Benito Daniel
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 27 January 1930 | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1890–1892 | Recreativo de Huelva | +3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Benito Daniel was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for Recreativo de Huelva in the first official football match in Spain in 1890.[1]
Daniel was on the first list of club members of Recreativo de Huelva on 20 December 1889,[2] and three months later, on 8 March 1890, Daniel went down in history as one of the eleven footballers who started for Huelva in the first official football match in Spain, a friendly against Sevilla FC at the Hipódromo de Tablada (horse racing track), which ended in a 2–0 loss.[1][3][4] However, it is important to note that Daniel's team had never played together before, they had just completed a four-hour train journey in that same morning, and that the match was refereed by Edward F. Johnston, the president of Sevilla FC.[3]
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On 20 February 1892, Daniel lined up for Huelva in another friendly match against Sevilla, which had been set up as a tie-breaker between the two teams, since their previous two encounters had ended in a draw; Huelva won 2–0.[5] Three months later, on 6 May, he again started as a forward for Huelva, this time in a match against Rio Tinto FC, playing alongside the likes of fellow British George Wakelin, William Alcock, and James Reeves.[6]
