Severiano Goiburu Lopetegui (8 November 1906 – 31 July 1982) was a Spanish
footballer
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who played for the
Spain national team. He played for many clubs in
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...
, most notably
Barcelona
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. He is known for scoring the decisive goal in the
1929 Spain v England football match
On 15 May 1929 at the Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid, the home stadium of Atlético Madrid, England national football team, England's national team were defeated 4–3 by Spain national football team, Spain in a ...
.
Club career
Goiburu spent his entire club career in the Spanish first division, including FC Barcelona for 5 seasons. He moved to the Catalan club from
Osasuna
Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El ...
for a fee of 25,000 pesetas (150 Euros) in 1929, following the
match against England.
International career
Goiburu made his first appearance for
Spain
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against
Hungary
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on 19 December 1926. On 15 May 1929, Spain played a friendly match against
England
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, who were widely considered to be the best football team at the time. They had previously beaten
France
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and
Belgium
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4–1 and 5–1 respectively. However, Spain ended up upsetting the Three Lions and won the match 4-3.
Goiburu had scored the decisive goal in the 82nd minute to give Spain the victory, despite being the only amateur footballer on the pitch. He won 12 caps and scored 5 goals in total for his national team.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.''
References
Spanish footballers
1906 births
1986 deaths
Spain international footballers
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1982 deaths