Eduardo Teus

Eduardo Teus López-Navarro, (6 November 1896 – 8 October 1958) was a Filipino football goalkeeper, journalist and manager based in Spain. He was mostly known for being the first Filipino footballer to have played for Real Madrid and for being an important sportswriter for the Spanish press in the first half of the 20th century, as well as for managing the Spain national football team from 1941 to 1942.

Early life and education Teus was born in Manila, Philippines on 6 November 1896 to a Filipino family of native and Spanish origins. With the Spanish–American War going on, his family moved away from the country to settle in Spain. While he was preferred over in his position, at the time, in the 1915-16 Campeonato Regional Centro he was instead played in the friendlies when, on 25 December, he received a hit right by his heart from a Sporting CP player that left him out of the field for two months. In the first leg on 26 March, he suffered a come-back led by Paulino Alcántara and Vicente Martínez after Madrid took the lead with Juan José Petit thus, his official debut, resulting in a loss. After not playing a part in the second leg and in the first tie-breaker, he returned for the second replay where Madrid defeated Barça 4–2 to progress into the national cup final. Madrid's access to the final, held in Barcelona, was contested by the Catalans who recriminated José Berraondo's refereeing and the decision of having both the replays held in Madrid. Won his second regional title, of which he missed the last game, he then missed the quarterfinals of the 1917 Copa del Rey but returned in the four games of the semis against España de Barcelona and reached the final after beating them 1–0 in the second replay on 8 April. Just like the season before, the series was surrounded by polemics and, with the final held in Barcelona, the Madrid's directors opted playing the final in Vigo, a decision also approved by the other finalist Arenas Club. The Madrid players, however, refused to take the trip to not give any advantage to the Vigo-based team and got the validation despite a still hesitant board. Teus wrote a manifesto, the catalyst for what became his career later, which Madrid then published in the Catalan press to ease the tensions among the public and ask them to remain neutral. He played in the crucial game against Atleti won 3-1 and earned his first clean sheet of the season thanks to the 1–0 win over Racing de Madrid. With his third championship secured, Madrid found RCD Español in the quarter finals of the cup and with both having won a game a piece, 3-0 for the Periquitos and 1-0 for Madrid, Teus' team prevailed with a 2–1 score in the tie breaker on 26 April by coming back from one goal down. Attended by Recreativo de Huelva in the semifinals, Teus' team made the trip to Huelva, defeating them 2-0 and back in Madrid at the Atleti's O'Donnell by 4–0, recording two consecutive clean sheets.

Teus played his final season with Madrid, stacking up 7 more appearances for the club. In the 1918–19 Campeonato Regional Centro he played his last 3 official matches and recorded one cleansheet on 24 November 1918 against Athletic de Madrid. His last game was on 26 January 1919 in a 4-1 losing effort to Racing de Madrid, eventual champions of the region. In a season troubled by injuries, among them on a meniscus not treated, at only 22 years old he hung up his boots and gloves. For Madrid he played a total of 61 games, 26 of them officially, winning three straight regional championships and played in three straight Copa del Rey finals winning the 17th edition of the tournament.

Post-football career 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, 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.

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Honours Copa del Rey: (1) 1917 Campeonato Regional Centro: (3) 1915–16, 1916–17, 1917–18