.
Being anArenas Club player, he was eligible to play for theBiscay 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 BasquesGipuzkoa, held atSan Mamés, and Pagaza scored the winning goal in a 2-1 victory.[citation needed] During this time he was also summoned to play for theNorte team, a side consisting of Basque players includingCantabria, but usually featured only players from the Basque provinces ofBiscay andGipuzkoa, 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 againstCatalonia, and once again he scored in a 6-3 win.[5][6]
In May 1915, he was selected to represent the Norte team inthe first edition of thePrince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by theRFEF.[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 theCentro team (a Castile/Madrid XI).[8]
He also representedSpain in the nation's international debut at the1920 Summer Olympics, being one of the eleven footballers who participated in Spain's first-ever victory (1-0) overDenmark 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 theNetherlands, 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 infriendlies, the last of which was on 17 December 1922 atEstádio do Lumiar inLisbon in a 2-1 win overPortugal.[10]
When he joinedRacing de Santander, he become eligible to play for theCantabria 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 overAragon.[11] This means he was a member of the first-ever line-ups of four different teams, Biscay, Norte (Basque Country), Cantabria and Spain.
After his retirement as a player, he began a career as a coach. He coached Racing de Santander thrice, as well as the likes ofOsasuna (1930-1931),Real Sporting de Gijón (1933-1934),Mallorca (1939-1941),Hércules CF (1944-1945) andElche CF (1945-1946).
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