Ricardo Eduardo Naveda de la Puente (23 April 1899 – May 1981), was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Athletic Club de Madrid and Racing de Santander.[1][2]

Ricardo Naveda
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Eduardo Naveda de la Puente
Date of birth (1899-04-23)23 April 1899
Place of birth Gama, Cantabria, Spain
Date of death 2 May 1981(1981-05-02) (aged 82)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1916–1920 Athletic Club de Madrid
1920–1927 Racing de Santander
International career
1917 Madrid 3 (1)
1924–1925 Cantabria +3 (0)
Medal record
 Madrid
Prince of Asturias Cup
Gold medal – first place 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Born in Cantabria, he moved to Madrid as a child, where he began to play football. At only 17 years of age, he joined Athletic Club de Madrid in 1916, with whom he played for 4 seasons, forming a great defensive line with José Luis de Goyarrola and Adolfo Álvarez-Buylla, as well as featuring alongside the likes of Pagaza, Juan de Cárcer, Sócrates Quintana and the Villaverde brothers (Fernando and Senén).[3] In 1920, he returned to Cantabria, where he signed for Racing de Santander, with whom he played for 7 years until he retired in 1927, winning five Cantabrian Championship in a row between 1922 and 1927.

International career edit

As a Athletic Madrid player, he was a member of the Madrid national side, captained by José María Castell, that also included, Joaquín Pascual, Sócrates Quintana, Miguel Mieg, José Agüero and Saturno Villaverde, which against all odds, claimed the trophy in the 1917 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.[4][5] In the tournament, he formed a partnership with his fellow Athletic teammates Goyarrola and Buylla.

When he joined Racing de Santander, he become eligible to play for the Cantabria national team, and he was one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 9 March 1924, which ended in a 3–0 win over Aragon.[6]

Honours edit

Club edit

Racing de Santander

International edit

Madrid

References edit

  1. ^ "Naveda, Ricardo Eduardo Naveda de la Puente - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Naveda (Ricardo Naveda Puente)". www.infoatleti.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Squad of Athletic Madrid 1916-17 Campeonato Regional Centro". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Squad of Centro 1917 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ^ Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. ^ "La Selección Cántabra de fútbol, cerca de su centenario, hiberna por falta de apoyo institucional" [The Cantabrian football team, close to its centenary, hibernates due to lack of institutional support] (in Spanish). 23 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 15 July 2022.