Manuel Argüelles Sánchez (9 July 1897-10 December 1958) was a Spanish

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in

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, he began to play football at the youth ranks of his hometown club Sportiva Gijonesa, for he played until 1913, when at the age of just 16, he joined

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

, featuring alongside the likes of the Villaverde brothers (

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and Senén). After 14 seasons with the club (1913–1927), he left for Athletic Madrid, for which he played just one season before retiring.

International career

Because he was a

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player, he was eligible to play for the Cantabric national team, a side consisting of players from the provinces of

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and

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, and in 1917, he was summoned by them to represent them at the 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup, an official inter-regional

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organized by the

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. Argüelles was included in the Spain national team for the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games. However, he requested a voluntary withdrawal in order to return to

. Without him, Spain was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the eventual champions

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. Like many other

players, he was summoned to play for the Asturias national team several times, being one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 4 June 1922, in a friendly against

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, and even though they lost 3–7, Argüelles was the author of one of the consolation goals. The Regional Asturian team then played seven official games between 1922 and 1926 in the

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, winning the 1922–23 edition after beating

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in the quarter-finals,

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in the semi-finals and Galicia 3–1 in the

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Goals for Asturias

:''Asturias score listed first, score column indicates score after each Argüelles goal.

Honours

Club

International

; Cantabric *

: **Runner-up (1):

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;

*Prince of Asturias Cup: **Champions (1): 1922–23 Prince of Asturias Cup

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Argüelles, Manuel 1897 births 1958 deaths Footballers from Gijón Spanish men's footballers Spain men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Real Oviedo players Atlético Madrid footballers