José María Ygnacio Sansinenea Goñi (1 August 1896 - 11 August 1924), simply known as Sansinenea, was a Spanish

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in

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, Sansinenea found his way into the home of a very prominent club in the

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, Madrid FC, with whom he played for 5 seasons (1916–1921). At the club he formed a great attacking partnership with Sotero Aranguren and René Petit, and the highlight of his career came in the 1917 Copa del Rey, being one of the most outstanding players in the tournament with a total of four goals, including the winner in the semi-finals against España FC, although he failed to score in the

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against Arenas de Getxo as Madrid won 2–1. He also helped the club win three Centro Championships in 1916–17, 1917–18 and 1919–20. He remained loyal to the club until 1920, when the club's board of directors decided that his recent low form did not allow him to continue defending Madrid's colors, and so, he ended up in the neighboring club, Athletic Madrid, for whom he played for just one season, but his impact at the club was nonetheless pivotal, as he played an important role in the club's first-ever piece of silverware, the 1920–21 Centro Championship. Unfortunately, he did not participate in the subsequent

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campaign, which ended in a 1–4 loss to

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in the

. At the end of the 1920–21 season, he left for

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, where he ended his career in the mid-1920s.

International career

Like many other Madrid FC players of that time, he played several matches for the 'Centro' (Madrid area) representative team during the 1910s, being part of the Madrid side that won the 1918 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional

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organized by the

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. Sansinenea missed the previous edition in 1917 because the tournament coincided with the 1917 Copa del Rey Final between Madrid FC and Arenas, which prevented the Madrid national side from using the Madrid FC players, so Sansinenea showed all his class in the 1918 edition, which basically consisted of a two-legged final against Cantabric, and he scored a goal in both games (3–2 and 3–1 victories), thus contributing decisively in the capital side's triumph. With these two goals, he was the joint-top scorer of the tournament alongside

Senén Villaverde Senén Villaverde Lavandera (1896 – 7 April 1950), also known as Villaverde III was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. His brothers, Saturnino and Fernando, were also footballers and also played for Athletic Club de Madrid. Club ...

and teammate Ramón Olalquiaga.

Honours

Club

Madrid FC * Centro Championship **Winners (3): 1916–17, 1917–18 and 1919–20 *

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: **Winners (1):

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; Athletic Madrid * Centro Championship: **Champions (1): 1920–21

International

;

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: **Champions (1):

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References

1896 births 1924 deaths Footballers from San Sebastián Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Real Madrid CF players Atlético Madrid footballers Real Sociedad footballers {{Spain-footy-forward-stub