Eduardo de Saa

Eduardo de Saa

Personal information
Place of birth	Lugo, Spain
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1930	La Paternal
1931–?	Vélez Sarsfield	14	(1)
1937–1938	Unión Española
1939–1941	Universidad de Chile	29	(1)
1942	Always Ready
International career
1941	Chile
Managerial career
1942	Always Ready
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo de Saa was a footballer who played as a defender for clubs in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. Born in Spain, he played for the Chile national team.

Career

Born in Lugo, Spain, De Saa developed his career in South America. He joined Vélez Sarsfield, alongside his brother Manuel Herminio, from Club Atlético La Paternal ^{[1] [2] [3]} as a forward, but he later turned into a defender. For the club, he made fourteen appearances and scored one goal. ^[2]

In the late 1930s, he emigrated to Chile and played for Unión Española. ^[4] In 1939, he joined Universidad de Chile, ^[5] becoming the first Argentine player in the club history. ^[6] With them, he won the 1940 league title, the first one for the club. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

In April 1942, he moved to Bolivia ^[10] and performed as both player and manager of Always Ready, coinciding with the Chilean goalkeeper Horacio Amaral. ^[11]

At international level, he represented the Chile in 1941 ^[12] becoming the third Argentine to make it after Colin Campbell (1910) and Salvador Nocetti (1940). ^[13]

Personal life

His brother, Manuel Herminio, ^[14] was a well-known defender of Vélez Sarsfield between 1926 and 1941 and represented the Argentina national team in 1935. ^[2]

Born in Lugo, Spain, ^[2] to a Spanish father and an Argentine mother, ^[15] he naturalized Argentine. ^[6]

Due to his origin, he and his brother were nicknamed Gallego . ^{[10] [11] [15]}

References

1. Colussi, Luis Alberto; Guris, Carlos Alberto; Kurhy, Víctor Hugo. Fútbol Argentino: Crónicas y Estadísticas, Liga Argentina de Football - 1ª División – 1931 (in Spanish). Argentina. pp. 5, 15, 59. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
2. "Una Jota, Un Vals Peruano y un zaguero de apellido Manzo". C. A. Vélez Sarsfield (in Spanish). 25 December 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
3. Vasconcellos Fraga, Johny (22 April 2018). "VELEZ SARSFIELD * PARTE 3". ANOTANDO FÚTBOL * (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
4. "COLO-COLO 2:1 UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA TORNEO NACIONAL 1937". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
5. "U. de Chile - campañas - 1939". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
6. (Historia del Romántico Viajero) Primer argentino🇦🇷 campeón en la “U” on Facebook (in Spanish). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
7. "La primera estrella laica". Radio Cronan (in Spanish). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
8. "Historia del Club". LaBullanguera.cl (in Spanish). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
9. Sandoval, Juan (8 December 2016). "Se cumplen 76 años desde que la "U" bajó su primera estrella". Dale Bulla (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
10. "DE SAA SE FUE A BOLIVIA" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). 8902. Santiago, Chile: 2. 20 April 1942. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
11. "SOBRE FOOTBALL EN BOLIVIA NOS HABLA EDUARDO DE SAA" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). 9175. Santiago, Chile: 4. 18 January 1943. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
12. "Gustavo Canales, el delantero que llegó a la selección "por derecho propio"". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
13. Rodríguez, El Flaco (2016). "Parte II: La diáspora argentina". La Pizarra Del DT (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
14. Ortega Masot, Antonio (10 May 2023). "Vélez Sarsfield en México 1940". Historia del Futbol Mexicano (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
15. "Figurita difícil: Manuel De Saa". El Gráfico (in Spanish). 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

External links

• Eduardo de Saa at BDFA (in Spanish)