Pablito Barcos

Pablito Barcos
Personal information
Full name Pablo Barcos Plaza
Date of birth (1913-01-26)26 January 1913
Place of birth Sestao, Spain
Date of death 31 December 1997(1997-12-31) (aged 84)
Place of death Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1936 Barakaldo
1938–1939 Club Deportivo Euzkadi
1939–1940 Club España
International career
1937–1939 Basque Country 26
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barcos and the second or maternal family name is Plaza.

Pablo Barcos Plaza (usually known as just Pablito; 26 January 1913 – 31 December 1997) was a Spanish footballer from Sestao in the Basque Country who played as a defender.

Personal life

Barcos was born in Sestao in the Basque Country in 1913.[2] In 1939 he settled in Mexico where he married Alicia Urquiola and had two children, Pablo and Jesús.[2][3]

Career

From 1931 to 1936 Barcos played for Baracaldo F.C.[4][5] In the summer of 1936, just as he was about to sign for Athletic Bilbao, the Spanish Civil War began[2] and all national leagues in Spain were suspended. At the beginning of 1937, a Basque Country national football team was selected to travel abroad to raise money to help refugees fleeing the civil war.[6] Barcos was a member of this team which toured Europe and the Americas.[7][8]

While on that tour he was once chosen to play an entire match as goalkeeper because the team goalkeeper was injured and they had no substitute. The match was against the Mexico national team and ended with a 6-2 victory to the Basques.[9]

During the 1938/39 season he played for Club Deportivo Euzkadi in the Primera Fuerza league in Mexico.[10] In 1939 Barcos joined Club España from where he soon retired from football due to injuries.[2]

After leaving football he worked for the tyre company Goodrich-Euzkadi. He also dedicated much of his time to training young footballers.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Pablo Barcos Plaza". Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Spain. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Zamora, Gerson. "El Equipo de futbol Euzkadi en Mexico, 1937-39, biography section" (PDF). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Momentos: Un equipo de hermanos, Pablo Barcos". Youtube. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Baracaldo". ABC, 22 September 1931. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Sporting Gijon, 2; Baracaldo, 0". ABC, 21 April 1936. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Todos los futbolistas Vascos siguen a las ordenes de su Gobierno..." (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo, 14 January 1938. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Ander Herrera, de casta le viene al galgo". Memoriasdelfutbolvasco. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  8. ^ "EUZKADI". Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  9. ^ Zamora, Gerson. "El Equipo de futbol Euzkadi en Mexico, 1937-39, page 128" (PDF). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Mexico Julio 29". El Siglo del Torreón 30 July 1938. Retrieved 29 April 2015.