Luis Arana Urigüen (14 February 1874 – 7 June 1951) was a Spanish

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who played as a

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who won the

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with

Club Bizcaya Bizcaya, also known as Bizcaya FC or Club Bizcaya (Vizcaya in Spanish) was an association football representative team from Bilbao, Spain, which participated in the 1902 Copa de la Coronación and the 1907 Copa del Rey, winning the former. In th ...

. He later became a

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, representing his country at the

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Sporting career

Footballing career

Luis Arana Urigüen was born on 14 February 1874 in

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. He was one of the first pioneers of football in Bilbao, being one of the young sportsmen from the city's high society who at the end of 1900, formed the

Bilbao Football Club Bilbao Football Club was a football team based in Bilbao, Spain, which existed during the years 1900 and 1903. In 1902 they combined with city rivals Athletic Club to form ''Club Vizcaya'', a team which won the 1902 Copa de la Coronación. The ...

, with whom he played several

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against city rivals Athletic Club (now known as

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) in the

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. In 1902, the two rivals agreed to join the best players of each club to face the

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-based side Burdigala at

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, which marked the first time a Bilbao team played on foreign territory. This temporary merge became known as ''Club Bizcaya'' and Arana ousted Athletic's goalkeeper to be part of the first-ever line-up of the Bizcaya team that faced Burdigala on 9 March, keeping a clean-sheet in an 0–2 away win. Together with

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Alejandro de la Sota Alejandro de la Sota may refer to: * Alejandro de la Sota (footballer) (1881-unknown), Spanish former footballer, co-founder and president of Athletic Bilbao * Alejandro de la Sota (architect) Alejandro de la Sota Martínez (October 20, 1913 - ...

and William Dyer, he was part of the Bizcaya team that won the

, featuring in the

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contributing decisively to a 2–1 win over

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Sailing career

As a sailor, Arana won the 1912 with the yacht Tonino, in

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. A decade and a half later, he represented his country at the

in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Later, he was president of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation between 1940 and 1945. Franco awarded him the Grand

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. In addition to sailing and football, Arana also played

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. He was champion of Spain in golf several times, and he was succeeded as such by his sons Javier and Luis Ignacio de Arana Ybarra. In addition to forming part of the precursor of Athletic Bilbao, he also helped form the Athletic Federation of Vizcaya. In 1936–37, Arana was also president of the , a private club founded as a recreational and cultural society.

Outside sport

Arana was a board member of several important industrial companies. Politically, he belonged to the

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and then to the Patriotic Union of

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. He was a friend of

Alfonso XIII Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alfo ...

. In 1927 he was appointed provincial deputy by the Civil Directory of Primo de Rivera. He died on 7 June 1951 in

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, at the age of 59.

Honours

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* Sailors at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Olympic sailors for Spain 1876 births 1951 deaths Spanish male sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Santander, Spain Sportspeople from Bilbao Sailors (sport) from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Spanish men's footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Bilbao {{Spain-yachtracing-bio-stub