Carmelo Cedrún

Spanish footballer and manager

Carmelo Cedrún
Personal information
Full name	Carmelo Cedrún Ochandátegui
Date of birth	(1930-12-06) 6 December 1930 (age 93)
Place of birth	Amorebieta, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Amorebieta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1950	Amorebieta
1950–1964	Athletic Bilbao	334	(0)
1964–1967	Español	82	(0)
1968	Baltimore Bays	23	(0)
Total		439	(0)
International career
1955–1956	Spain B	2	(0)
1954–1963	Spain	13	(0)
Managerial career
1969	Durango
1969–1972	Barakaldo
1972	Logroñés
1973–1975	Cultural Leonesa
1975–1977	Celta
1977–1979	Murcia
1979–1980	Celta
1980–1981	Barakaldo
1982–1983	Jaén
1985–1988	Linense
1989	Linense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carmelo Cedrún Ochandátegui (born 6 December 1930) is a Spanish former football goalkeeper and manager.

Club career

Born in Amorebieta-Etxano, Cedrún started playing professionally with local giants Athletic Bilbao, making his first-team debut on 15 April 1951 in a 3–0 home win against Sevilla FC and quickly becoming first-choice.^[1] In the 1955–56 season, as the Basques won La Liga, he only conceded 31 goals while playing all 30 matches, and appeared in 402 official games during his 14-year spell.^[2]

In 1964, having lost his place to another future club legend, José Ángel Iribar, Cedrún joined RCD Español also of the top division, again returning to starting duties.^[3] He retired at 38 in the United States, with the Baltimore Bays.^[1]

Mere months after retiring, Cedrún took a hand at coaching, starting in his region with lowly SCD Durango and Barakaldo CF. Most of his career was spent in the lower leagues, his only top-flight experience coming in the 1976–77 campaign with RC Celta de Vigo, with the team ranking second-bottom.^[4]

International career

Cedrún earned 13 caps for the Spain national team,^[5] his debut coming on 14 March 1954 as the nation battled with Turkey for a spot at the 1954 FIFA World Cup; Spain won 4–2 on aggregate (rule did not apply at the time) and, after a draw in the third match, lost after a drawing of lots.^[6]

Cedrún was then selected for the 1962 World Cup, playing two games in three as the country exited in the group stage.^[1]

Personal life

Cedrún's son, Andoni, was also a footballer – and a goalkeeper. He too represented Athletic but with little success, appearing mostly for Real Zaragoza in another lengthy career.^[7]

Additionally, his younger brother Serafin (another goalkeeper)^[8] and nephew Carmelo Mardaras (a defender)^[9] both played for Barakaldo,^[10] and his great-nephew Markel Areitio (grandson of Serafin) was also a goalkeeper developed at Athletic.^[11]^[12]

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

La Liga: 1955–56^[2]
Copa del Generalísimo: 1955, 1956, 1958^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ramos, Jesús (28 September 2019). "Carmelo Cedrún, un portero que marcó época" [Carmelo Cedrún, goalkeeper for the ages]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Leyendas del Athletic Club de Bilbao – Cedrún" [Athletic Club de Bilbao legends – Cedrún]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ "CARMELO Cedrún" (in Spanish). Hall of Fame Perico. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
^ "Tal día como hoy nacía Carmelo Cedrún" [Carmelo Cedrún was born on a day like today]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ Mallo, Juanma (6 July 2021). "Simón, con trece, iguala las internacionalidades de Carmelo" [Simón, with thirteen, equals Carmelo's caps]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
^ López, José David (28 March 2009). "Cuando Franco entristeció a España" [When Franco made Spain sad] (in Spanish). Soitu. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ Relaño, Alfredo (8 November 1979). "Un hijo de Carmelo quiere suceder a Iríbar" [Carmelo's son wants to succeed Iríbar]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2010.
^ Cedrún: Serafín Cedrún Ochandategui, BDFutbol
^ Carmelo: Carmelo Mardaras Cedrún, BDFutbol
^ Carmelo, una década de leyenda [Carmelo, a decade of legend], Histórico Barakaldo C.F., 21 January 2017 (in Spanish)
^ Barroso, Ander (17 September 2016). "Brilla el apellido Cedrún gracias a Markel Areitio" [The name Cedrún shines thanks to Markel Areitio]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ Beltrán, Javier (24 July 2020). "La cadera manda al banquillo a Areitio" [Areitio's hip puts him on the sidelines]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2024.