Manuel Anatol

Manuel Anatol Aristegi[1] (8 May 1903 – 17 May 1990) was a naturalized French professional football player.

Manuel Anatol
Anatol in 1932
Personal information
Full name Manuel Anatol Aristegi
Date of birth 8 May 1903
Place of birth Irun, Spain
Date of death 17 May 1990(1990-05-17) (aged 87)
Playing position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1922 Real Unión – (–)
1922–1923 Gimnástica Española – (–)
1923–1926 Real Unión – (–)
1926–1928 Athletic Bilbao – (–)
1928–1929 Real Madrid – (–)
1929–1932 Racing Paris – (–)
1932–1933 Athletic Madrid 7[1] (0)
1933–1934 Montpellier HSC – (–)
1934–1935 Racing Paris – (–)
National team
1929–1934 France 16 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Anatol and the second or maternal family name is Aristegi.

Football career

Anatol was born in Irun, a town in the Basque Country of Spain. He played for three clubs in the country; hometown club Real Unión, Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid.[2] In 1929, Anatol ventured to France and joined Racing Paris.[3] With Racing, he captained the club to the final of the Coupe de France in his second season with the club. In the final, Racing were defeated 3–1 by FC Sète.[4]

Initially overlooked due to his Spanish roots (as was René Petit), Anatol was naturalised as a French citizen in 1929 and made his national team debut on 24 March 1929 in a 2–0 victory over Portugal.[5] He made 15 more appearances with the team and scored his only goal on 23 March 1930 in a 3–3 draw with Switzerland. The goal was scored from 40 metres (44 yd) out.[6] He could not take part in the 1930 FIFA World Cup due to being unable to take the required time off work, and was not selected for the France squad four years later.

Athletics career

Anatol was also a talented sprinter who won the 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres and 4 × 400 metres relay events at the 1923 edition of the Spanish Athletics Championships;[7] however, as he had documentation as a French national (his father was from the French Basque Country although Manuel had lived in Spain all his life up to that point) the wins were awarded to the runners-up instead,[8] and remain as such in the records.[9] He subsequently competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics under the name M. A. Aristegui[10] which may have been an administrative error due to Spanish naming customs, or a subtle attempt by him to conceal his identity from either the athletics organisers or the management at his football club. He did not progress past the opening heats of the 400 metres event.[11]

References
  1. Manuel Anatol at Athletic Bilbao
  2. Cazal, Pierre (1998). L'intégrale De L'équipe De France De Football. p. 397. ISBN 978-2-87691-437-7.
  3. Gilles Gauthey, Le football professionnel français, Paris, 1961, p.18. Éditée et diffusée par l'auteur. OCLC 41613347
  4. "Finale le 27/04/1930, Colombes (Yves du Manoir)" (in French). French Football Federation. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  5. "24/03/1929 Equipe de France A – Amical" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  6. "23/03/1930 Equipe de France A – Amical" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  7. "Los Campeonatos atléticos de España" [The athletic Championships of Spain]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 August 1923. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  8. "El atletismo español a través de sus XXV Campeonatos" [Spanish Athletics through its XXV Championships]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 June 1946. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  9. "Campeonatos de España absolutos al aire libre" [Senior Outdoor Championships in Spain] (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  10. "M. A. Aristegui". IOC. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  11. "M. A. Aristegi [requires name search in site]" (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Español. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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