Jaime Bellavista was a Spanish
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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for
FC Espanya. The dates of his birth and death are unknown. He was one of the most outstanding players in the
1914 Pyrenees Cup
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, being the tournament's top scorer with a total of 5 goals, including one in a 3–1 win over
Cométe et Simot in the
final
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.
Club career
Born in
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
, he was one of the most prominent players of
FC Espanya in the 1910s, being a member of the team's attacking quintet which also had
Pantaleón Salvó,
Antonio Baró
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,
Mario Passani and
Jaime Villena, and together with them, he helped the team win three
Catalan championships (1912–13, 1913–14 and 1916–17) and then helped the club reach their first (and only)
Copa del Rey
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...
final in
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
, but they lost 1–2 to
Athletic Bilbao
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, courtesy of a brace from
Severino Zuazo
Severino Zuazo Ugalde (19 May 1889 - 20 July 1980) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club. He spent his whole career at Athletic, which makes him one of the first footballers to play for Athletic for his entire career, ...
.
The highlight of his career came on 29 March 1914 in the semi-finals of the
1914 Pyrenees Cup
The 1914 Pyrenees Cup was the 5th and last tournament of the Pyrenees Cup, one of the first international football club competitions. The competition was held on the road between 1 March and 24 May, and it was won by FC Espanya de Barcelona after ...
, in which Espanya faced city rivals
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
at the
Camp de la Indústria, who had the tournament in the previous four occasions and was looking forward to making it five in a row, however, Bellavista netted four goals to help his team to a resounding 5–2 win, and thus Espanya become the first-ever team to knock-out Barça from the competition. Bellavista went on to score a fifth goal in the
final
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
to help his side to a 3–1 victory over
Cométe et Simot.
These five goals were enough to not only make him the
tournament's top scorer, but also the
shared all-time top scorer in the competition's history alongside
Antonio Morales
Antonio Morales Veloso (6 December 1889 – 7 November 1967), sometimes referred to by some sources as Arsenio Morales was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Club Español de Madrid, RS Gimnástica and FC Barcelona. His brother Ra ...
, who also netted 5 goals in the Pyrenees Cup.
Honours
Club
;
FC Espanya
*
Catalan championship:
**Champions (3): 1912–13, 1913–14 and 1916–17
*
Copa del Rey
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...
:
**Runner-up (1):
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
*
Pyrenees Cup
The Pyrenees Cup (), officially Challenge International du Sud de la France, was an international football competition contested by Spanish and French clubs based in the territories of Pyrénées (Catalonia, the Basque Country, Languedoc, Midi-Py ...
:
**Champions (1):
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
Individual
*Top goalscorer of the
1914 Pyrenees Cup
The 1914 Pyrenees Cup was the 5th and last tournament of the Pyrenees Cup, one of the first international football club competitions. The competition was held on the road between 1 March and 24 May, and it was won by FC Espanya de Barcelona after ...
with 5 goals
Records
*Most goals in a single
Pyrenees Cup
The Pyrenees Cup (), officially Challenge International du Sud de la France, was an international football competition contested by Spanish and French clubs based in the territories of Pyrénées (Catalonia, the Basque Country, Languedoc, Midi-Py ...
tournament: 5 goals in
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
*All-time top goal scorer of the
Pyrenees Cup
The Pyrenees Cup (), officially Challenge International du Sud de la France, was an international football competition contested by Spanish and French clubs based in the territories of Pyrénées (Catalonia, the Basque Country, Languedoc, Midi-Py ...
: 5 goals
References
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Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Catalonia
Men's association football forwards