José Enrique Niceto Goiri Bayo (1 March 1877 - 3 April 1925) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for Athletic Club.[1][2] He was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Club, being among the 7 founders of the club in 1898, and then serving the club as a player, winning both the 1902 Copa de la Coronación and 1903 Copa del Rey, which were the club's very first piece of silverware. He was then involved in the foundation of Club Athletic de Madrid (now Atlético Madrid) in 1903.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Enrique Niceto Goiri Bayo | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1877 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Biscay | ||
| Date of death | 3 April 1925 (aged 48) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1902–1904 | Athletic Club | 2 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A good cyclist and a better gymnast, he practiced many sports and was the holder of several honorable awards. In football, his strong suit was in the midfield, but he played well everywhere.[4]
Athletic Bilbao
editAs the son of a well-off family in Bilbao, Goiri was sent to Britain to complete his studies, doing so in the Catholic St Joseph's College, Dumfries, where he met and befriended José Maria Barquín, a fellow Basque and a future teammate at Athletic Club.[5] In 1898, Goiri was one of the 7 Basque students belonging to the Gimnásio Zamacois who began to organize football matches against the British workers, which were contested on Sundays in Hippodrome of Lamiako, which at the time was the home of organized football in Biscay.[6][7]
In February 1901, a commission made up of Goiri, Juan Astorquia, and José Maria Barquín was appointed to draft statutes and prepare regulations to legalize the company and thus turn their group of football pioneers into an official football club.[7] This happened on 5 September 1901, in the infamous meeting held in the Café García, in which Goiri was one of the 33 men who signed the documents that gave birth to Athletic Club.[5][7] Goiri was subsequently elected as the club's first-ever secretary.[5][7]
Goiri then became one of the first footballers of the newly formed Athletic Club, playing as a midfielder. Together with Juan Astorquia, Alejandro de la Sota, Armand Cazeaux and Walter Evans, he was part of the teams that won the 1902 Copa de la Coronación (as Bizcaya) and the 1903 Copa del Rey, and Goiri featured in both finals, a 2–1 win over FC Barcelona in the 1902 final,[8] and a 3–2 comeback win over Madrid FC in the very first Copa del Rey final in 1903.[9] In the 1904 Copa del Rey Final, Athletic were declared winners again without playing a match after their opponents failed to turn up.[10]
Goiri was known by his teammates as "Tocino".[4]
Athletic Madrid
editEnrique Goiri was one of the founders of Athletic's Madrid branch, Athletic de Madrid. He appeared on the club's first board of directors as the treasurer of the club[11] and he was even the referee of the club's very first match on 2 May 1903, coinciding with the commemoration of Dos de Mayo Uprising, which was played at the Tiro del Pichón in a friendly between the 25 members that formed it, except for the treasurer Enrique Goiri who acted as referee, either because of his loud voice or because of his age and experience among all the youth.[3][12]
Later life and death
editDespite being a double founder of two very important clubs, his sporting activity ended right then and there. At the beginning of the 20th century, many successful Basque footballers who retired from the sport went on to flourish in many other fields, mostly politics, but Goiri transitioned into something unusual for a sportsman, as he achieved fame as a tenor and impresario due to his voice.[3] He participated in several operas in Spain, and was also even hired in New York in 1909.[3] In that same year, Bilbao was filled with posters with a new mystery play, in which Enrique Goiri surprised the audience with his expressive tenor.[13]
Goiri died on 3 April 1925, at the age of 48.[1]
Honours
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "José Enrique Niceto Goiri Bayo - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Enrique Goiri - Player: Player". www.athletic-club.eus. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "100 jugadores del Athletic" [100 Athletic players] (PDF). www.lectio.es (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Once Leones, Bilbao, Febrero 1902" [Once Lions, Bilbao, February 1902]. memoriasdelfutbolvasco.wordpress.com (in Spanish). 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "One Of The Oldest Contested Cups In World Of Football – Played For At 'St Josephs' College Dumfries". www.dgwgo.com. 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "La historia del Athletic en 10 momentos" [The history of Athletic in 10 moments] (in Spanish). Marca. 27 April 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "La campa de Lamiaco" [The Lamiako field] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 17 October 2017. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Spain - Cup 1902". RSSSF. 15 September 2000. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Spain - Cup 1903". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Spain - Cup 1904". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Efemérides Deportivas 26 de abril: Fundación del Club Atlético de Madrid" [Sports Anniversaries April 26: Foundation of the Club Atlético de Madrid]. soynuevaprensadigital.com (in Spanish). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Se cumplen 118 años de nuestro primer partido" [118 years have passed since our first game]. www.atleticodemadrid.com (in Spanish). 2 May 2021. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Opera-zarzuela. Fotografia del tenor bilbaino enrique goiri decicadas al empresario J. barrera en 1908" [Opera-zarzuela. Photograph of the Bilbao tenor Enrique Goiri dedicated to the businessman J. Barrier in 1908] (in Spanish). 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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