Domingo Acedo

Domingo Gómez-Acedo Villanueva (6 June 1898 – 14 September 1980), also known as Txomin, was a Spanish footballer; he played primarily as a left-sided forward and sometimes as a left back.

Club career

Acedo spent his entire career with Athletic Bilbao. He won four national Copa del Rey competitions, scoring once in the 1916 Final and twice in the 1921 Final. He also won eight regional North/Biscay Championships in a 14-year spell playing alongside José María Belauste, Sabino Bilbao and Pichichi for club and country. His primary attributes were his great pace and set piece abilities, including scoring 'Olympic goals' (direct from a corner kick).

He is the youngest player and goalscorer in the history of Athletic, having made his debut - and scored - in the Campeonato Regional Norte on 18 October 1914, at the age of 16 years, 4 months and 12 days. He had not been registered officially as a player with Athletic for the requisite six months, and the club were sanctioned by the federation. His records have sometimes been overlooked and the feats attributed incorrectly to Agustín Gaínza (and subsequently to Iker Muniain).

Acedo is also the club's youngest player and scorer in the Copa del Rey having found the net on his debut in that competition on 25 April 1915, aged 16 years, 10 months and 19 days (neither Muniain nor Gainza played in the cup before turning 17).

International career

He was a member of the Spanish team which competed in the football tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and won the silver medal.

International goals

Personal life

Domingo Acedo's older brother Aquilino also played for Athletic Bilbao just prior to his younger sibling's debut; in his brief career he featured in the 1913 Cup final defeat to Racing Irun, and in the inaugural match at San Mamés stadium against the same opposition (now renamed Real Unión), before retiring through injury.

A sister of the family, María Mercedes Acedo, married the journalist Manuel Aznar Zubigaray. They were the grandparents of José María Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain in the 1990s.

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

• Spanish Cup (4): 1915, 1916, 1921, 1923.
  • Runner-up: 1920.
• North/Biscay Regional Championship (8): 1914–15, 1915–16, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1926–27, 1928–29