Eduardo Montejo
{{Short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Eduardo Montejo
| image =
| fullname = Eduardo María Montejo Aristegui
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|08|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Deusto, Biscay
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|04|14|1879|08|15|df=y}}
| death_place =
| height =
| position = Forward
| years1 = 1902–1904 | clubs1 = Athletic Club | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 1
}}
Eduardo María Montejo Aristegui (15 August 1879 – 14 April 1962) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j1002860.html |title=Eduardo María Montejo Aristegui - Footballer |website=www.bdfutbol.com |accessdate=24 July 2022 |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817083608/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j1002808.html |url-status=live }} Although little has been recorded of his life, he was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Club, being among the 7 founders of the club in 1898, and then serving the club as a forward, netting a goal in the 1903 Copa del Rey Final, which was the club's first-ever official title.{{cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/players/eduardo-montejo-aristegui |title=Eduardo Montejo |website=www.athletic-club.eus |accessdate=24 July 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228122036/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/players/eduardo-montejo-aristegui |url-status=live }}
Biography
Born in Biscay, Montejo was one of the 7 students belonging to the Gymnasium Zamacois who founded the Athletic Club in 1898.{{cite news |url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/athletic/2020/04/27/5ea6f8b9e2704ec8a88b4592.html |title=La historia del Athletic en 10 momentos |trans-title=The history of Athletic in 10 moments |website=www.marca.com |date=27 April 2020 |accessdate=24 July 2022 |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720191658/https://www.marca.com/futbol/athletic/2020/04/27/5ea6f8b9e2704ec8a88b4592.html |url-status=live }} Although the club was founded in 1898, Athletic was not officially established until 5 September 1901, in the infamous meeting held in the Café García, in which Montejo was one of the 33 socios (co-founders) of the club.{{cite web |url=http://www.athleticbilbao.info/2004/09/orgenes-del-athletic.html |title=Orígenes del Athletic |trans-title=Origins of Athletic |language=es |website= |date=13 September 2004 |accessdate=24 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101258/http://www.athleticbilbao.info/2004/09/orgenes-del-athletic.html |archive-date=24 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}
He then become one of the first footballers of the newly formed Athletic Club, playing as a forward. Together with Juan Astorquia, Alejandro de la Sota, Armand Cazeaux and Walter Evans, he was part of the team that won the first-ever Copa del Rey in 1903, in which Montejo contributed with the equaliser to level it at 2–2 in an eventual 3–2 comeback win over Madrid FC in the final.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1903.html |title=Spain - Cup 1903 |date=13 January 2000 |access-date=24 July 2022 |archive-date=21 July 2022 |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002335/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1903.html |url-status=live }} In the 1904 Copa del Rey Final, Athletic were declared winners again without playing a match after their opponents failed to turn up.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1904.html |title=Spain - Cup 1904 |date=13 January 2000 |access-date=24 July 2022 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709193843/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1904.html |url-status=live }}
Honours
- Copa del Rey: 1903 and 1904
References
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Category:Footballers from Biscay
Category:Spanish men's footballers