Higinio Ortúzar

Higinio Ortúzar
Personal information
Full name Higinio Ortúzar Santamaría
Date of birth (1915-01-10)January 10, 1915
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death November 8, 1982(1982-11-08) (aged 67)
Place of death Getxo, Spain
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935 Erandio
1935–1939 Barakaldo
1936 → Racing Santander (loan) 0 (0)
1939–1943 Athletic Bilbao 70 (0)
1943–1947 Valencia 61 (1)
1947–1948 Valladolid 13 (0)
1948–1949 Real Sociedad 7 (0)
Managerial career
1949–1951 Logroñés
1952–1953 Cádiz
1954–1955 Logroñés
1955–1956 Caudal
1956–1957 Cultural Leonesa
1957–1959 Indautxu
1959–1960 Avilés
1962–1963 Burgos
1964 Salamanca
1964–1965 Logroñés
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Higinio Ortúzar Santamaría (10 January 1915 – 8 November 1982) was a Chilean footballer who made his entire career in Spain.[1]

Career

The first Chilean in the Spanish football, he made his debut for Erandio Club in 1935,[1] and next he played for Barakaldo CF,[2] Athletic Bilbao, Valencia CF, Real Valladolid and Real Sociedad.[3] He was loaned to Racing de Santander in 1936 for 4,500 pesetas, but he couldn't play due to the Spanish coup of July.[4]

While at Athletic (one of few players born outside the Basque region to play for the club under their signing policy and the only from Chile in the history),[5] he won a League and Cup double in 1943, and followed this up with further league titles playing for Valencia in 1944 and 1947.[3] In his 30s he featured for Valladolid and Real Sociedad in successive seasons, helping each to gain promotion from the second tier.

After retiring as a player, he became a football coach, and managed sides including CD Logroñés.[4]

Personal life

Born in Santiago, Chile, his parents were Basques. He returned to Euzkadi at early age, after his mother died.[2]

He made his home in Areeta and managed a bar in Mayor Street.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Alfaro, Álvaro (22 April 2022). "El olvidado futbolista chileno que conquistó por primera vez la Copa del Rey". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "MEMORIAS DE GETXO: HIGINIO ORTUZAR, UN FUTBOLISTA CHILENO DE AREETA". MEMORIAS DE GETXO (in Spanish). 5 November 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Higinio Ortúzar: el chileno de sangre vasca" [Higinio Ortúzar: the Chilean with Basque blood]. Club Perarnau - The Tactical Room (in Spanish). 13 November 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Ficha de Higinio Ortúzar". www.ciberche.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. ^ Salas, Damián (17 April 2021). "En espera de la final: el primer chileno en España jugó en el Athletic de Bilbao". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.


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