Ramón Olalquiaga Borne (30 August 1898 – 31 January 1990), sometimes spelled as Ramón Olalkiaga, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Madrid, and later a

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, engineer and professor of

agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

Club career

Born in

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...

to a local veterinarian, he studied Marianist studies in

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and later studied agronomic engineering in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

. As a student in Madrid, he played for

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

for 6 seasons. Together with Sansinenea, Miguel Mieg,

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and Monchín Triana, Mieg was part of the great Athletic side of the early 20s that won the 1920–21 Centro Championship, the club's first-ever piece of silverware, and then reached the 1921 Copa del Rey Final, where they were beaten 4–1 by

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. He played his entire career at

, thus being part of the so-called one-club men group.

International career

Being an Athletic Madrid player, he was eligible to play for the 'Centro' (Madrid area) representative team], and in May 1918, he was a member of the team that won the

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, an inter-regional competition organized by the

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. In the tournament, he only played the second leg of the decisive tie against Cantabric, and in his only appearance in the competition he managed to imprint his name in the competition's history by netting the two goals that sealed a 3–1 victory that sealed Madrid's second title in a row. With these two goals, he was the 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 fellow teammate José María Sansinenea.

Managerial career

As a coach, he managed Athletic Madrid for one season, 1924–25, leading his side to victory in the 1924–25 central championship, hence qualifying to the 1925 Copa del Rey, where they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Arenas Club. But, nevertheless, science prevailed over football and Olalquiaga dedicated the later years of his life to agronomy teaching agronomy in Madrid for many years. He became the author of many scientific works. Ramón Olalquiaga received an

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in the field of agriculture, fisheries and food.

Honours

Athletic Madrid * Centro Championship: 1920–21 *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

runner-up:

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Madrid XI *

References

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