Guillermo Gorostiza

Guillermo Gorostiza
Personal information
Full name	Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes
Date of birth	15 February 1909
Place of birth	Santurtzi, Spain
Date of death	23 August 1966 (aged 57)
Place of death	Bilbao, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Chávarri
	Zugazarte
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1947	Barakaldo
1948–1949	Logroñés (player-coach)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes (15 February 1909 – 23 August 1966) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.

In a 14-year professional career, he played for Athletic Bilbao and Valencia, amassing La Liga totals of 255 games and 181 goals and winning 11 major titles with the two teams combined.

Gorostiza appeared for Spain at the 1934 World Cup.

Club career

Athletic Bilbao

Gorostiza was born in Santurtzi, Biscay. He played youth football for Chávarri de Sestao and Zugazarte, making his senior debuts with Arenas Club de Getxo and Racing de Ferrol (one season apiece) and signing for Athletic Bilbao in 1929. He made his La Liga debut on 1 December 1929 against Real Madrid, and scored 37 league goals in his first two seasons combined (only 36 games) as the club won back-to-back national championships, adding as many Copa del Rey trophies.^[1]

Gorostiza was a member of an Athletic team that also included Bata and Víctor Unamuno and was coached by English Fred Pentland,^[2] and won two Pichichi awards with the club. He scored the winning goal in the 1933 Spanish Cup final, a 2–1 win against Real Madrid in Barcelona.^[2]

During the Spanish Civil War, Gorostiza played with the Euskadi XI, a team which was put together at the suggestion of José Antonio Aguirre, the president of the Basque Country and a former Athletic player. The side went on tour to raise funds for the Basque cause and played in Europe and Mexico, even entering the Mexican league during the 1938–39 season.

Valencia / Later years

On returning to Spain in 1940, Gorostiza joined Valencia CF. The young Che squad had managed to remain intact during the conflict and now, aided by the veteran (31), eventually won two leagues and one cup, with the player netting in double digits in four of his six seasons, with a best of 20 goals in 24 games in 1941–42.^[3]

After leaving Valencia, Gorostiza played for Barakaldo CF during the 1946–47 season, in Segunda División, and then retired at the age of 38. However, he twice came out of retirement, with CD Logroñés and Juvencia Trubia, finally calling it quits in 1951.

International career

While at Athletic, Gorostiza made his debut for Spain, appearing against Czechoslovakia on 14 June 1930. He represented the nation at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, playing in the 3–1 win against Brazil and the 1–1 against Italy; he missed the replay against the latter, in a 0–1 loss.

Gorostiza earned the last of his 19 caps on 12 December 1941, in another friendly match, with Switzerland in Valencia.

Death

Gorostiza struggled with alcoholism still during his playing days, which eventually led to severe economic problems. He died at the age of 57 in Bilbao.^[4]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Regional		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spain			League		Cup		Regional		Total
1929–30	Athletic Bilbao	La Liga	18	20	10	9	8	4	36	33
1930–31			18	17	4	3	8	7	30	27
1931–32			15	9	7	10	7	6	29	25
1932–33			17	14	9	7	6	3	32	24
1933–34			15	14	6	2	8	4	29	20
1934–35			18	8	2	0	9	8	29	16
1935–36			18	10	3	1	8	2	29	13
1938–39			-	-	2	1	8	7	10	9
1939–40			21	14	4	4	7	9	32	27
Total			140	106	47	37	69	50	256	193
1940–41	Valencia	La Liga	21	14	7	7	-	-	28	21
1941–42			24	20	8	6	-	-	32	26
1942–43			13	2	0	0	-	-	13	2
1943–44			21	16	6	7	-	-	27	23
1944–45			24	16	6	1	-	-	30	17
1945–46			13	4	3	4	-	-	16	8
Total			116	72	30	25	-	-	146	97
Total	Spain		256	178	77	62	69	50	402	290

Honours

Club

Athletic Bilbao

La Liga: 1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1935–36
Copa del Rey: 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933
Biscay Championship: 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1939–40

Valencia

Individual

Pichichi Trophy: 1929–30, 1931–32^[5]

References

↑ "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – 'Bala roja'" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – 'Red bullet'] (in Spanish). El Correo. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
1 2 Radnedge, Keir (1 August 1977). "The history of Athletic Bilbao 1898–1936". In Bed With Maradona. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
↑ "La delantera "eléctrica", clave en la primera Liga del Valencia CF" [The "electric" forwards, key to Valencia CF's first League] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
↑ De Gorostiza a Penev, pasando por Romario (From Gorostiza to Penev, with reference to Romario); Levante-EMV, 27 December 2009 (in Spanish)
↑ "Spain – List of Topscorers ("Pichichi") 1929–2015". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

External links

Guillermo Gorostiza at BDFutbol
Guillermo Gorostiza at Athletic Bilbao
Guillermo Gorostiza at National-Football-Teams.com
Guillermo Gorostiza – FIFA competition record (archive)
Spain stats at Eu-Football

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[1] "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – 'Bala roja'" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – 'Red bullet'] (in Spanish). El Correo. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[History-2] 1 2 Radnedge, Keir (1 August 1977). "The history of Athletic Bilbao 1898–1936". In Bed With Maradona. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[3] "La delantera "eléctrica", clave en la primera Liga del Valencia CF" [The "electric" forwards, key to Valencia CF's first League] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[4] De Gorostiza a Penev, pasando por Romario (From Gorostiza to Penev, with reference to Romario); Levante-EMV, 27 December 2009 (in Spanish)

[5] "Spain – List of Topscorers ("Pichichi") 1929–2015". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2017.