Carmelo Goyenechea Explained

Carmelo
Fullname:Carmelo Goyenechea Urrusolo
Birth Date:18 June 1898
Birth Place:Deusto, Spain
Death Place:Bilbao, Spain
Years1:1916–1921
Years2:1921–1929
Nationalyears1:1920–1924
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:3
Nationalyears2:1922-1928
Nationalcaps2:10
Nationalgoals2:3

Carmelo Goyenechea Urrusolo (18 June 1898 - 10 November 1984) was a Spanish footballer.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]

Club career

Born in Bilbao in 1898, he began playing for his hometown club SD Deusto until 1921, when he signed for Athletic Bilbao. He played with them for the next eight seasons, becoming one of the team's vital components and helping them win five Biscay Championships and a Copa del Rey in 1923, defeating CD Europa 1–0 in the final with a goal from Travieso. For several years he served as the Athletic captain.[3] [4]

He retired after playing in the first season of La Liga in 1929, in which he played 15 games and scored 6 goals.

International career

He earned 10 caps for Spain, making his debut in Lisbon against Portugal on 17 December 1922, and it was at that same venue and against those opponents that Carmelo would score his first international goal three years later, in a 2–0 win on 17 May 1925. He scored twice more for Spain, including the winner in a 1–0 victory over Hungary on 4 October 1925.[5]

As an Athletic Bilbao player, he was eligible to play for the Biscay representative team, being part of the squad that participated in the Prince of Asturias Cup tournaments in the early 20s, scoring once in the 1923–24 edition as Biscay beat Asturias 4–2, thus reaching the semi-finals where they were eliminated by Catalonia due to an early goal from Cristóbal Martí.[6]

International goals

Spain

Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Carmelo goal.

List of international goals scored by Carmelo Goyenechea
scope=colNo.scope=colDatescope=colVenuescope=colOpponentscope=colScorescope=colResultscope=colCompetition
scope=row style=text-align:center117 May 1925 Estádio do Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal align=center 1–0 2–0 Friendly
scope=row style=text-align:center24 October 1925 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary align=center 1–0 1–0
scope=row style=text-align:center319 December 1926 Coia, Vigo, Spain align=center 3–1 4–2

Biscay

Biscay score listed first, score column indicates score after each Carmelo goal.

List of international goals scored by Carmelo Goyenechea
scope=colNo.scope=colDatescope=colVenuescope=colOpponentscope=colScorescope=colResultscope=colCompetition
scope=row style=text-align:center131 January 1920 Camp del carrer Muntaner, Barcelona, Spain align=center 1–2 Friendly
scope=row style=text-align:center21 February 1920 Camp de la Indústria, Barcelona, Spain align=center 1–3
scope=row style=text-align:center318 November 1923 San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain align=center 1–0 4–2 1923-24 Prince of Asturias Cup quarter-finals

Honours

Club

Athletic Bilbao

Copa del Rey

Biscay Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carmelo Goyenechea . Olympedia . 26 August 2021.
  2. Carmelo Goyenechea Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114842/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/carmelo-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 5 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Carmelo, capitán y directivo. . Carmelo, captain and director. . es . www.bilbao.eus . 12 June 2022.
  4. News: Carmelo, el último jugador amateur del Athletic. . Memorias del Fútbol Vasco . es . 13 March 2014 . 12 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Carmelo Goyenechea . eu-football.info . 13 June 2022.
  6. Web site: La Copa Príncipe de Asturias . The Prince of Asturias Cup . es . . Vicente Martínez Calatrava . 17 August 2009 . 13 June 2022.