Pedro Regueiro Pagola (Basque: [pedro re'gueiɾo pa'gola] 19 December 1909 – 11 June 1985)[4] was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Pedro Regueiro
Personal information
Full name Pedro Regueiro Pagola
Date of birth (1909-12-19)19 December 1909
Place of birth Irun, Spain
Date of death 11 June 1985(1985-06-11) (aged 75)
Place of death Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1925–1929 Real Unión 9 (0)
1929–1930 Real Betis 30 (1)
1930–1932[2] Real Unión 29 (1)
1932–1936[2] Real Madrid 77 (0)
1938–1939[3] Club Deportivo Euzkadi 7 (?)
1939–1944 Club Asturias ? (?)
International career
1928–36 Spain 4 (0)
1937–1938[3] Basque Country 33 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

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Born in Irun in the Basque Country, Regueiro started his playing career at Real Unión in 1925. He moved for one season to Real Betis in 1929, after which he returned to Real Unión for two more seasons. In 1932 he moved to Real Madrid where he played with his older brother Luis Regueiro.[5][6]

In 1937 and 1938, during the Spanish Civil War in his homeland, he played for the Basque representative team which toured Europe and the Americas, ending up in Mexico where he initially played for Club Deportivo Euzkadi (The Basque exiles' team) in the Primera Fuerza league for the 1938–39 season. He then joined Mexican side Club Asturias where he played with his younger brother Tomás Regueiro, and helped the club win the first championship of the newly created Mexican Primera División (1943–44).[7]

Personal life

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In 1939 Regueiro settled in Mexico, where he married Peri Romero in 1943 and had four children: Pedro, Mari Carmen, María Eugenia and José.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Pedro Regueiro Pagole". Secretaría de Estado de Cultura. Spanish Government. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Regueiro, Pedro". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b Gotzon, Joseba. "Book 3". 100 Años Seleccion Vasca De Futbol 1915-2015. pp. 156–170.
  4. ^ "Regueiro: Pedro Regueiro Pagola". Bdfutbol. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Pedro Regueiro Pagola". euzkadimexico.wordpress. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Pedro Regueiro Pagola". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  7. ^ Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano, Tomo II, B. Costa-Amic, Mexiko-Stadt, 1961, p. 350ff