José Echeveste Galfarsoro (19 March 1899 – 7 December 1982) was a Spanish

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who played as a forward for

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and for the Spain national team. He spent all 13 seasons of his playing career with Real Unión, thus being a historical member of the club and part of the so-called one-club men group. He played a pivotal role in the Unión team that won two

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in the 1920s, in

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and

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, netting the winning goals in both finals.

Club career

Born in

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, Echeveste began playing football with his hometown club

in 1919, with whom he spent his entire career, playing 13 seasons with the club until his retirement in 1932. He was thus a member of the historic Real Unión side of the 1920s, which also included

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and Luis Regueiro. He played a fundamental role in the team that won two Copa del Rey in the 1920s, in 1924 and 1927, netting the winning goal in both finals to help his side to 1–0 victories over the likes of Real Madrid in

and Arenas de Getxo in

, thus contributing decisively to two of the club's four Cup titles in its history, while also becoming in the first and only played to achieve such a feat. In the same way, and being the tournament that gave access to the national cup, he won a total of three Biscay Championships. In 1929, he played seven games in the newly created

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. In that same year, he also played one unofficial match for

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. He played his last match in the first Division on 11 January 1931 against Alavés.

International career

Echeveste earned four international

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for the Spain national team, the first of which in a

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against

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on 30 April 2022 in which he helped his nation to a comfortable 4–0 win. He then had to wait three years for his next cap on 1 June 1925, against Switzerland, in another comfortable win (3–0). His last two caps were both against

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, the latter of which on 29 May 1927 in a 2–0 loss.

Honours

Real Unión * North Regional Championship: 1921–22, 1923–24, 1926–27 *

; runner-up

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Echeveste, José 1899 births 1982 deaths Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Spain men's international footballers