Juan Legarreta

Juan Legarreta
Personal information
Full name	Juan Legarreta Ugarte
Date of birth	8 July 1897
Place of birth	Irún, Spain
Date of death	22 November 1978 (aged 81)
Place of death	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Nuestra Señora del Juncal
	Irún SC
Senior career*
Years	Team
1910–1914	Irún SC
1915–1919	Real Unión
1920–1921	Ibérico Balompié
1922–1930	Unión Española
National team
1915	Basque Country
1921	Chile
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Juan Legarreta Ugarte (1897 in Irún, Spain - 22 November 1978 in Santiago, Chile) is a former Spanish-Chilean footballer who played for Unión Española as a central defender.

Club career[]

He began his senior career at the age of 16 playing for Irún Sporting Club, making his debut against an unknown Belgian team and scoring three goals. After, he played for Real Unión - a union of Irún Sporting Club with Irún Racing Club - and went to Chile to play for both Club Ibérico Balompié and Unión Deportiva Española.^[1]

International career[]

In 2015, aged 18, he represented the Northern Spanish national football team, a squad madeup for Basque players.^[1] previous He represented Chile and played two friendly matches against Argentina on September 25 and October 2, 1921.^[2]

Honours[]

Real Unión

Copa del Rey (1): 1918

Ibérico Balompié

Copa Chile (1): 1920

Unión Española

Liga Central de Football de Santiago (1): 1928
Copa Chile (2): 1924, 1925

References[]

^ ^a ^b Llanos Ibarra, Heriberto (13 August 2021). "Juan Legarreta, el Cid Campeador de Santa Laura". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ Marín, Edgardo (1985). La Roja de todos (Selección chilena de fútbol 1910-1985) (PDF). Santiago, Chile: SOEM Service Impresores. pp. 29, 209. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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[asifuch-1] Llanos Ibarra, Heriberto (13 August 2021). "Juan Legarreta, el Cid Campeador de Santa Laura". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[2] Marín, Edgardo (1985). La Roja de todos (Selección chilena de fútbol 1910-1985) (PDF). Santiago, Chile: SOEM Service Impresores. pp. 29, 209. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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