Eduardo Montejo

Eduardo María Montejo Aristegui (15 August 1879 – 14 April 1962) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club.[1] Although little has been recorded of his life, he was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Club, being among the 7 founders of the club in 1898, and then serving the club as a forward, netting a goal in the 1903 Copa del Rey Final, which was the club's first-ever official title.[2]

Eduardo Montejo
Personal information
Full name Eduardo María Montejo Aristegui
Date of birth (1879-08-15)15 August 1879
Place of birth Deusto, Biscay
Date of death 14 April 1962(1962-04-14) (aged 82)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1904 Athletic Club 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Born in Biscay, Montejo was one of the 7 students belonging to the Gymnasium Zamacois who founded the Athletic Club in 1898.[3] Although the club was founded in 1898, Athletic was not officially established until 5 September 1901, in the infamous meeting held in the Café García, in which Montejo was one of the 33 socios (co-founders) of the club.[4]

He then become one of the first footballers of the newly formed Athletic Club, playing as a forward. Together with Juan Astorquia, Alejandro de la Sota, Armand Cazeaux and Walter Evans, he was part of the team that won the first-ever Copa del Rey in 1903, in which Montejo contributed with the equaliser to level it at 2–2 in an eventual 3–2 comeback win over Madrid FC in the final.[5] In the 1904 Copa del Rey Final, Athletic were declared winners again without playing a match after their opponents failed to turn up.[6]

Honours

References
  1. "Eduardo María Montejo Aristegui - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. "Eduardo Montejo". www.athletic-club.eus. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. "La historia del Athletic en 10 momentos" [The history of Athletic in 10 moments]. www.marca.com. 27 April 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. "Orígenes del Athletic" [Origins of Athletic] (in Spanish). 13 September 2004. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. "Spain - Cup 1903". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. "Spain - Cup 1904". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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