Serafín Aedo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Serafín Aedo

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Serafín Aedo Renieblas{{cite web|title=Aedo: Serafín Aedo Renieblas|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/j/j11360.html|website=bdfutbol.com|access-date=4 May 2016}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|11|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Baracaldo, Spain

| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|10|14|1908|11|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Mexico City, Mexico

|height = {{height|m=1.70}}{{cite web|title=Serafín Aedo Renieblas|url=http://pares.mcu.es/MovimientosMigratorios/viewer2Controller.form?accion=4&nid=5583&txt_id_imagen=3&txt_rotar=0&txt_contraste=0&appOrigen=|website=pares.mcu.es|publisher=Secretaría de Estado de Cultura, España|access-date=19 May 2016}}

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1930–1931

| clubs1 = Unión Sport San Vicente

| caps1 = ?

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1931–1933

| clubs2 = Baracaldo CF

| caps2 = ?

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1933–1936

| clubs3 = Real Betis

| caps3 = 61

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1938–1939

| clubs4 = Club Deportivo Euzkadi

| caps4 = 10{{cite book|last1=Gotzon|first1=Joseba|title=100 Años Seleccion Vasca De Futbol 1915-2015|section=Book 3 |pages=156–170}}

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1939–1942

| clubs5 = Club España

| caps5 = ?

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1942–1943

| clubs6 = River Plate{{cite web|title=Serafín Aedo Renieblas|url=http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/26223|website=euskomedia.org|publisher=Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia|access-date=20 April 2016}}

| caps6 = ?

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1943–1949

| clubs7 = Club España

| caps7 = ?

| goals7 = 0

| totalcaps = 71

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1935–1936

| nationalteam1 = Spain

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1937–1939

| nationalteam2 = Basque Country

| nationalcaps2 = 40

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Serafín Aedo Renieblas, (11 November 1908 – 14 October 1988){{cite web|title=Aedo |url=http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_jugador.asp?j=10 |access-date=20 April 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102105041/http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_jugador.asp?j=10 |archive-date=January 2, 2010 }} was a Spanish international footballer from Baracaldo in the Basque Country who played professionally as a defender in Spain, Mexico and Argentina between 1930 and 1949.

Career

=Club career=

In 1930 Aedo joined his first club Union Sport de San Vicente,{{cite web|title=Serafín Aedo|url=http://www.manquepierda.com/historiarealbetis/13654-serafin-aedo/|website=manquepierda.com|publisher=Historia Real Betis|access-date=21 April 2016}} which played in the third tier of Biscayan football. In 1931 he moved to Baracaldo CF, and then in 1933 to Real Betis where he teamed up for the first time with fellow Basque Pedro Areso. The pair made a formidable defense, helping Betis win La Liga in the 1934-35 season.

It has been claimed that he joined FC Barcelona in 1936, and that due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he was not able to play an official match for them.{{cite web|title=serafin aedo|url=http://www.blaugranas.com/wiki/serafin_aedo|website=blaugranas.com|access-date=4 May 2016}} However others claim that he never signed for Barcelona and that he remained a player for Real Betis until the outbreak of the civil war. During the 1938-39 season he played for Club Deportivo Euzkadi in the Mexican league. In 1939 he joined Club España, also in Mexico, where he played until his retirement in 1949, except for one year he spent playing for River Plate in Argentina.

After retiring as a player he went on to work as a coach at Club España.{{cite web|last1=Zamora|first1=Gerson|title=El Equipo de futbol Euzkadi en Mexico, 1937-1939: in the Biographical section|url=http://132.248.9.195/ptb2010/mayo/0658338/0658338_A1.pdf|website=132.248.9.195/ptb2010|publisher=Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico|access-date=18 July 2016}}

=International career=

Aedo earned 4 caps for the Spanish national side in 1935 and 1936.{{cite web|title=Aedo, SerafínSerafín Aedo Renieblas|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/41180/Serafin_Aedo.html|website=national-football-teams.com|access-date=4 May 2016}} From 1937 to 1939 he was part of the Basque Country national team which toured Europe and the Americas.{{cite web|title=Serafín Aedo y su marcha del Betis 1936|url=http://www.manquepierda.com/historiarealbetis/10137-serafin-aedo-y-su-marcha-del-betis-1936/|website=manquepierda.com|publisher=Historia del Real Betis|access-date=20 April 2016}}{{cite web|title=EUZKADI|url=http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/26963?idi=es|website=www.euskomedia.org|publisher=Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia|access-date=24 February 2016}}

=Other work=

On retiring from football he opened a shop in Mexico City selling photographic materials, before later becoming an insurance broker.{{cite web|title=Entrevista Serafín Aedo 1974|url=http://www.manquepierda.com/historiarealbetis/44735-entrevista-serafin-aedo-1974/|website=manquepierda.com|access-date=25 May 2016}}