Enrique Goiri Bayo (1879 - 4 April 1925) was a Spanish

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who played as a

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for Athletic Club. He was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Club, being among the 7 founders of the club in 1898, and then serving the club as a player, winning both the

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and

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, which were the club's very first piece of silverware. He was then involved in the foundation of Club Athletic de Madrid (now

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) in 1903.

Athletic Club

Born in

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, Goiri was one of the 7 students belonging to the Gymnasium Zamacois who founded the ''Athletic Club'' in 1898. To In February 1901, at Café García, a commission made up of Juan Astorquia, José Maria Barquín and Goiri himself was formed with the intention of preparing regulations for a new society, and this regulation was approved on 11 June, and thus, on 5 September 1901, Athletic was officially established in the infamous meeting held in the Café García, in which Goiri was one of the 33 socios (co-founders) of the club. He then become one of the first footballers of the newly formed Athletic Club, playing as a

. Together with Juan Astorquia,

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and Walter Evans, he was part of the teams that won the

(as Bizcaya) and the

, and Goiri featured in both finals, a 2–1 win over

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in the 1902 final, and an 3–2 comeback win over

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in the very first

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in 1903. In the 1904 Copa del Rey Final, Athletic were declared winners again without playing a match after their opponents failed to turn up.

Athletic Club

Enrique Goiri was one of the founders of Athletic's Madrid branch, Athletic de Madrid. He appeared on the club's first board of directors as the

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of the club and he was even the

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of the club's very first match on 2 May 1903, coinciding with the commemoration of Dos de Mayo Uprising, which was played at the Tiro del Pichón between the 25 members that formed it, except for the treasurer Enrique Goiri who acted as referee.

Honours

* Copa de la Coronación:

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goiri, Enrique 1879 births 1925 deaths Spanish men's footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Footballers from Bilbao Men's association football midfielders Spanish referees and umpires