Marcial Arbiza

Marcial Arbiza Arruti (8 July 1914 – 11 August 1992) was a Spanish industrial engineer and footballer who played as a forward for Real Unión, Real Madrid, and Real Sociedad.

Education His education began at the Maristas de San Bernardo de Irun school, where he shared a patio with other future footballers such as Ignacio Goyeneche (Real Sociedad and Valencia CF). When the Marist Brothers returned to France in 1928, he accompanied them to Bayonne as a boarding student. In the summer of 1930, he returned to Irun on vacation, and then, once he was 16, he used to line up with Real Unión in training matches, and friendly exhibitions. In the autumn of 1930, he went to Belgium to study Arts and Crafts. He proved to be a lethal player scoring a whopping 58 goals in just 17 games, netting 5 and 4 goals per game on several occasions and even scoring a 6-goal haul once.

In the summer of 1943, he signed for the newly promoted Real Sociedad, making his debut against Valencia on 26 September 1943, and scoring again, this time in a 2–4 loss. This would be his only goal in the whole season. He remained at Atocha for three seasons, all of them under Benito Díaz, experiencing relegation to the 2nd Division in 1943. Finally, he played his last active season at Real Unión (now in the 3rd Division), thus returning to the same town where he was arrested on his return to Spain.

Later life After abandoning football, he obtained the regional coach's card in 1949 in San Sebastián and the national coach in 1950 in Burgos. He died in San Sebastián on 11 August 1992, at the age of 78.

Honours Madrid CF La Liga runner-up: 1941–42 Copa del Generalísimo runner-up: 1943