Francisco Pérez de Guzmán

Francisco Pérez de Guzmán Urzaiz (1 December 1889 – 31 October 1970) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Recreativo de Huelva and Madrid FC in the early 20th century. He was also president of the provincial council of Huelva.

Early and personal life Francisco Pérez de Guzmán was born in the Extremaduran municipality of Jerez de los Caballeros on 1 December 1889, as the second son of Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, a landowner, and Maria Teresa de Urzáiz, a native of Moguer.

On 27 September 1920, Pérez de Guzmán married in the Church of San Andrés in Seville, to María Dolores Tello Butler, a native of Huelva, but the couple had no children. for instance, all of the six Pérez de Guzmán brothers played football at their hometown club, Recreativo de Huelva between 1903 and 1920. When his father became the vice president of Recreativo de Huelva in 1906, he had four of his sons playing for the club, including Francisco.

Madrid FC In May 1909, three Recreativo players, Francisco, his younger brother José, and Antonio Tellechea, traveled from Huelva to Extremadura, at the request of the recently created CD Badajoz, to reinforce the club in its first-ever match. A few months later, Madrid FC made the same request, taking advantage of the fact that three of the Pérez de Guzmán brothers (Francisco, José, and Luis) were studying for their university degrees in the Spanish capital, and thus, all of them ended up playing on loan in the ranks of the Madrid FC. Ahead of the first edition of the Copa Rodríguez Arzuaga in January 1910, a friendly tournament, Madrid requested for the services of another player from Huelva, Tomás Estrada, with whom Francisco started in the opening two matches of the tournament, which ended in a loss to Español de Madrid and a goalless draw with Sociedad Gimnástica, so both were dropped for the third match, with Francisco being replaced by his younger brother Luis, who scored twice in a 4–1 win over Español de Madrid; however, Madrid finished second behind Gimnástica. In total, Francisco played 8 official matches for Madrid between 1909 and 1911. In January 1911, Francisco and Luis helped Madrid win the second edition of the Copa Rodríguez Arzuaga, starting together in two matches, with Luis playing three. and together, they helped Gimnástica reach the only Copa del Rey final in the club's history in 1912, which ended in a 0–2 loss to FC Barcelona.

In addition to Badajoz and Madrid, some members of the Recreativo first team also played occasionally for the Seville teams, such as Francisco and Alfonso Mata.

Later life and death At some point, Pérez de Guzmán was the president of the provincial council of Huelva.

Pérez de Guzmán died in Huelva on 31 October 1970, at the age of 81.

Honours Sociedad Gimnástica Copa del Rey: Runner-up (1): 1912