Cholín

Spanish footballer

Cholín
Personal information
Cholín in 1931
Full name	Ignacio María Alcorta Hermoso
Date of birth	(1906-12-13)13 December 1906
Place of birth	Tolosa, Spain
Date of death	30 November 1967(1967-11-30) (aged 60)
Place of death	Granada, Spain
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1925–1927	Tolosa
1927–1940	Real Sociedad	95+	(53+)
1940–1942	Granada	5+	(1+)
International career
1928	Spain	1	(0)
Managerial career
1943–1944	Alaves
1945–1946	Granada
1948–1950	Granada
1950–1951	Real Jaén
1951	Granada
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ignacio María Alcorta Hermoso, nicknamed Cholín, (13 December 1906 – 30 November 1967) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics,^[1] winning his sole international cap in the competition.^[2]

At club level he played for local side Tolosa CF,^[3] Real Sociedad – where he scored 53 goals in La Liga and 136 overall, and finished on the losing side in the 1928 Copa del Rey Final – and Granada CF. He later had spells as manager at Deportivo Alavés, Real Jaén and three appointments at Granada, where he settled to live until his death in 1967.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Cholín". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cholín Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Alcorta Hermoso, Ignacio María" (in Spanish). Eusko Ikaskuntza. 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "Un Granadino de Tolosa: Cholín" [A Granadino from Tolosa: Cholín]. 5000 y un Ramos (Historia del Granada CF) (in Spanish). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2018.