Eduardo Teus | |
Fullname: | Eduardo Teus López-Navarro |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1896 |
Birth Place: | Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
Death Date: | (61 years) |
Death Place: | Bilbao, Spain |
Height: | 1.85 m |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1913–1919[1] |
Clubs1: | Real Madrid |
Caps1: | 26 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1941–1942 |
Managerclubs1: | Spain |
Eduardo Teus López-Navarro, also known as Teus (6 November, 1896 – 8 October, 1958) was a Filipino professional footballer who played for Real Madrid as a goalkeeper.
Teus was born in Manila, Philippines in 1896 to a Filipino family who were of mixed native and Spanish origin. He won 3 Catalan Spanish league and 1 Copa del Rey championship titles for the club.
At the top of his career, he was forced to retire from football after he suffered a serious injury in a game during the 1918-1919 season. He later became a successful sports journalist and was later tasked by Francisco Franco to manage the Spain national football team as head coach. He managed the national team from 1941 to 1942, [2] [3] playing a total of six international games, of which he won three, and lost only one and drew two.
In 1958, Teus died of a stroke while watching a game at the press box of the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao in Spain.[4] [5]
Teus is regarded by Real Madrid as one of their great legends and he is remembered today being immortalized at the club's Hall of Fame Museum at Madrid.