Doroteo Elorriaga
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Doroteo Elorriaga Barrueta | ||
Date of birth | 22 April 1916 | ||
Place of birth | Sestao, Biscay, Spain | ||
Date of death | 25 October 2005 | (aged 89)||
Place of death | Barrika, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1932–1934 | Sestao SC | ||
1934–1936 | Athletic Bilbao | 1 | (0) |
1939 | Deportivo Alavés | ||
1939–1941 | Real Zaragoza | 16 | (0) |
1941–1949 | Barakaldo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Doroteo Elorriaga Barrueta, better known as Doro (22 April 1916 – 25 October 2005), was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Bilbao, Real Zaragoza, and Barakaldo in the 1930s and 1940s.[1][2][3][4][5]
Playing career
First steps and Bilbao
Born in the Biscayan town of Sestao on 22 April 1916,[2][5] Doro began playing at Kaiku de Abajo, a non-federated team Sestao, and from there he moved to Sestao SC in 1932, aged 16, staying there for two seasons.[4][6] At the end of the 1933–34 season, Athletic Bilbao signed several players from Sestao SC, including the 18-year-old Doro and Hermenegildo Elices, who was his brother-in-law.[6]
However, he was ruled out of the playing field for 18 months after getting sick with pleura.[6] He was able to recover, but just to play one official match for Bilbao, making his debut on 15 March 1936, in a La Liga fixture against Valencia CF, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[3][4][6][7] By playing in this match, Doro was part of the squad that won the 1935–36 La Liga, which was the last before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.[4] In 1936, Elorriaga was a member of the squad of Kaiku Chiqui, a non-federated team Sestao, which participated in the 1936 Torneo de las Llanas, an amateur championship organized by Racing de Sestao, helping his side win the title after defeating New Club in the final (1–0).[6] He was still part of the Bilbao squad in the 1936–37 season.[8]
During the Civil War, Elorriaga fought for the Republican side under the Battalion led by Commander Luis Urkullu, which surrendered in Barakaldo to the national forces.[6] After spending four months in the Carmelo prison in Begoña, he joined the Naval, where he briefly played for Deportivo Alavés in the 1938–39 season.[6] After the war, he signed for Zaragoza, then in the First Division.[6] In total, he scored five goals in 26 league matches throughout two seasons, the latter of which ended in relegation.[1][2]
Barakaldo
In 1941, Elorriaga joined Barakaldo of the Second Division, staying loyal to them for eight seasons, until 1949, when he retired at the age of 33.[2][4][6] On 30 May 1943, he started in a permanence play-off match against Salamanca, scoring his side's second goal to help his side to a 2–0, thus contributing decisively in keeping Barakaldo in the Segunda División.[9] On 30 March 1937, the 31-year-old Doro scored a hat-trick against Málaga to help his side to a 4–2 win.[10]
Death
Elorriaga died in Barrika on 25 October 2005, at the age of 89,[2][4][5] and his funeral was held two days later, on 27 October, in Barrika.[7]
Honours
Athletic Bilbao
References
- ^ a b "Doro - Club matches". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Doro, Doroteo Elorriaga Barrueta - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Doro - Player: Forward". www.athletic-club.eus. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "ELORRIAGA BEDIA, Doroteo". aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Player Doroteo Elorriaga Barrueta". donfutbolisto.com. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Breve historia del futbolista rojiblanco José Luis Justel Bollar" [A brief history of the red-and-white footballer José Luis Justel Bollar]. www.cuadernosdefutbol.com (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Doro has passed away". www.athletic-club.eus. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "ATHLETIC CLUB DE BILBAO Temporada 36/37" [ATHLETIC CLUB OF BILBAO Season 36/37]. www.todocoleccion.net. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Game Salamanca - Barakaldo (Permanence in 2nd - 30/05/1943)". donfutbolisto.com. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Baracaldo - CD Málaga (4 - 2) 30/03/1947". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 21 January 2025.