Saturno Villaverde Lavandera (29 February 1892 - Unknown), nicknamed Saturnino and also known as Villaverde II, was a Spanish

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who played as a forward for Athletic Club de Madrid. His brothers,

Fernando Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

and Senén, were also footballers and also played for Athletic Madrid.

Biography

He joined Athletic in 1914, featuring alongside the likes of Pagaza, Juan de Cárcer and his brothers,

and Senén, who joined in 1915, but while they left in 1916 and 1917 respectively, he stayed with the club, and in 1917, 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. Saturno was the star of the tournament, being the top scorer with 3 goals – a brace against

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in a 2–2 draw and the winner against Cantabric in a 3–2 win – thus going from an utter unknown of the masses to the tournament's surprise package and a loved hero in Madrid. Remarkably, in the game against Cantabric, the Villaverde brothers were rivals, as Fernando and Senén were representing the Cantabrians. However, his excellent campaign at the tournament almost did not happen, since initially, Saturno was not even in the radar of the dirigents to be called up for the Madrid team, but because the tournament coincided with the 1917 Copa del Rey Final between Madrid FC and Arenas, which prevented them from having the best players of Madrid FC, meaning they had to call the "second options" (players from Athletic Madrid and Racing de Madrid) to put together a team which could compete, and despite being a weaker side than in the previous tournament, they managed to win what the "first options" had failed to.

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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