Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Full name | Manuel Graciano Ansoleaga Aguirre | |||||||||||
Date of birth | 17 December 1879 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Getxo, Biscay, Spain | |||||||||||
Date of death | Unknown | |||||||||||
Place of death | Unknown | |||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
1901–1902 | Bilbao FC | |||||||||||
1902–1904 | Athletic Club | 2 | (0) | |||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||
1915 | Athletic Bilbao (assistant) | |||||||||||
1921–1922 | Atlético Madrid | |||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Manuel Graciano Ansoleaga Aguirre (17 December 1879 – ?) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for Athletic Bilbao, with whom he won the 1903 and 1904 Copa del Rey titles.[1][2] He later joined the ranks of Atlético Madrid, becoming the club's first-ever manager as well as a vice president in the early 1920s.[3]