Serafín Aedo Explained

Serafín Aedo
Fullname:Serafín Aedo Renieblas[1]
Birth Date:11 November 1908
Birth Place:Baracaldo, Spain
Death Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Height:[2]
Position:Defender
Years1:1930–1931
Clubs1:Unión Sport San Vicente
Caps1:?
Goals1:0
Years2:1931–1933
Clubs2:Baracaldo CF
Caps2:?
Goals2:0
Years3:1933–1936
Caps3:61
Goals3:0
Years4:1938–1939
Clubs4:Club Deportivo Euzkadi
Caps4:10[3]
Goals4:0
Years5:1939–1942
Clubs5:Club España
Caps5:?
Goals5:0
Years6:1942–1943
Clubs6:River Plate[4]
Caps6:?
Goals6:0
Years7:1943–1949
Clubs7:Club España
Caps7:?
Goals7:0
Totalcaps:71
Totalgoals:0
Nationalyears1:1935–1936
Nationalteam1:Spain
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1937–1939
Nationalteam2:Basque Country
Nationalcaps2:40
Nationalgoals2:0

Serafín Aedo Renieblas, (11 November 1908 – 14 October 1988)[5] was a Spanish international footballer from Baracaldo in the Basque Country who played professionally as a defender in Spain, Mexico and Argentina between 1930 and 1949.

Career

Club career

In 1930 Aedo joined his first club Union Sport de San Vicente,[6] which played in the third tier of Biscayan football. In 1931 he moved to Baracaldo CF,[6] and then in 1933 to Real Betis where he teamed up for the first time with fellow Basque Pedro Areso. The pair made a formidable defense, helping Betis win La Liga in the 1934-35 season.[1]

It has been claimed that he joined FC Barcelona in 1936, and that due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he was not able to play an official match for them.[7] However others claim that he never signed for Barcelona and that he remained a player for Real Betis until the outbreak of the civil war. During the 1938-39 season he played for Club Deportivo Euzkadi in the Mexican league.[6] In 1939 he joined Club España, also in Mexico, where he played until his retirement in 1949, except for one year he spent playing for River Plate in Argentina.[6]

After retiring as a player he went on to work as a coach at Club España.[8]

International career

Aedo earned 4 caps for the Spanish national side in 1935 and 1936.[1] [9] From 1937 to 1939 he was part of the Basque Country national team which toured Europe and the Americas.[10] [11]

Other work

On retiring from football he opened a shop in Mexico City selling photographic materials,[8] before later becoming an insurance broker.[12]

Personal life

He married Miren Anúzita Zubizarreta and had three children, Miren, Jon Andoni and Angel.

His grandchild Jon Andoni Aedo Donohue played for the Mexico U-23 team in the Ponce 1993 Centro American games and won a silver medal.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aedo: Serafín Aedo Renieblas. bdfutbol.com. 4 May 2016.
  2. Web site: Serafín Aedo Renieblas. pares.mcu.es. Secretaría de Estado de Cultura, España. 19 May 2016.
  3. Book: Gotzon. Joseba. 100 Años Seleccion Vasca De Futbol 1915-2015. Book 3 . 156–170.
  4. Web site: Serafín Aedo Renieblas. euskomedia.org. Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia. 20 April 2016.
  5. Web site: Aedo . 20 April 2016 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20100102105041/http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_jugador.asp?j=10 . January 2, 2010 .
  6. Web site: Serafín Aedo. manquepierda.com. Historia Real Betis. 21 April 2016.
  7. Web site: serafin aedo. blaugranas.com. 4 May 2016.
  8. Web site: Zamora. Gerson. El Equipo de futbol Euzkadi en Mexico, 1937-1939: in the Biographical section. 132.248.9.195/ptb2010. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. 18 July 2016.
  9. Web site: Aedo, SerafínSerafín Aedo Renieblas. national-football-teams.com. 4 May 2016.
  10. Web site: Serafín Aedo y su marcha del Betis 1936. manquepierda.com. Historia del Real Betis. 20 April 2016.
  11. Web site: EUZKADI. www.euskomedia.org. Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia. 24 February 2016.
  12. Web site: Entrevista Serafín Aedo 1974. manquepierda.com. 25 May 2016.