Carmelo Cedrún

Spanish footballer

Carmelo Cedrún Ochandátegui (born 6 December 1930) is a Spanish former football goalkeeper and manager.

Carmelo Cedrún
Personal information
Full nameCarmelo Cedrún Ochandátegui
Date of birth (1930-12-06) 6 December 1930 (age 93)
Place of birthAmorebieta, Spain
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)Goalkeeper
Youth career
Amorebieta
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1949–1950Amorebieta
1950–1964Athletic Bilbao334(0)
1964–1967Español82(0)
1968Baltimore Bays23(0)
Total439(0)
National team
1955–1956Spain B2(0)
1954–1963Spain13(0)
Teams managed
1969Durango
1969–1972Barakaldo
1972Logroñés
1973–1975Cultural Leonesa
1975–1977Celta
1977–1979Murcia
1979–1980Celta
1980–1981Barakaldo
1982–1983Jaén
1985–1988Linense
1989Linense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Carmelo was born on December 6, 1930, in Amorebieta, Spain. He played as a goalkeeper, which means he tried to stop the ball from going into the goal. He started playing for a small team called Amorebieta. Then he played for a long time for a big team called Athletic Bilbao. Later, he played for Español and even a team in America called the Baltimore Bays.

Carmelo also played for the Spanish national team and played 13 times for his country.

After he stopped playing, Carmelo became a coach. He coached many different teams, including Durango, Barakaldo, Logroñés, Cultural Leonesa, Celta, Murcia, Jaén, and Linense.

Club career

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Carmelo Cedrún was born in Amorebieta, Spain. He started playing football for a big team called Athletic Bilbao. He played his first game for them on April 15, 1951, and his team won 3–0 against Sevilla FC. Very quickly, he became the main goalkeeper.[1]

In the 1955–56 season, his team, Athletic Bilbao, won the league championship, called La Liga. Carmelo only let 31 goals go past him in 30 games. He played in 402 official games for Athletic Bilbao over 14 years.[2]

In 1964, Carmelo stopped being the main goalkeeper because another great player, José Ángel Iribar, took his place. So, Carmelo moved to another team called RCD Español. He became the main goalkeeper there again.[3]

Carmelo retired from playing football at the age of 38 in the United States with a team called the Baltimore Bays.[1]

A few months after he stopped playing, Carmelo started to coach football teams. He began with small teams in his region, like SCD Durango and Barakaldo CF. Most of his coaching career was with lower league teams, but he did coach one top division team, RC Celta de Vigo, during the 1976–77 season. That year, the team finished second from the bottom.[4]

International career

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Carmelo Cedrún played 13 games for the Spain national team.[5]

He played his first game for Spain on March 14, 1954. In that game, Spain was trying to qualify for the 1954 FIFA World Cup and played against Turkey. Spain won 4–2 overall, but after a tied third match, they lost because of a random drawing.[6]

Carmelo was also chosen to play in the 1962 World Cup. He played in two out of three games, but Spain didn't go past the group stage.[1]

Personal life

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Carmelo Cedrún's son, Andoni, was also a football player and a goalkeeper, just like his dad. Andoni played for Athletic Bilbao too, but he became more famous when he played for another team called Real Zaragoza.[7]

Carmelo's younger brother, Serafin, was also a goalkeeper.[8] His nephew, Carmelo Mardaras, was a defender and played for a team called Barakaldo.[9][10]

Carmelo's great-nephew, Markel Areitio, who is Serafin's grandson, was also a goalkeeper and trained at Athletic Bilbao.[11][12]

Honours

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Athletic Bilbao

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ramos, Jesús (28 September 2019). "Carmelo Cedrún, un portero que marcó época" [Carmelo Cedrún, goalkeeper for the ages]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – Cedrún" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – Cedrún]. El Correo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. "CARMELO Cedrún" (in Spanish). Hall of Fame Perico. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  4. "Tal día como hoy nacía Carmelo Cedrún" [Carmelo Cedrún was born on a day like today]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. Mallo, Juanma (6 July 2021). "Simón, con trece, iguala las internacionalidades de Carmelo" [Simón, with thirteen, equals Carmelo's caps]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  6. López, José David (28 March 2009). "Cuando Franco entristeció a España" [When Franco made Spain sad] (in Spanish). Soitu. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. Relaño, Alfredo (8 November 1979). "Un hijo de Carmelo quiere suceder a Iríbar" [Carmelo's son wants to succeed Iríbar]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  8. Cedrún: Serafín Cedrún Ochandategui, BDFutbol
  9. Carmelo: Carmelo Mardaras Cedrún, BDFutbol
  10. Carmelo, una década de leyenda [Carmelo, a decade of legend], Histórico Barakaldo C.F., 21 January 2017 (in Spanish)
  11. Barroso, Ander (17 September 2016). "Brilla el apellido Cedrún gracias a Markel Areitio" [The name Cedrún shines thanks to Markel Areitio]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  12. Beltrán, Javier (24 July 2020). "La cadera manda al banquillo a Areitio" [Areitio's hip puts him on the sidelines]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2024.

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