Juan Legarreta

Juan Legarreta
Personal information
Full name	Juan Legarreta Ugarte
Date of birth	8 July 1897
Place of birth	Irún, Spain
Date of death	22 November 1978 (aged 81)
Place of death	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Nuestra Señora del Juncal
	Irún SC
Senior career*
Years	Team
1910–1914	Irún SC
1915–1919	Real Unión
1920–1921	Ibérico Balompié
1922–1930	Unión Española
International career
1915	Basque Country
1921	Chile
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Legarreta Ugarte (1897 in Irún, Spain - 22 November 1978 in Santiago, Chile) was a former Spanish-Chilean footballer who played for Unión Española as a central defender.

Club career

He began his senior career at the age of 16 playing for Irún Sporting Club, making his debut against an unknown Belgian team and scoring three goals. His best years came with Real Unión - a union of Sporting Club de Irún with Racing Club de Irún - playing a vital role in the club's triumph at the 1918 Copa del Rey Final as he scored both goals of a 2-0 win over Madrid FC (now known as Real Madrid).^[1] He then went to Chile to play for both Club Ibérico Balompié and Unión Deportiva Española.^[2]

International career

In 1915, aged 18, he represented the Northern Basque Country national team, a squad made-up of Basque players.^[2] He was part of the team that won the first edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup in 1915, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF. He scored the only goal of a 1–0 win over Catalonia.^[3]

He also represented Chile, playing two friendly matches against Argentina on 25 September and 2 October 1921.^[4]

Honours

Real Unión

Copa del Rey: 1918

Ibérico Balompié

Copa Chile: 1920

Unión Española

Liga Central de Football de Santiago: 1928
Copa Chile: 1924, 1925

Basque Country

Prince of Asturias Cup: 1915

References

^ Copa del Rey 1918 Archived 2 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine on Linguasport
^ ^a ^b Llanos Ibarra, Heriberto (13 August 2021). "Juan Legarreta, el Cid Campeador de Santa Laura". Asifuch (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ Marín, Edgardo (1985). La Roja de todos (Selección chilena de fútbol 1910-1985) (PDF). Santiago, Chile: SOEM Service Impresores. pp. 29, 209. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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[1] Copa del Rey 1918 Archived 2 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine on Linguasport

[asifuch-2] Llanos Ibarra, Heriberto (13 August 2021). "Juan Legarreta, el Cid Campeador de Santa Laura". Asifuch (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[3] Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

[4] Marín, Edgardo (1985). La Roja de todos (Selección chilena de fútbol 1910-1985) (PDF). Santiago, Chile: SOEM Service Impresores. pp. 29, 209. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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