Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eduardo Teus López-Navarro | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1896 | ||
Place of birth | Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines | ||
Date of death | 8 October 1958 (61 years) | ||
Place of death | Bilbao, Spain | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1913–1919[1] | Real Madrid | 26 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1941–1942 | Spain | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Eduardo Teus López-Navarro, also known as Teus (6 November, 1896 – 8 October, 1958) was a Filipino professional footballer who played for Real Madrid as a goalkeeper.
Teus was born in Manila, Philippines in 1896 to a Filipino family who were of mixed native and Spanish origin. He won 3 Catalan Spanish league and 1 Copa del Rey championship titles for the club.
At the top of his career, he was forced to retire from football after he suffered a serious injury in a game during the 1918-1919 season. He later became a successful sports journalist and was later tasked by Francisco Franco to manage the Spain national football team as head coach. He managed the national team from 1941 to 1942, [2][3] playing a total of six international games, of which he won three, and lost only one and drew two.
In 1958, Teus died of a stroke while watching a game at the press box of the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao in Spain.[4][5]
Teus is regarded by Real Madrid as one of their great legends and he is remembered today being immortalized at the club's Hall of Fame Museum at Madrid.