José Agüero Santelices was a Spanish

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who played as a

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and forward for Athletic Club de Madrid and

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...

in the late 1910s and early 1920s. The dates of his birth and death are unknown.

Biography

Born in

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

, he played with Athletic Madrid for just one season in 1916–17, featuring alongside the likes of Pagaza, Juan de Cárcer and Sócrates Quintana. At the end of the season, he returned to Cantabria, where he signed for

, with whom he played for 5 years until he retired in 1922. While he was a Athletic Madrid player, he was summoned to play for the Madrid national team in the 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional

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organized by the RFEF. Initially, he wasn't meant to be called-up, but because the tournament coincided with the 1917 Copa del Rey Final between Madrid FC and Arenas, which prevented the national side from having the best players of Madrid FC, they had to call-in players from the Athletic and Racing de Madrid such as captain

José María Castell José María Castell García de la Cruz (24 September 1896 - 13 October 1981) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder. Castell was one of the most important figures of Madrid FC at the beginning and middle of the 20th last century, as ...

, Sócrates Quintana,

Miguel Mieg Miguel Mieg Alonso (29 September 1896 – 19 April 1981), was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for Athletic Club de Madrid. A historical member of Athletic Madrid in the late 1910s, he was one of the first footballers to play for t ...

, Joaquín Pascual and

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, forming a great attacking partnership with the latter, as together they scored 5 of Madrid's 7 goals in the tournament, with Agüero netting once in a 3–2 win over Cantabric and in decisive game against

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in 2–0 win, thus contributing decisively in the capital side's triumph, winning the cup for the first time in the team's history despite being a weaker Madrid side than in the previous tournaments.

Honours

International

;

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Prince of Asturias Cup The Prince of Asturias Cup (, ) was an inter-regional football competition contested by the regional selections of Spain – selections of players from clubs from the region in question, meaning that players did not need to be native to the region ...

: **Champions (1):

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References

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