José Muguerza Anitua (born 15 September 1911 in

Eibar Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eusta ...

; died 23 October 1980 in

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) was a

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from the Basque Country in northern Spain, who played as a

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Football career

He began his career at Unión Deportiva Eibarresa in 1927 before moving in 1929 to Athletic Bilbao where he stayed until 1937, winning

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' ...

and the

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four times each. In the 1938-39 season he played for Club Deportivo Euzkadi in the

Primera Fuerza The Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Amateur Association, known as the Primera Fuerza, was an amateur football league founded in Mexico in 1902 with five clubs: " Orizaba A.C.", " Pachuca A.C.", " Reforma A.C.", "Mexico Cricket Club" and " British Club" ...

league in Mexico, after which he joined

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also in Mexico. From 1952-1953 he was the trainer for Club de Fútbol Monterrey.

International football

Muguerza earned 9

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for the Spain national team between 1930 and 1936, including participating in the

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. In 1937, during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link ...

, he was selected for the Basque Country national football team, Basque national team tour of Europe, which was undertaken to draw attention to the war in Spain. When the Basque Country was captured by fascist forces the team travelled to the Americas where they continued their tour, playing the tour's final match in June 1939. In total Muguerza played 43 games for the Basque national team.

Other work

In 1949 he opened a shop selling shirts in Mexico City.

Personal life

He married Rosario Juaristi and had two children, José Miguel and Rosario.

Awards

*Copa del Rey, Spanish Cup (4): 1930 Copa del Rey, 1930, 1931 Copa del Rey, 1931, 1932 Copa del Rey, 1932, 1933 Copa del Rey, 1933 *

(4): 1929–30 La Liga, 1930, 1930–31 La Liga, 1931, 1933–34 La Liga, 1934, 1935–36 La Liga, 1936

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