Balbino_Clemente
Balbino Clemente
Spanish footballer (1896–1941)
Balbino Clemente Núñez (6 September 1896 – 28 March 1941), better known as Balbino, was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.[2] He was part of the first-ever team fielded by Celta de Vigo in 1923. His brother Juanito was also a footballer.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Balbino Clemente Núñez | ||
| Date of birth | (1896-09-06)6 September 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Vedra, Galicia, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 28 March 1941(1941-03-28) (aged 44) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1915–1917 | Fortuna de Vigo | ||
| 1917–1918 | Real Betis | ||
| 1918–1919 | Sevilla | ||
| 1919–1923 | Fortuna de Vigo | ||
| 1923–1927 | Celta de Vigo | ||
| International career | |||
| 1921 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| 1922–1923 | Galicia | +3 | (+1) |
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Vedra, Galicia, he spent most of his career at his hometown club Fortuna de Vigo, playing for them until it was merged with Real Vigo Sporting in 1923, to form Celta de Vigo. The presentation match of this new team was held at Coia on 16 September 1923,[3] in a meeting between an A and a B team formed with the players from the club, taking advantage of the large team available that they had. Balbino played for the B side that was captained by his brother Juanito, in a 0-2 loss to the A team captained by Luis Otero. The first match against another club came a few days later, on 23 September 1923 against Boavista F.C., in which he was part of an 8-2 victory.[4] On 10 April 1924, he played a friendly match for Celta against the Uruguay national team that would go on to win the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[5] He won three Galician Championships with Celta in 1923-24, 1924-25 and 1925-26.
He received his only cap for Spain on 18 December 1921 at Campo de O'Donnell, in a 3-1 win over Portugal.[6]
Being a player of Real Vigo Sporting, he was summoned to play for the Galicia national team, and he was one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 19 November 1922, a 4-1 win over a Castile/Madrid XI in the quarter-finals of the 1922-23 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.[7] Balbino helped the team reach the final, in which he opened the scoring early in the game, but eventually lost 1-3 to Asturias national team, courtesy of a second-half brace from José Luis Zabala.[1]
Club
Galician Championship:
- Winners (3) 1923-24, 1924-25 and 1925-26
International
- Galicia
- Runner-up (1): 1922-23
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- Ereaga, Txema (6 February 2015). "Coia, el antiguo feudo celeste" [Coia, the ancient celestial fiefdom]. www.fameceleste.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- Ereaga, Txema (12 January 2015). "El primer partido del Celta" [Celta's first game]. www.fameceleste.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- "RC Celta de Vigo vs Uruguay - AUF". www.auf.org.uy. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- "Balbino Clemente García". Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- "Galicia - Centro (4 - 1) 19/11/1922". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.