Gabriel Alonso

Gabriel Alonso
Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Alonso Aristiaguirre
Date of birth	9 November 1923
Place of birth	Hondarribia, Spain
Date of death	19 November 1996 (aged 73)
Place of death	Hondarribia, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Izarzuri
Senior career*
Years	Team
1939–1942	Real Unión
1942–1946	Racing Ferrol
1946–1951	Celta
1951–1954	Real Madrid
1954–1956	Málaga
1956–1957	Rayo Vallecano
National team
1949	Spain B
1948–1952	Spain
Teams managed
1963–1964	Jaén
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gabriel Alonso Aristiaguirre (9 November 1923 – 19 November 1996) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.

Club career[]

Born in Hondarribia, Basque Country, Alonso played for three clubs in La Liga, Celta de Vigo, Real Madrid and CD Málaga, over the course of nine seasons. He won the 1954 national championship with the second team, but his input consisted of one game, a 1–1 away draw against CA Osasuna.

During an 18-year senior career, Alonso also represented Real Unión, Racing de Ferrol and Rayo Vallecano, retiring in June 1957 at the age of nearly 34 and dying at 73 in his hometown.

International career[]

Alonso won 12 caps for Spain, during four years. He was selected for the squad that competed in the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, appearing in all six matches for the eventual fourth-placed nation.

External links[]

Gabriel Alonso at BDFutbol
Racing de Ferrol biography (in Spanish)
Celta de Vigo biography (in Spanish)
Gabriel Alonso at National-Football-Teams.com
Gabriel Alonso – FIFA competition record (archived)
Spain stats at Eu-Football