Carlos Iturraspe

Carlos Iturraspe

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Iturraspe Cuevas
Date of birth	10 June 1910
Place of birth	San Sebastián, Spain
Date of death	10 August 1981 (aged 71)
Place of death	Valencia, Spain
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Arandotarra
	Gure Choko
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
?–?	Sporting Madrid
?–1933	Nacional Madrid
1933–1946	Valencia	168	(5)
1946–1948	Levante
1948	Castellón	0	(0)
Teams managed
?–?	Sueca
1948–1953	Mestalla
1953	Atlético Tetuán
1953–1954	Deportivo La Coruña
1954–1956	Valencia
1956–1957	Betis
1957–1958	Deportivo La Coruña
1958	Málaga
1959–1961	Mestalla
1961–1962	Hércules
1964–1965	Mestalla
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Carlos Iturraspe Cuevas (10 June 1910 – 10 August 1981) was a Spanish football midfielder and manager.

Football career

Born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Cuevas played solely with Valencia CF during his professional career, helping the Che to three major titles including the 1942 and 1944 conquests in La Liga, to which he contributed with 40 games both seasons combined.^[1]

In the 1950s/60s he worked as a coach, competing in the top division from 1953 to 1956: after leading Deportivo de La Coruña to the seventh place he was in charge of former club Valencia as it ranked fifth^[2] and sixth respectively, even though he did not finish the latter campaign, being fired in May 1956 after losing in the Copa del Rey to Real Jaén.

References

1. Iturraspe y Pasarín marcaron una época tanto en el campo como en el banquillo ché (Iturraspe and Pasarín, Che legends in both pitch and bench); Super Deporte, 25 August 2009 (Spanish)
2. 1954/1955 – Un Valencia demasiado irregular (1954/1955 – Highly irregular Valencia); at CiberChe (Spanish)

External links

• Carlos Iturraspe profile at BDFutbol
• Carlos Iturraspe manager profile at BDFutbol
• Stats and bio at CiberChe (Spanish)