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Cholín
	Cholín in 1931
Personal information
Full name	Ignacio María Alcorta Hermoso
Date of birth	13 December 1906
Place of birth	Tolosa, Spain
Date of death	30 November 1967 (aged 60)
Place of death	Granada, Spain
Senior career*
Years	Team
1925–1927	Tolosa
1927–1940	Real Sociedad
1940–1942	Granada
International career
1928	Spain
Managerial career
1943–1944	Alaves
1945–1946	Granada
1948–1950	Granada
1950–1951	Real Jaén
1951	Granada
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ignacio María Alcorta Hermoso, nicknamed Cholín, (13 December 1906 – 30 November 1967) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics,^[1] winning his sole international cap in the competition.^[2]

At club level he played for local side Tolosa CF,^[3] Real Sociedad – where he scored 53 goals in La Liga and 136 overall, and finished on the losing side in the 1928 Copa del Rey Final – and Granada CF. He later had spells as manager at Deportivo Alavés, Real Jaén and three appointments at Granada, where he settled to live until his death in 1967.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Cholín". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cholín Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Alcorta Hermoso, Ignacio María" (in Spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "Un Granadino de Tolosa: Cholín" [A Granadino from Tolosa: Cholín]. 5000 y un Ramos (Historia del Granada CF) (in Spanish). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2018.