Cholín Explained

Cholín
Fullname:Ignacio María Alcorta Hermoso
Birth Date:13 December 1906
Birth Place:Tolosa, Spain
Death Place:Granada, Spain
Years1:1925–1927
Clubs1:Tolosa
Years2:1927–1940
Clubs2:Real Sociedad
Caps2:95+
Goals2:53+
Years3:1940–1942
Clubs3:Granada
Caps3:5+
Goals3:1+
Nationalyears1:1928
Nationalteam1:Spain
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1943–1944
Managerclubs1:Alaves
Manageryears2:1945–1946
Managerclubs2:Granada
Manageryears3:1948–1950
Managerclubs3:Granada
Manageryears4:1950–1951
Managerclubs4:Real Jaén
Manageryears5:1951
Managerclubs5:Granada

Ignacio María Alcorta Hermoso, nicknamed Cholín, (13 December 1906  - 30 November 1967) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics,[1] winning his sole international cap in the competition.[2]

At club level he played for local side Tolosa CF,[3] Real Sociedad – where he scored 53 goals in La Liga and 136 overall, and finished on the losing side in the 1928 Copa del Rey Final – and Granada CF. He later had spells as manager at Deportivo Alavés, Real Jaén and three appointments at Granada, where he settled to live until his death in 1967.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cholín . Olympedia . 13 September 2021.
  2. Cholín Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/cholin-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 7 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Alcorta Hermoso, Ignacio María . es . Eusko Ikaskuntza . 2007. 5 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Un Granadino de Tolosa: Cholín . A Granadino from Tolosa: Cholín . es . 5000 y un Ramos (Historia del Granada CF) . 27 May 2008. 5 November 2018.