Arcadio Arteaga

Arcadio Arteaga Oñate (6 December 1902), also known by his nickname Quirico Arteaga, was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for Athletic Bilbao and Atlético Madrid.

He later became a manager, taking charge over Atlético Madrid, Recreativo de Huelva, and Real Valladolid.

Playing career Arteaga was born in the Biscayan town of Bilbao on 6 December 1902, and he began his football career at SD Erandio Club in 1922, at the age of 19. He remained at Athletic Club until 1928, playing a total of 34 competitive matches, although he was unable to avoid his team being relegated to the Segunda División. He hung up his boots in 1932, at the end of his fourth season at Atlético. He oversaw a total of six matches with a balance of three wins, two losses, and a draw, plus 13 goals scored and 9 conceded.

After the Spanish Civil War ended in 1939, Arteaga directed Recreativo de Huelva in the 1940–41 season, from where he then moved to UD Salamanca, which he coached from 1941 to 1943 in the Second Division. Arteaga went down in history as the first sports director in Salamanca's history to compete for a promotion to the top division. In 1944–45, however, Valladolid reached the final of the 1944–45 Copa Federación de España, which ended in a 0–1 loss to FC Martinenc. In 1945 his name was considered to be named the Spanish national manager, although he was finally not chosen for the position, which Jacinto Quincoces went on to hold.

In 1946 he refused to coach Cartagena FC, accepting the offer of CD Logroñés, which he would coach, in the third division in the 1946–47 season.

From that moment on, there are no more references to his sporting career, nor is there any date on which his death occurred. His name does not appear among those who, starting in 1949, obtained the title of coach in Spain.

Honours Player Athletic Bilbao Biscay Championship: 1925–26, 1926–27, and 1927–28

Manager Real Valladolid Copa Federación de España: Runner-up in 1944–45