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Telmo Zarra
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Spanish footballer (1921–2006)
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Telmo Zarra (1921–2006) was a Spanish association football player who played as a forward. Born in Erandio, he began his professional career in 1939. Throughout his career, he was a member of SD Erandio Club, SD Indautxu, Barakaldo CF, and Athletic Club. He represented Spain at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Zarra was a male who spoke Spanish. He stood 180 centimeters tall and weighed 72 kilograms. His sibling was Tomás Zarraonandía, and he was also a relative of Joseba Sarrionandia. He died of natural causes due to a myocardial infarction in Bilbao.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Pedro Telmo Zarraonandía Montoya
- Date of birth
- ( 1921-01-20 ) 20 January 1921
- Place of birth
- Erandio , Kingdom of Spain
- Date of death
- 23 February 2006 (2006-02-23) (aged 85)
- Place of death
- Bilbao , Spain
- Height
- 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Position
- Forward
- Years
- Team
- 1939 1940
- Erandio
- 1940 1955
- Athletic Bilbao
- 1955 1956
- Indautxu
- 1956 1957
- Barakaldo
- 1945 1951
- Spain
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Forward
- Nationality
- Spain
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Erandio
- Place of death
- Bilbao
- Sibling
- Tomás Zarraonandía
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 1950 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Spain men's national football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Telmo Zarra, Estadio, 1950-07-29 (376).jpg
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- Telmo Zarra
- date of birth
- 1921-01-20
- date of death
- 2006-02-23
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- pseudonym
- Zarra
- relative
- Joseba Sarrionandia
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Pedro Telmo Zarraonandía Montoya (20 January 1921 – 23 February 2006), known as Telmo Zarra ( Basque: [ˈs̻ara], Spanish: [ˈθara]), was a Spanish football forward. He spent the majority of his career at Athletic Bilbao, from 1940 to 1955, for whom he remains the top scorer in competitive matches with 335 goals.
Zarra signed for Athletic after playing one season for Erandio. He became a prolific goalscorer in his 15 seasons at the club, winning the Pichichi Trophy as the highest scorer in La Liga on six occasions. During his career, Zarra scored a total of 251 league goals, a Spanish record that lasted nearly six decades before being broken by Lionel Messi. His 81 goals in the Copa del Rey remain a record.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Telmo Zarra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.