Domingo Germán Saiz Villegas (8 June 1912 – 24 April 1989), nicknamed ''Fede'', was a Spanish
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
. The nickname origin was the name of a brother who died before he was born.
Born in
Molledo,
Cantabria, during his club career he played for
Deportivo Alavés and
Sevilla FC, with a spell at each before the
Spanish Civil War began, and another after it ended (he signed 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 ...
in 1932 but never made an official appearance for them).
He earned three caps for the
Spain national football team in 1934, and took part in the
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 ...
; he played in the 1–1 draw with hosts and eventual champions
Italy, but not in the replay in which Spain were eliminated.
Honours
;Sevilla
*
Segunda División
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...
:
1933–34
*
Copa del Rey:
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
External links
BDFutbol
1912 births
1989 deaths
Spanish men's footballers
Spain men's international footballers
Footballers from Cantabria
1934 FIFA World Cup players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Deportivo Alavés players
Real Sociedad footballers
Sevilla FC players
Men's association football midfielders
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