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 Pérez de Guzmán (seated on chair, first from right) in 1906 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Pérez de Guzmán Urzaiz | ||
| Date of birth | 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Jerez de los Caballeros, Extremadura, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 18 April 1930(1930-04-18) (aged 38–39) | ||
| Place of death | Huelva, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1906–1915 | Recreativo de Huelva | ||
| 1909–1910 | → Madrid FC (on loan) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Pérez de Guzmán Urzaiz (1891 – 18 April 1930) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for Recreativo de Huelva and Madrid FC in the early 20th century.
Early and personal life
José Pérez de Guzmán was born in the Extremaduran municipality of Jerez de los Caballeros in 1891, as the third son of Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, a landowner, and Maria Teresa de Urzáiz, a native of Moguer.
Pérez de Guzmán married Dolores Molina Alvarez, and the couple had no children.
Playing career
Like all his brothers, Pérez de Guzmán spent his youth in the sporting environment, instilled by his father, a sports lover; for instance, all of the six Pérez de Guzmán brothers played football at their hometown club, Recreativo de Huelva between 1903 and 1920. When his father became the vice president of Recreativo de Huelva in 1906, he had four of his sons playing for the club, including José, aged 15.
In May 1909, three Recreativo players, José, his older brother Francisco, and Antonio Tellechea, traveled from Huelva to Extremadura, at the request of the recently created CD Badajoz, to reinforce the club in its first-ever match. A few months later, Madrid FC made the same request, taking advantage of the fact that three of the Pérez de Guzmán brothers (Francisco, José, and Luis) were studying for their university degrees in the Spanish capital, and thus, all of them ended up playing on loan in the ranks of the Madrid FC.
During the 1909–10 season, his brothers Francisco and Luis played several matches for Madrid, official or otherwise, but during the build-up for the 1910 Copa del Rey (UECF), Madrid, which already had three players from Recreativo, the other being Tomás Estrada, requested the incorporation of another one, José, but despite their presence, Madrid failed to reach the final. These were the only two official matches that José played for Madrid.
During the first half of the 1910s, Estrada helped Recreativo win three unofficial Andalusian Championship, which Recreativo itself organized, and the Copa Centenario de las Cortes de Cádiz in 1912. Outside football, he also enjoyed horses and bullfighting, and at one point, he even wanted to be a bullfighter.
Fandango
Outside sports, Pérez de Guzmán enjoyed singing and also played the guitar. He is currently considered the creator of a new type of fandango whose purpose is not for dancing, as it is typically meant to, but rather for listening. One of the uniqueness of his fandango, among other aspects, was the fact that it was played on an abandalao air. He introduced the Huelva fandango into all circles, both aristocratic and lower class, thus becoming popular thanks to him.
Even though he did not record anything, as he never dedicated himself to singing or playing the guitar professionally, his reputation as a singer and connoisseur is nonetheless confirmed and documented through the testimonies collected by his biographer from contemporary artists, writers, and flamencologists.
Death
In 1927, Pérez de Guzmán contracted the then-incurable disease of tuberculosis, which had already claimed the lives of his brother Joaquín in 1927, when he was only 27 years old.
Due to this illness, he fell into a deep depression and despair and eventually took his own life with a firearm, dying at the Convento de la Luz in the town of Lucena del Puerto on 18 April 1930, at the age of 49.
Legacy
Almost half a century after his death, Pepe Marchena gave an illustrated lecture at the University of Seville in 1972, in which he recalled and mentioned a decisive protagonist of the glorious expansion of the fandango, José Pérez de Guzmán.
Honours
- Andalusian Championship:
- Champions (3): 1910, 1911, and 1912
Copa Centenario de las Cortes de Cádiz
- Champions (1): 1912
See also
References
- "José Guzmán, José Pérez de Guzmán Urzaiz - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "José Guzmán". www.realmadrid.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "TERCERA RAMA: Descendencia de don Manuel Pérez de Guzmán y Liaño" [THIRD BRANCH: Descendants of Don Manuel Pérez de Guzmán y Liaño]. www.familiasanchezarjona.com (in Spanish). 19 February 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "José Pérez de Guzmán Urzaiz (deceased) - Genealogy". www.geni.com. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "El fandango de Pérez de Guzmán" [The fandango of Pérez de Guzmán]. flamencodepapel.com (in Spanish). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "El Recreativo recupera un trozo de su historia" [Recreativo recovers a piece of its history]. www.diariodehuelva.es (in Spanish). 11 April 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Huelva". www.scotsfootballworldwide.scot. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "El Decano cedió a Camilo Bel Pérez al Sevilla en 1905" [The Dean loaned Camilo Bel Pérez to Sevilla in 1905]. www.eldesmarque.com (in Spanish). 11 February 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Squad of Madrid 1909-10 King's Cup". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Temporada 1909-10" [1909-10 season]. www.leyendablanca.galeon.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Flamenco". flamenco.plus (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- "Marchena recuerda a Pérez de Guzmán" [Marchena remembers Perez de Guzman]. www.huelvainformacion.es (in Spanish). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.