Telmo Zarra
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| Telmo Zarra | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Telmo Zarraonaindía Montoya | |
| Date of birth | January 20, 1921 | |
| Place of birth | Asúa, Spain | |
| Date of death | February 23, 2006 (aged 85) | |
| Place of death | Bilbao, Spain | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1939-40 1940-55 1955-56 1956-57 |
SD Erandio Club Athletic Bilbao SD Indautxu Barakaldo CF |
277 (251) |
| National team | ||
| 1945-51 | Spain | 20 (20) |
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Telmo Zarraonaindía Montoya (20 January 1921, in Vizcaya, Basque Country - 23 February 2006, Bilbao), popularly known as Zarra, was a Basque football player for Athletic Bilbao from 1940 to 1955.
Signing after playing one season for Erandio, he became a prolific goalscorer for Athletic in his 15 seasons at the club, winning the The Pichichi Trophy, awarded for the Spanish league top-scorer, six times. He scored more league goals (251) than any other player in Spanish football history, and an additional 81 cup goals. He also holds the record for most goals in a season, when he scored 38 times in 1950 - 1951.
Despite this excellent record, he only played for Spain twenty times. Even so, he still managed to score 20 goals, including four in one historic match when Spain beat Switzerland 6-3 on 18 February 1951. He also scored his country's winning goal against England in the Football World Cup 1950 finals as Spain reached the last four - their best performance in the competition.
After leaving Athletic in 1955, he played for one year with SD Indautxu and another with Barakaldo before retiring.
He died of a heart attack on 24 February, 2006 aged 85 years old. The Zarra Trophy is awarded in his memory.
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[edit] Statistics
| Club Performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Total | |||||
| 1939-40 | Erandio | |||||||
| 1940-41 | Athletic Bilbao | La Liga | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 1941-42 | 21 | 16 | ||||||
| 1942-43 | 17 | 18 | ||||||
| 1943-44 | 21 | 12 | ||||||
| 1944-45 | 26 | 19 | ||||||
| 1945-46 | 18 | 24 | ||||||
| 1946-47 | 24 | 34 | ||||||
| 1947-48 | 16 | 10 | ||||||
| 1948-49 | 26 | 23 | ||||||
| 1949-50 | 26 | 25 | ||||||
| 1950-51 | 30 | 38 | ||||||
| 1951-52 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| 1952-53 | 29 | 24 | ||||||
| 1953-54 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 1954-55 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| 1955-56 | Indautxu | |||||||
| 1956-57 | Barakaldo | |||||||
| Total | Spain | |||||||
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[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
Athletic Bilbao
- La Liga: 1942
- Copa del Generalísimo: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1949
[edit] Individual
- Pichichi Trophy: 1944-45, 1945-46, 1946-47, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1952-53
[edit] External references
- Player profile at Athletic's website (requires registration)
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