Gregorio Blasco
| Gregorio Blasco | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Gregorio Blasco Sánchez | |
| birthday | June 10, 1909 | |
| place of birth | Mundaka , Spain | |
| date of death | January 31, 1983 | |
| Place of death | Mexico City , Mexico | |
| size | 174 cm | |
| position | goal | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Acero de Olabeaga | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1927-1928 | Acero de Olabeaga | |
| 1928-1936 | Athletic Bilbao | |
| 1938-1939 | Euzkadi | |
| 1939-1946 | España | |
| 1940 | → River Plate (loan) | |
| 1946-1947 | Atlante | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1930-1936 | Spain | 5 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Gregorio Blasco Sánchez (born June 10, 1909 in Mundaka , Spain ; † January 31, 1983 in Mexico City , Mexico ), also known by the nickname "Goyo", was a Spanish football goalkeeper of Basque descent , who later also adopted Mexican nationality would have.
biography
Spain
"Goyo" Blasco began his football career in the youth teams of Acero de Olabeaga . At the age of 18 he had already made himself the goalkeeper of the first men's team and stood out in a game for the regional championship of the 1927/28 season against the big favorites Athletic Bilbao with first-class saves that caused a sensation: Acero defeated Bilbao!
Athletic Bilbao officials were so convinced of his performance that they signed him before the end of the current championship. Blasco made his debut in the ranks of his new employer on February 26, 1928 in a game for the Copa del Rey against Real Madrid .
Over the years, Gregorio Blasco developed into the first goalkeeper of the Athletic Club de Bilbao and is still considered one of the best goalkeepers to ever guard the goal of the largest Basque football club. With this club he played until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in the summer of 1936 and was with him four times Spanish champions and cup winners . During the same period he was used five times for the Spanish national soccer team.
Mexico
Due to the civil war , organized football in Spain came to a standstill for two years and the best Basque players formed a Basque football team that started a tour through Europe and America and in the 1938/39 season under the name CD Euzkadi in Mexico Mastery participated. The team disbanded in 1939 after the civil war in Spain ended and their players, many of whom never returned to Spain, dispersed in all directions.
Blasco first signed on with the Mexican capital club Real Club España , in 1940 switched to the Argentine top club River Plate on loan for a short time and soon afterwards returned to Club España, with which he was Mexican champion three times (1940, 1942 and 1945) and a cup winner in 1944 . In 1944 and 1945 he also won the Mexican Supercup .
After these triumphs, he moved to city rivals CF Atlante , with whom he won the Mexican championship again in the 1946/47 season.
Blasco remained in Mexico after his active career, where he died on January 31, 1983 at the age of 73.
successes
- Spanish champion : 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936
- Spanish Cup Winner : 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933
- Mexican champion: 1940, 1942 ( Primera Fuerza ), 1945, 1947 ( Primera División )
- Mexican cup winner : 1944
- Mexican Supercup : 1944, 1945
Web links
- miathletic.com: El Primer Gran Portero en la Historia del Athletic (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gregorio Blasco Sánchez Registro Nacional de Extranjeros en México (copia digital) . Spanish Government. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blasco, Gregorio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blasco Sánchez, Gregorio (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish soccer player in Mexico |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mundaka , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1983 |
| Place of death | Mexico City , Mexico |