Martín Marculeta Barbería (born 24 September 1907 in

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

; died 19 November 1984) was a Spanish

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

er. During his career he played for

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

(1924–1934) and

Atlético de Madrid Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

(1934–1936), earned 15 caps and scored one goal for the Spain national team in a 7–1 rout against Mexico, an Olympian and played

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 ...

. His younger brother

José María José María (abbreviated José Mª) is a Spanish language male given name, usually considered a single given name rather than two names, and is a combination of the Spanish names of Joseph and Mary, the parents of Jesus Christ.Rafael Falcón, Chr ...

was also a top-level footballer, but their careers did not overlap as there was a 13-year difference in age between them.

Career

Born in

, Marculeta began playing youth football with local side Amaikak Mutillak. In 1924, he joined

where he would play for ten seasons. He was involved in the club's epic 1928 Copa del Rey Final loss to

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded ...

which required two replays.

1928 Amsterdam Summer Games

He played on the team sent to the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympics.

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* 1907 births 1984 deaths Footballers from San Sebastián Spanish men's footballers Spain men's international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players Real Sociedad footballers Atlético Madrid footballers Olympic footballers for Spain Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Spanish football managers Sporting de Gijón managers Men's association football midfielders Real Unión managers Real Sociedad managers La Liga players La Liga managers Segunda División managers Basque Country men's international footballers {{spain-footy-midfielder-stub