Jaime Bellavista
{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
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|fullname = Jaime Bellavista
|birth_date = Unknown
|birth_place = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
|death_date = Unknown
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|position = Forward
|years1 = 1912–1917 |clubs1 = FC Espanya |caps1 = |goals1 =
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Jaime Bellavista was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for FC Espanya.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/en/j/j1009571.html |title=Jaime Bellavista - Footballer |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811130132/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/en/j/j1009934.html |url-status=live }} The dates of his birth and death are unknown. He was one of the most outstanding players in the 1914 Pyrenees Cup, being the tournament's top scorer with a total of 5 goals, including one in a 3–1 win over Cométe et Simot in the final.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pyrenees.html#14 |title=1914 Pyrenees Cup |date=4 May 2017 |accessdate=11 August 2022 |archive-date=30 July 2022 |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730000108/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pyrenees.html#14 |url-status=live }}
Club career
Born in Catalonia, he was one of the most prominent players of FC Espanya in the 1910s, being a member of the team's attacking quintet which also had Pantaleón Salvó, Antonio Baró, Mario Passani and Jaime Villena,{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1913-1411393.html |title=Squad of FC España 1913-14 |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811155943/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1913-1411393.html |url-status=live }} and together with them, he helped the team win three Catalan championships (1912–13, 1913–14 and 1916–17) and then helped the club reach their first (and only) Copa del Rey final in 1914, but they lost 1–2 to Athletic Bilbao, courtesy of a brace from Severino Zuazo.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1914.html |title=Spain - Cup 1914 |website=RSSSF |date=19 January 2000 |access-date=11 August 2022 |archive-date=22 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322155924/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spancup1914.html |url-status=live }}
The highlight of his career came on 29 March 1914 in the semi-finals of the 1914 Pyrenees Cup, in which Espanya faced city rivals FC Barcelona at the Camp de la Indústria, who had the tournament in the previous four occasions and was looking forward to making it five in a row, however, Bellavista netted four goals to help his team to a resounding 5–2 win, and thus Espanya become the first-ever team to knock-out Barça from the competition.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2016/02/challenge-internacional-del-sur-de-francia-1910-1914/ |title=Challenge Internacional del Sur de Francia 1910-1914 |trans-title=International Challenge of the South of France 1910-1914 |website=www.cihefe.es |accessdate=11 August 2022 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811052947/https://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2016/02/challenge-internacional-del-sur-de-francia-1910-1914/ |url-status=live }} Bellavista went on to score a fifth goal in the final to help his side to a 3–1 victory over Cométe et Simot.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pyrenees.html#14 |title=1914 Pyrenees Cup |date=4 May 2017 |accessdate=11 August 2022 |archive-date=30 July 2022 |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730000108/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pyrenees.html#14 |url-status=live }} These five goals were enough to not only make him the tournament's top scorer, but also the shared all-time top scorer in the competition's history alongside Antonio Morales, who also netted 5 goals in the Pyrenees Cup.
Honours
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- Catalan championship:
- Champions (3): 1912–13, 1913–14 and 1916–17
- Copa del Rey:
- Runner-up (1): 1914
- Pyrenees Cup:
- Champions (1): 1914
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=Individual=
- Top goalscorer of the 1914 Pyrenees Cup with 5 goals
=Records=
- Most goals in a single Pyrenees Cup tournament: 5 goals in 1914
- All-time top goal scorer of the Pyrenees Cup: 5 goals
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References
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