Ricardo Zulueta
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Zulueta Echevarria | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 7 September 1937 (aged 29) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1928–1930 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| 1930–1934 | Castilla CF | ||
| 1934–1936 | Nacional de Madrid | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ricardo Zulueta Echevarria (8 October 1907 – 7 September 1937) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Atlético Madrid[1] and Nacional de Madrid.
Ricardo Zulueta was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, on 8 October 1907, as the son of Adolfo Juan de Zulueta y Ruiz de Gámiz and María de los Dolores de Echevarría y Díaz de Mendívil.[2][3]
Career
Zulueta signed for the rojiblanco club in the 1927–28 season, making his debut in a 1928 Copa del Rey group stage match against Athletic Bilbao on 11 March 1928, starting as a goalkeeper in a 2–4 loss.[2][4] In two years there, he played mostly as a substitute and only made three appearances in the newly-formed La Liga.[2][citation needed] He then went on to play for the Castilla CF of the Tercera División, which later became a feeder club for Real Madrid ,from where he went to Nacional de Madrid of the Segunda División, with whom he played for two seasons between 1934 and 1936, under coach Josep Samitier, featuring alongside another former Atlético player Francisco Moriones.[5][6]
On 7 June 1936, Zulueta played with Nacional de Madrid against the Railway Sports Group in an amateur tournament while the coup d'état that was going to precipitate the Spanish Civil War was being plotted.[6] On 23 August, he played his last football match representing a Madrid selection against a AD Tarancón side that was reinforced by players from Madrid, to benefit the blood hospitals that were receiving wounded from the war front.[6]