José Muguerza Anitua (born 15 September 1911 in Eibar; died 23 October 1980 in Mexico) was a footballer from the

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in northern Spain, who played as a midfielder.

Football career

He began his career at Unión Deportiva Eibarresa in 1927 before moving in 1929 to

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where he stayed until 1937, winning La Liga and the Copa del Rey four times each. In the 1938-39 season he played for

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in the Primera Fuerza league in Mexico, after which he joined Club España also in Mexico. From 1952-1953 he was the trainer for

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International football

Muguerza earned 9 caps for the Spain national team between 1930 and 1936, including participating in the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...

. In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, he was selected for the Basque national team tour of Europe, which was undertaken to draw attention to the war in Spain. When the Basque Country was captured by fascist forces the team travelled to the

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where they continued their tour, playing the tour's final match in June 1939. In total Muguerza played 43 games for the Basque national team.

Other work

In 1949 he opened a shop selling shirts in Mexico City.

Personal life

He married Rosario Juaristi and had two children, José Miguel and Rosario.

Awards

Spanish Cup 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 ...

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1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

* La Liga (4):

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

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1911 births 1980 deaths Spanish men's footballers Spain men's international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players Athletic Bilbao footballers Footballers from Eibar Men's association football midfielders Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Spanish emigrants to Mexico Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Mexico Liga MX players Real Club España footballers SD Eibar footballers La Liga players Basque Country men's international footballers {{spain-footy-midfielder-stub