Luis Arana (athlete)
Spanish Olympic sailor
Luis Arana Urigüen (4 February 1874 – 7 June 1951) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper who won the 1902 Copa de la Coronación with Club Bizcaya. He later became a sailor, representing his country at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Early life
Luis Arana Urigüen was born on 4 February 1874 in Santander, Cantabria, as the son of Pedro Darío Arana Mendiolea (born 1840) and Sofía Urigüen Ansótegui. He was the second of ten children, including two brothers who also played football, José Antonio (1872–1909) and Darío (1882–).
Arana married Dolores de Ybarra y Lope de Calle, and the couple had three sons, Javier, Luis Ignacio, and José Antonio de Arana y Ybarra.
Sporting career
In 1898, the 24-year-old Arana and his older brother José Antonio were among the founders of Sporting Club de Bilbao, becoming the club's member no. 2 by 1902, only behind Federico Moyúa.
Football
In the late 1890s, Luis and José Antonio began playing football with an informal group led by Carlos and Manuel Castellanos, the so-called Bilbao Football Club, the first entity to play football in Bilbao since the disappearance of Club Atleta. Although it was formed in 1896, it was not until 30 November 1900 that Bilbao Football Club was officially established. Arana then played several friendly matches for them against city rivals Athletic Club in the Hippodrome of Lamiako.
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