Silverio Izaguirre

Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
	1920 Antwerp	Team competition

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Izaguirre and the second or maternal family name is Sorzabalbere.

Marcelino Silverio Izaguirre Sorzabalbere (also known as simply Silverio; 26 April 1898^{[note 1]} – 19 November 1935) was a Spanish football player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in San Sebastián. He was a member of the Spanish team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament.^[1]

Biography

Silverio played mainly for Real Sociedad, except for one season at Real Club Deportivo de Oviedo (the predecessor of the current Real Oviedo). With the San Sebastián team, he won two regional championships. He played 12 official matches and scored 2 goals.

He played for Spain national football team. His only international match took place in Antwerp on September 2, 1920, during Spain's 2-0 victory over Italy in the Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics. During this match, Silverio, who replaced starting forward Patricio Arabolaza, was forced to replace goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora during the last quarter of an hour of the game, as Zamora had been sent off and substitutions were not allowed at that time .^[2] While playing as goalkeeper, Silverio does not concede any goals. The victory against Italy allowed the Spanish team to play in the Bronze medal playoff, which turned into silver after Czechoslovakia withdrew from the final.

Silverio died in November 193.^[3]

Notes

1. Some sources say, he was born on 31 August 1897.

References

1. "Silverio Izaguirre". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
2. Hemeroteca El Mundo Deportivo (30-9-20)
3. Article sur hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com

External links

• Silverio Izaguirre at BDFutbol
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Silverio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.