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Alfonso Olaso Anabitarte (17 March 1905 - 19 December 1937) was a Spanish footballer
who played as a defender for Athletic [Link] earned one cap for the Spain national
[Link] brother Luis also played for Atlético and Spain in the same period.== Club career
==
Alfonso Olaso was born in the Basque town of Villabona in [Link] career was largely in
the shadow of his older brother Luis Olaso, a prominent forward for Athletic Madrid and
Real [Link] the other hand, Alfonso always played on the [Link] started
playing football at Nacional in Madrid in [Link] Nacional, he stood out for his great
defensive performance, which eventually earned him a move to Athletic Madrid in 1926,
joining his brother who had been at the club since 1919 and who was by then an established
star of the team together with Monchín [Link] his first season at the club, he played a
pivotal role in helping the club reach the second Copa del Rey final of their history in 1926,
starting in a 2–3 loss to FC [Link] 1929 he was, along with his brother Luis, one of the
members of the Athletic Madrid team that played in the first season of the Spanish Football
[Link] went down in history as the first-ever player to score an own goal in the
history of the Spanish [Link] 1930 the club was relegated to the Spanish Second
Division, thus he played the last seasons of his career in the Second Division trying to
achieve promotion, but he retired from football in 1934 without having returned to the top,
since his retirement coincided with the season in which his club achieved promotion.==
International career ==
Olaso earned his first and last international cap for the Spain national team on 9 May 1927
in a friendly against Italy in Bologna, which ended in a 0–2 loss.== Death ==
When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, he decided to enlist in the Requeté, with
whom he fought throughout the Civil [Link] was present in the Battle of Brunete and
after being promoted to lieutenant he fought in the Battle of [Link] 18 December 1937,
he was taken prisoner by the republicans after losing the position that he defended with his
men in the republican offensive against [Link] was wounded with two bullet wounds to
the torso and his shoulder and was evacuated to the city of Teruel, where he was treated by
doctors from the Republican [Link], it's around this time that his trace is [Link]
are two versions of what he could have happened to him; according to some he bled to
death from the wounds he had received; according to others he was executed for his official
status by the men of El [Link] exact date of his death is unknown, but it is believed
to have been in the days immediately following 18 December [Link] the Civil War, the
press paid tribute to him on more than one occasion and since the 1950s the Spanish
Football Federation decided to launch the Alfonso Olaso award in his [Link] Olaso
award honored the best youth player of the football season.== Honours ==
=== Club ===
Centro Championship:
Winners (1): 1927–28
Copa del Rey:
Runner-up (1): 1926
== References ==
