Spain 1920

Spain's first international match was played at La Butte Brussels on August 28th 1920. It was the first round of the Olympic Football tournament. Spain beat Denmark 1-0.
Patricio scored the goal in the 54th minute. 

Patricio

Spain's line up was:

Ricardo Zamora  Barcelona
Luis Otero Real Vigo Sporting Club 
Mariano Arrate  Real Sociedad
José Samitier  Barcelona
Belauste (José María de Belausteguigoitia) Athletic Bilbao
Ramón Eguiazábal  Unión Club Irún
Pagaza (Francisco Pagazaurtundúa)  Racing de Santander
Félix Sesúmaga Barcelona
Patricio (Patricio Arabolaza) Unión Club Irún
Pichichi (Rafael Moreno)  Athletic Bilbao
Domingo Acedo Athletic Bilbao

Isidro Lángara

Isidro Lángara Galarraga had a very prolific goalscoring record. He was a big. powerful man, nicknamed  El Tanque,  capable of serving up unstoppable shots from as far out as 50 metres from goal. His career spanned the years 1930-1948. Here we will focus on his first spell at Real Oviedo from 1930-36, during which he was also capped 12 times by Spain, scoring 17 goals. In the season 1933-34 he scored  60 goals in 32 games for Oviedo and another 9 goals in 5 games for Spain, which remains the highest  season goal tally  for any Spanish player.
Lángara won the  Pichichi Trophy three times in a row.
During the Civil War he joined the Republican forces. When Bilbao was taken by the Fascists Lángara went to Central America with the Basque National team. Calling themselves  Euzkadi they joined the Mexican league. After the war Lángara, like a lot of his countrymen, remained in exile, playing in Argentina.

season	League		All Football
	Goals	Games	Goals	Games
1930–31	15	18	15	18
1931–32	22	16	38	29
1932–33	24	18	37	23
1933–34	27	18	60	32	Pichichi winner
1934–35	26	22	34	27	Pichichi winner
1935–36	28	21	47	31	Pichichi winner

               

Internationals
date	Opposition	Goals
24.04.32	Yugoslavia	1
11.03.34	Portugal	5
18.03.34	Portugal	2
27.05.34	Brazil (World Cup)	2
31.05.34	Italy (World Cup)
24.01.35	France
05.05.35	Portugal	2
12.05.35	Germany	2
19.01.36	Austria	2
23.02.36	Germany	0
24.04.36	Czechoslovakia
03.05.36	Switzerland	1

Rafael Moreno - Pichichi

Pichichi

Moreno and his wife painted by Aurelio Arteta.

Spain at the 1920 Olympics

He was just 1.54m and wore a white cap on the pitch. He died aged 29 and his name lives on...

Pichichi- The Little Duck- not the most imposing nickname, but Rafael Moreno's record was more than impressive. 

In ten seasons for Athletic Bilbao between 1911 and 1921 Pichichi scored 200 goals in 170 appearances. Spain only entered onto the international stage in 1920, so he was restricted to 5 appearances before his death, from typhus, in 1922.

When La Liga was contested for the first time in 1929 the newspaper Marca instituted a trophy for the season's leading goalscorer, which they named Pichichi in Moreno's memory. The first recipient of the trophy was 'Paco' Bienzobas of Real Sociedad.