Pedro Regueiro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Regueiro and the second or maternal family name is Pagola.

Pedro Regueiro Pagola (Basque: [pedro re'gueiɾo pa'gola] 19 December 1909 – 11 June 1985)^[4] was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Pedro Regueiro

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Regueiro Pagola
Date of birth	(1909-12-19)19 December 1909
Place of birth	Irun, Spain
Date of death	11 June 1985(1985-06-11) (aged 75)
Place of death	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1925–1929	Real Unión	9	(0)
1929–1930	Real Betis	30	(1)
1930–1932[2]	Real Unión	29	(1)
1932–1936[2]	Real Madrid	77	(0)
1938–1939[3]	Club Deportivo Euzkadi	7
1939–1944	Club Asturias
International career
1928–36	Spain	4	(0)
1937–1938[3]	Basque Country	33	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Irun in the Basque Country, Regueiro started his playing career at Real Unión in 1925. He moved for one season to Real Betis in 1929, after which he returned to Real Unión for two more seasons. In 1932 he moved to Real Madrid where he played with his older brother Luis Regueiro.^[5]

In 1937 and 1938, during the Spanish Civil War in his homeland, he played for the Basque representative team which toured Europe and the Americas, ending up in Mexico where he initially played for Club Deportivo Euzkadi (The Basque exiles' team) in the Primera Fuerza league for the 1938–39 season. He then joined Mexican side Club Asturias where he played with his younger brother Tomás Regueiro, and helped the club win the first championship of the newly created Mexican Primera División (1943–44).^[6]

Personal life

In 1939 Regueiro settled in Mexico, where he married Peri Romero in 1943 and had four children: Pedro, Mari Carmen, María Eugenia and José.^[5]

Pedro older brother, Luis, was also a footballer who played for Real Madrid