Alfonso Olaso

Alfonso Olaso was born in the Basque town of Villabona in 1905. His career was largely in the shadow of his older brother Luis Olaso, a prominent forward for Athletic Madrid and Real Madrid. On the other hand, Alfonso always played on the defense. Alfonso started playing football at Nacional in Madrid in 1925. At 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 Triana. In 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 Barcelona. In 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 League. Alfonso went down in history as the first-ever player to score an own goal in the history of the Spanish League. In 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.

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.

Club

Centro Championship: Winners (1): 1927–28 Copa del Rey: Runner-up (1): 1926